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Bertillion Measurements Lab sheet     Lab pictures PPT Lab to include: 1) Data sheet (First page of lab) 2) calcualtions (OMIT class average) 3) Type up answers to questions 4) Type up Discussion section (Explain lab purpose, use in forensics, pros/cons, Will West Case) 5) % Error = (Actual-Experimental) / (Actual) *100.	The Rogue Penny Lab
Crime Scene Movie Project You may work alone, or in a group up to 4 people.  1)Brainstorm a storyboard depicting a crime being committed 2) Design your own working crime scene, and show how it would be processed based on your modus operandi 3) Demonstrate the seven "S"'s of a crime scene 4) Include ID and collection/preservation of evidence.  EX: Blood Spatter, Hair, Fiber, Toxicology, Fingerprints, Graphology, profiling/stalking.	Triangulation Lab Body 1, Body 2, hammer, ring stand, gray sneaker, pink sneaker, perimeter
Quarter 2 Project:  Pick a case and explain how forensics was used inthis case to convict the petpetrator. Include: 1) Biographical info in the person 2) Synopsis of the crime. 3) Explain what forensics was used and how it was used to find the person guilty.	microscope lab a) Newsprint b) paper money Both under 1) Steroscope 2) compound LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH power. class notes: Microscope Lab. Stereo scope AND compound scope using Low, Medium, and High power.  Take pictures and LABEL magnification. 1) Letter "e" 2) ripped portion of newsprint 3) Paper money Steroscope only of hand ... cuticle
Reconstructing a bottle fracture Simulation website we used in class today for refractive index. How a refractometer works video ABBE II refractometer - similar to what we have in class - Use video How to use a handheld Refractometer video	Glass Lab Discussion section:  Explain your fracture pattern with your method of fracturing ( 1) hammer and nail or just hammer.  2) iROCK  3) Drop from measured height ). On your attached pictures (Pre and post fx as well as microscopy pictures) label radial and concentric fractures.  Note which occurred first and WHY! Compare your results with your method of fracturing to your lab partners and their method of fracturing ... # of attempts, height, types of patterns noted ETC. Before and after pictures of each type of glass drop. a) Hammer (and nail) b) the ROCK (iRock) c) drop (note height dropped from) Explain how many times it took to fracture the glass.  Describe the fracture patterns on each picture. Types of glass - BREAKING Glass/ Fracture Pattern Analysis LAB experiment
Hair Lab. a) Chemical testing: HCl, H2O, bleach, acetone b) Physical Observation: Stereo and Compound microscope. c) Cuticle pattern imprints with nail polish - and microscopy d) Flame test. e) Other animal hair comparison. 1)Burnt hair,  2) cuticle pattern - rip from tip end after dry in nail polish on slide, 3) follicular tag on forcefully removed hair. Full write up! As explained in class Title, Purpose, Procedure for each test, data pictures (Explain what you see in each picture!  Include magnification), and discussion - explain how this is used in Forensics as well as background information on hair! a) Physical observation of your hair b) Chemical testing: 3M HCl, H2O, bleach. c) Cuticle pattern imprints with nail polish - and microscopy d) Flame test. e) follicular tag f) Other animal hair comparison.	Animal vs. Human hair microscopic comparison.  Cuticle impressions.
Fiber lab 1) Control fibers and YOUR fiber 2) Chemical testing 3) Burn testing.	FP ID Lab. HW: Complete the ID of each of your FP.  LABEL 1) Type of print 2) draw a line to the print and identify 5 points of minutae (from handout) on EACH fingerprint. FP ID Lab  LABEL 1) Type of print 2) draw a line to the print and identify 5 points of minutae (from handout) on EACH fingerprint. Lab Due Tuesday Begin Lifting prints. Lab part 2 Fuming for prints.   Iodine and superglue (Cyanoacrylate) fuming. Finish Magna powder dusting and lifting. Shoe print / tool mark impressions.  Casting. Lab 1) Inked print, and ID of type of prints and 4 points of minutae on each finger. Lab 2) Latent print: Magna powder dusting, iodine fuming, superglue fuming. (Not done - Ninhydrine for amino acids and proteins, alternative light source) Lab 3) Molded/Impressed Prints:  Teeth marks - Dentition (Styrofoam plate), Shoe print (sand and plaster casting)
Stalking .. or better yet ... OBSERVATIONS Lab Forensic Behavioral Observations Project	Toxicology Lab TOXICOLOGY LAB DUE THURSDAY.  Be sure to include, in detail, what the white substance looked like before and after the chemical testing.  Include your pictures!  Give an educated guess as to what the white powder (From any grocery or hardware store) could be based on what the chemical tests for. Unknown Substances A-E.  Testing liquids:  Acetic Acid, Lugols solution, Biuret Solution, Benedict's Solution, salt solution. Record all observations that occur in your well plates with each substance mixed with each solution.
Blood Spatter Lab Angle of impact Movement Surface types