Forensic Science Unit Mapping

Forensic Science

2nd Semester

4th Marking Period

Document Analysis

Invisible Ink types

Shredded Documents

Making Paper

Handwriting Characteristics

Diactritic Placement

Flourishes and Embellishments

Baseline Habits

Slant

Shading and Pressure

Unusual Letter Formation

Beginning and Ending Strokes

Connecting Strokes

Pen Lifts

Ratio of Letter Sizing

Spacing

Line Quality

Chromatography

Document Characteristics

Fibers

Probability

Burn Tests

Weave Patterns

Satin

Twill

Knits

Synthetic vs. Manmade

Soil Analysis

Soil Impressions

Munsell Color System

Chemical Tests

Basic Soil Characteristics

Soil Collection

3rd Marking Period

Poisons

Common Poisons

Lethal Dose

Drugs

Interaction

Synergism

Antagonism

Alcohol

Calculating BAC

Burn Off

Male vs. Female

Lab Testing

Field Sobriety Tests

Breathylizer

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

Motor Skill

Memory

DNA Analysis

mtDNA

CODIS Calculations

Reading A DNA Fingerprint

Electrophoresis

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

Polymerase Chain Reaction

1st Semester

2nd Marking Period

Hair

Timelines

Pulled Roots

Comparative

Chemical Treatment

Characteristics

Blood Typing

Filiation

RH Factor

ABO

Forensic Anthropology

Autopsy

The Body Farm

Skeletal Remains

Measuring Bones

Determination of Sex

Calculating Height Ranges

Determining Age Range

Ethnic and Racial Details

Livor Mortis

Algor Mortis

Rigor Mortis

Forensic Entomology

Experimenting with timelines

Calculating PMI

Insect Life Cycles

Common Insects

1st Marking Period

Blood Spatter

Directionality

Stringing Spatters

Measuring Spatters

Basic Trigonometry

Types of Spatter

Characteristics of blood

Fingerprinting

Taking Prints

Developing and Lifting

Ear Prints

Lip Prints

Foot Prints

Anthropometry

Classifying Prints

Whorls

Henry Classification

Accidentals

Loops

Ulnar

Radial

Arches

Tented

Plain

Minutiae

Dot

Island

Scar

Spur

Enclosure/Eye

Double Bifurcation

Trifurcation

Bifurcation

Bridge

Evidence Handling

Handling and Using Evidence

Chain of Evidence

Collection and Storage

Working a Crime Scene

Proper Procedure

Responsibilities

Jobs

Forensics and the Law

Using Probability

Types of Evidence

Eyewitness Reliability

Expectations in the Courtroom

Basics of Law

General Intro

History

Equipment Training

Lights

Supplies

Storage

Gloves

Chemical Safety

Comparison Scopes

Compound scopes

Stereo scopes

Employability Skills

Discipline

Precision

Completion

Accuracy

Fields

Pathology

Serology

Accounting

Field Investigation

Toxicology

Microscopy

Odontology

Chemistry

Entomology

Anthropology