Unit 6

• Anthropology: Students will apply their knowledge of the human skeletal system to determine information about a victim (approximate age, build, gender and race).

  • Research:

    • - Investigation Dossier

    • - 9.1 notes(text or video 1hr)

    • - Bones foldable activity

  • Practice:

    • Sherlock bones lab

      • Digital lab

      • Digital Lab Data

      • Post results here

    • Notes quiz

  • Analyze:

    • Digital Testimony

    • Examine the bones from the crime scene and build a victim profile.

    • Highlight possibilities from the missing persons list

Add fictional people to the list!

• Ecology: Students will identify the various fields of forensic ecology, how scientific classifications are made and how ecology can be used in a forensic investigation.

  • Research:

    • 10.1 notes

  • Practice:

    • FF Root of all evil

    • Notes Quiz

  • Analyze: None

• Botany: Students will describe different ways plant evidence may be applicable to forensic investigations.

  • Research:

    • 10.3 notes

  • Practice:

    • Planted Evidence F.F. Video

    • Notes quiz

  • Analyze:

    • Digital Testimony

    • Interpret crime scene observations and data

    • Identify victims A (&B?) from missing persons list and examine pictures of their home for clues

• Entomology: Students will use insect evidence in conjunction with stages of decay to estimate PMI while accounting for factors that influence normal insect development and recruitment.

  • Research:

    • 10.2 notes (Text or video 1hr)

    • stages of decay foldable

      • Digital Stages of Decay Foldable

    • Time lapse of pig decay (underwater)

    • How to use Isomegalen Charts

    • Using Maggot Size to Estimate PMI

  • Practice:

    • Determination of PMI practice

    • From Maggots to Murder Lab

    • Digital Maggots Lab

    • Notes Quiz

  • Analyze:

    • Digital Testimony

    • Interpret crime scene evidence

    • Analyze Autopsy reports to determine C.O.D and develop M.O. for killer

    • Identify victims C+D from missing persons list and examine pictures of their home for clues

    • Find a suspect.

• Palynology and Mycology: Students will analyze and interpret pollen and spore evidence in the lense of a forensic investigation.

  • Research:

    • 10.4 notes

    • Palynology and Mycology Research project

  • Practice:

    • FF: The Dirty Deed video

    • Notes quiz

  • Analyze:

    • Digital Testimony

    • Interpret crime scene evidence

    • Research to find more information about your suspect and build your case.

• ASSESSMENT

  • Written exam

  • Testimonial exam

    • Digital Testimony