High Forensic Science 1

Segment 1

• Study different types of evidence
• Learn the steps of processing a crime scene
• Examine documentary, demonstrative, and testimonial evidence
• Explain how a hypothesis about a crime can come from evidence
• Discuss the reliability of different types of evidence in court
• Learn about different cell components and their importance in forensics
• Identify the characteristics of fiber, hair, plant, soil, and insect evidence
• Learn how electromagnetic tools are used in forensic analysis
• Learn how genetic traits and inheritance can be helpful to an investigation
• Identify the tests used to find blood at a crime scene
• Learn how to find someone's blood type and its usefulness
• Discover the usefulness of blood as evidence
• Study the use of DNA fingerprinting, genealogy, and genetic profiling in forensics
• Conduct analysis of evidence samples
• Use evidence to support a claim about a crime

 

Segment 2

• Learn how tire tracks, footprints, and dental impressions are useful in forensics
• Identify types of weapons that could make tool marks at a crime scene
• Study the characteristics of fingerprints, blood spatter, glass, and paint evidence
• Discover the technologies and databases used to ID a fingerprint
• Learn the different methods of criminal profiling
• Learn how chemical reaction analysis is used in forensics
• Learn how to create a biological profile from skeletal remains
• Explain the manner, cause, and mechanism of death
• Study the timeline of human decomposition after a crime
• Identify the effects of drug and toxin exposure
• Understand how Newton's laws explain crimes with falls and collisions
• Understand the role of momentum during and after a collision
• Identify the different substances used to start a fire or build an explosive
• Learn the steps of fire and explosive evidence collection and investigation
• Study how accelerant and explosive residues are analyzed at a crime scene
• Learn the usefulness of sound in investigations of explosives
• Conduct analysis of evidence samples
• Use evidence to support a claim about a crime

 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.