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Crime Scene Investigation: Forensic Science Course A & B

Participants: Steven Tice, Jill Phaneuf

Overview:
This fall Plattsburgh High will offer two half-year Forensic Science courses: Forensics A & Forensics B. The purpose of these courses is to get students to experience a true applied science, in the context of Crime Scene Investigations. The two half year courses, if successfully completed, will offer the student one full year of science elective credit.

The course is designed so that the two sections can be challenged independently, neither section is a prerequisite for the other. The course will also be available for optional CAP credit through Clinton Community College. To receive the college credit, students will be required to successfully complete both sections and write a suitable research paper.

The course will develop analytical skills that require students to apply science and mathematics to problem solving. Each section of the course will focus on different areas of forensic science; the exam will incorporate learned skills from both sections. Therefore, this project is the proposed final laboratory exam for those students completing both sections.

At the end of the school year in June, this cumulative Laboratory Practical Exam will be used to assess the degree to which students have acquired/mastered Forensic Investigative skills as a group. The task/assessment will take three or four 80 minute periods. Individual assessments will be done separately.

NYS Learning Standards Addressed:

MST

Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.

Standard 2: Information systems : Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies.

Standard 3: Mathematics: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Standard 4: Science: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Standard 6: Interconnectedness - Common Themes: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.

Standard 7: Interdisciplinary Problem Solving: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decision

ELA

Standard 1 - Language for Information and Understanding: Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding