Approximate Time Frame

Topic

Text Chapter

Labs/Activities

September 

2 1/2 weeks

 Intro/Observation skills  

 1

"I've got my eye on you"

Bertillon activity

"Under Surveillance"

Crime Scene searches

Evidence collection 

 2

Evidence Collection Web Game

"Don't touch the evidence" lab

 Individual vs. Class characteristics

Types and significance of Physical evidence

Role of probability in forensics
 

 3

 "Faces" CD - forensic face sketches

Wayne Williams case discussion

September/October

2 Weeks

 Matter and Density

Glass Analysis

Physical Properties of Light

Refractive index 

 4

Glass Density Lab

Refractive Index/Glass identification lab

Crime scene analysis

Glass fracture patterns 

 4

Glass fracture lab

Crime Scene Analysis

October 

3 1/2 Weeks

Identification and classification of drugs

5 

Drug ID lab

Analyzing money for drugs

 Toxicology

6

Toxicology lab

Crime scene analysis

Thin Layer Chromatography

November 

3 Weeks

      Forensic Serology

Biology of Blood

Blood Typing

 8

Blood Typing

Blood probabilities

Presumptive blood tests

Blood Spatter Analysis

Lines of Convergence 

Blood spatter labs

Lines of Convergence

November / December

2 Weeks

 Hair and Fibers

Microscope review and practice

Hair ID and matching lab

Fiber ID and Matching lab

December

2 Weeks

Metals and Paint

Soil Analysis

Pollen Analysis

Soil analysis lab

Plant/flower dissection

Pollen ID and matching lab

January

2 Weeks

 Fingerprints

Computer Activity

Print ID and classification

Latent print lab

Superglue Fuming

Lip prints lab

Lipstick chromatography lab

January/February

3 Weeks

 DNA principles

DNA fingerprinting

9

DNA extraction

Restriction Enzyme Activity

Gel Electrophoresis

February/March

3 Weeks

 Forensic Anthropology  
 (Bones)

Additional Resources

 Skeleton parts Lab

Body Proportions Lab

Sherlock Bones ID and Crime Scene Lab

Romanov Computer Activity

2 Weeks

 Casts and Impressions

15
and
Additional Resources

Shoe tread ID and Matching

Foot size lab

Footprint casting

Tire tread measurement lab

Tire tread/impression lab

2 Weeks

Forgery

16

Ransom note analysis lab

Ink chromatography lab

Currency forgery lab

Art forgery lab

April

2 Weeks

 Firearms ID

Ballistics (bullet trajectories)

Bullet and Casing Marks

15

 Bullet/Cartridge Analysis

Firing pin lab

Kinetic Energy Lab

Trajectory lab (paper)

Trajectory lab (actual)

April/May

1 1/2 Weeks

 Tool Marks

15
and
Additional Resources

 Screwdriver ID lab

Screwdriver crime scene lab

Hammer ID lab

Hammer crime scene lab

May

3 Weeks

Time of Death

Forensic Entomology

Additional Resources

Rigor mortis lab

Fly ID lab

Bug Field Study 

Forensic entomology and time of death lab

June

2 Weeks

 Conclusion, Review and Final Crime Scene Practical Exam

Additional Resources

 Cumulative crime scene labs

Crime Scene Analysis Final Exam (written and practical)