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Criminals in History Project Examples

Here are some examples of the wonderful work the forensics students did on their Criminals in History project. Enjoy!

Mike Tillotson

Michael Tillotson on Prezi

Beth Krise

Son Of Sam on Prezi

Shelby Cain

serial killer project: The Hillside Stranglers on Prezi

Taylor Gordon

edmund kemper! on Prezi

Nicole Cecce

serial killer on Prezi

Jon King

Charles Manson on Prezi

WANTED posters

Updates

In forensics class, students have been working hard on their research projects on famous criminals in history. Students are researching their criminal, creating a Prezi based on their research, a wanted poster, then they are presenting about their criminal the week of 12/20. In the midst of working on these projects, we have explored forensic fingerprinting and document analysis. Students have learned the techniques document examiners use to investigate questioned documents. Students have learned all the different classes of fingerprints as well as ridge characteristics to look for when comparing a suspect fingerprint to one found at a crime scene. Students have classified their own fingerprints, and now will be doing a lab this week in which they will uncover hidden (latent) fingerprints using a variety of techniques: dusting, magnetic dusting, ninhydrin fuming, super glue fuming, and iodine fuming. Students will develop fingerprints from many surfaces--even paper!

Field Trip to RMSC

Our field trip was a success! The students really enjoyed the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We even had time to explore other exhibits after our CSI exhibit. Enjoy the pictures below!

Briefing before the crime scenes

Crime Scene #2

Crime Scene #1

Louis 

Howard

Teresa

Xavier and Olivia

Beth, Tarin, Logan, Howard looking at autopsy results

The group outside of the museum

Murder and a Meal Lab

Today, students were called to the task of determining the last meal a murder victim ate. They were provided with the "stomach contents" of the murder victim, and performed tests to determine whether the victim had eaten protein, carbohydrates, lipids, or sugars. They then decided whether the victim last ate at Pudgie's Pizza, Gino's Italian Restaurante, or Buffalo Wild Wings, based on the tests they performed. Enjoy the pictures below!

All the materials: The "stomach contents" in the beakers, Iodine Reagent (for starch test), Biuret Reagent (for protein test), Benedict's Solution (for glucose test), and brown paper bags (for lipid test)

 Mike, a little grossed out by the smell of the "vomit!"

Jenna adding Biuret reagent to test for proteins

Beth and Justin performing protein test

 Dylan and Bryan putting their test tube in the hot bath

 Test tubes in the hot bath to see the vomit reacts with Benedict's solution, which would show the presence of glucose

All the test results from left to right: Negative test for protein, negative test for glucose, positive test for starch, and positive test for lipids (stain left on brown bag)

Field Trip Tomorrow, 11/23!

Tomorrow, our forensic science classes will be traveling to the Rochester Museum and Science Center for a CSI: The Experience Exhibit. To preview the exhibit and the crimes we will be solving, click the link below!
http://www.csitheexperience.org/about_preview.html

For forensics activities related to this exhibit to try with your family, go here:
http://forensics.rice.edu/html/famguide.html

Updates 11/12

Hello everyone,

Recently in Forensics, we've been learning about BLOOD. We discussed blood spatter analysis, and did a lab where the students experimented with how height, angle, speed, and target surface affects blood spatter. The pictures below show some students doing their experiments.

Katie and Sharon testing different weapon transfer patterns and how it compared to the stain found on a cloth at the scene of the crime

Brittani testing the effect of different surfaces on blood spatter

Dave, Rodney, and Shayne testing how angle of impact influences blood spatter

Theron and Dylan testing angle of impact

Daryl, Taylor, and Hannah testing the effect of height on blood spatter

Donald, Harley, and Anthony analyzing the difference between high velocity impact spatter and medium velocity impact spatter