Everything Forensic Science

This will be a weekly class that will go indefinitely! Students will have the opportunity to dive deeply into the field of forensic science. We'll go over the timetable listed below. We'll also talk about recent incidents in which forensic files have been used to help solve crimes. This will allow students to discuss relevant situations and apply critical thinking to see if they can solve a real-life problem.

Topics we will be going over: 
Week of Feb. 18 -The basics of forensic science (what is it?) 
Week of Feb. 25 Digital forensics 
Week of Mar 4 - Forensic DNA
Week Mar 11 -Splatter Analysis
Week Mar 18-Identifying Teeth
Week Mar 25-Ballistics
Week Apr.1- Will not meet due to Christmas Eve 
Week April 8-Digital evidence
Week April 15 -Drugs & toxicology
Week April 22 -Trace evidence
Week April 29-Fingerprints
Week May 4 - Famous cases 
Week May 11-Current or recent cases 
Week May 18- Technology tracing 

We will be using lecture slides with some videos. There will be pictures with blood as we will be analyzing crime scenes. 
If the day lands on a holiday class we will not have class! :) example: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter