Forensic Science

SCFS: Forensic Science

SCFS: Forensic Science

SCFS.A.1: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how forensic science is the application of science to the law

SCFS.A.2: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the proper techniques to search, isolate, collect, and record physical and trace evidence at a crime scene

SCFS.A.3: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding how the body is used as evidence, including the use of models to determine time of death

SCFS.A.4: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding physical evidence used in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.5: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding trace evidence

SCFS.A.6: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information regarding the role of ballistics, fingerprints and other impressions evidence in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.7: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information used to investigate how document examiners analyze questioned documents involved in forensic investigation

SCFS.A.8: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information identifying and analyzing the use of toxins and drugs in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.9: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information identifying and analyzing the use of serology in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.10: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information identifying and analyzing the use of DNA in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.11: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information used to investigate evidence involving arson and explosives

SCFS.A.12: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information as it pertains to cybercrimes in forensic investigations

SCFS.A.1.a: construct explanations concerning major historic Forensic Science contributors including Locard and the Exchange principle

SCFS.A.1.b: list and explore the differences between the four major federal crime labs

SCFS.A.1.c: explore analytical techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, and microscopy

SCFS.A.1.d: understand the Frye principle and Daubert ruling and their implications

SCFS.A.1.e: model the major roles and responsibilities of a forensic scientist specialist

SCFS.A.1.f: discuss current and historic criminal cases as they apply to the study of forensic science

SCFS.A.2.a: analyze and demonstrate the steps to be taken for thoroughly recording a crime scene

SCFS.A.2.b: collect, evaluate and classify evidence as individual or class

SCFS.A.2.c: model principles of chain of custody

SCFS.A.2.d: demonstrate the correct techniques for collecting physical and biological evidence

SCFS.A.2.e: describe the use of computer databases in forensic investigations (such as CODIS)

SCFS.A.3.a: construct explanations regarding manner, mechanism, and cause of death

SCFS.A.3.b: plan and carry out investigations using the steps performed during an autopsy

SCFS.A.3.c: develop and use models to gather and interpret data regarding rigor mortis, algor mortis, livor mortis and the stages of decomposition

SCFS.A.3.d: use mathematical and computational thinking to relate the time of death with the progression of insect development at the crime scene

SCFS.A.3.e: use models to gather data to determine age, sex, race, and height from anthropological evidence

SCFS.A.4.a: list the physical characteristics and chemical makeup of glass

SCFS.A.4.b: plan and carry out investigations to differentiate types of glass based on manufacturing, index of refraction, and density

SCFS.A.4.c: analyze glass fractures to determine impact characteristics and forensic value

SCFS.A.4.d: plan and carry out chemical and physical tests to identify soil and sand evidence

SCFS.A.5.a: analyze and interpret data to identify the gross morphological features common to various hair samples

SCFS.A.5.b: construct explanation differentiating between animal and human hair

SCFS.A.5.c: collect and evaluate the gross morphological and chemical features of fabric and fiber evidence

SCFS.A.6.a: identify the three major fingerprint patterns and their respective subclasses for personal identification purposes

SCFS.A.6.b: identify and classify ridge characteristics of fingerprints

SCFS.A.6.c: compare and contrast visible, plastic and latent fingerprints

SCFS.A.6.d: explore experimentally methods to develop and preserve fingerprints at a crime scene such as dusting, lifting and super glue fuming

SCFS.A.6.e: explore ballistic evidence recovered at a crime scene

SCFS.A.6.f: describe laboratory testing for ballistic evidence

SCFS.A.6.g: analyze the physics of ballistic trajectory to predict range of firing

SCFS.A.7.a: analyze and interpret methods used to determine authenticity of documents such as chromatography and ink analysis

SCFS.A.7.b: list and evaluate common characteristics used in handwriting analysis

SCFS.A.8.a: name and classify common drugs according to drug schedules and their effects on the body

SCFS.A.8.b: describe the factors involved in psychological and physical dependency of drugs

SCFS.A.8.c: plan and carry out investigations used to identify drugs

SCFS.A.8.d: research toxins, their effects on the body and detection techniques

SCFS.A.8.e: compare the effects of alcohol on blood alcohol levels with regard to gender, and according to the law

SCFS.A.9.a: explain how blood type and corresponding cell markers contribute to individualization

SCFS.A.9.b: plan and carry out investigations for blood splatter analysis

SCFS.A.9.c: describe the forensic techniques used to distinguish human and animal blood

SCFS.A.10.a: compare modern DNA typing technologies including short tandem repeats (STR), gel electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting

SCFS.A.10.b: describe how DNA databases are used for identification in legal proceedings

SCFS.A.11.a: differentiate between combustion and explosion

SCFS.A.11.b: explain how hydrocarbons and explosives are classified

SCFS.A.11.c: evaluate possible indicators of arson and criminal bombing