Unit 5

• News Article

• Investigative Notes

• Expert Testimony rubric

Pathology and Medicine:

• Objectives: Students will become familiar with the process a medical pathologist would go through when processing a body and interpret relevant evidence to draw conclusions about cause, manner and mechanism of death and determine PMI.

• Research:

  • Investigative Notes

  • Notes 8.1

  • Cause of Death research project

  • Virtual Autopsy Lab

  • Timeline foldable

  • Suggested: What causes rigor?

• Practice

  • Pathology and medicine practice

• Investigate: Receive the crime scene autopsy report and analyze with your investigative team. Virtual Testimony

Radiology

• Objectives: Students will explain how the various radiological tools work, what information can be attained in their use and become familiar with human anatomy

• Research: notes 8.2

• Practice:

  • X-ray activity

  • notes quiz

• Investigate: Get X-rays of our victim for you to analyze

Fingerprints

• Objectives: Students will explain the significance of fingerprints, classify their patterns, visualize latent prints and make fingerprint ‘matches’.

• Research:

  • notes 7.1+2 (Guiding questions)

  • ID the minutiae worksheet

• Practice:

  • Fingerprint Prelab video

  • Fingerprint lab

  • Classmates prints

• Investigate: Get warrant for prints from crime scene/suspects/victim

Hair

• Objectives: Students will analyze hair samples and explain what kinds of information can be attained through hair analysis.

• Research: Notes 7.3

• Practice:

  • Hair lab

  • Notes quiz

• Investigate: Get warrant for victim hair, suspects hairs, crime scene hair (on inside of duct tape)

Fiber

• Objectives: Students will analyze various fibers, classify them based on their origins and explain how they can be used in forensic investigations.

• Research:

  • Notes 7.4

  • Fiber prelab

• Practice:

  • Forensic Files Video

  • Fiber lab

• Investigate: Get search warrant for duct tape from suspects homes