Science Curriculum Map Course: Forensic Science Grade(S): 10/11
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Science Curriculum Map Course: Forensic Science Grade(s): 10/11 Teachers: High School Science Department Big Idea and Enduring Skills/Competencies Key Science NGSS PA Common Core Understanding Concepts Standards for Literacy and Math Chapter 1: Define observation, and Biology: DNA, genetic HS-LS3-1 Ask Literacy: Observation is how you perceive describe what changes code questions to clarify RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual your surroundings. Your brain occur in the brain while relationships about evidence to support analysis of affects your observations by observing. the role of DNA and science. filtering the information you Describe examples of chromosomes in RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a take in from your environment. factors influencing coding the instructions multistep procedure when carrying Many factors affect eyewitness eyewitness accounts of for characteristic traits out experiments accounts of a crime. events. passed from parents RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning Investigators must understand Compare the reliability to offspring. of symbols, key terms and phrases. these factors when determining of eyewitness HS-LS3-3 Apply RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual the accuracy of a witness’s testimony to what concepts of statistics evidence to support analysis of testimony. With practice and actually happened. and probability to science. patience, you can train yourself Relate observation explain variation and RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a to be a good observer. Forensic skills to their use in distribution of multistep procedure when carrying Science attempts to uncover forensic science. expressed traits in a out experiments. evidence in order to discover Define forensic science population. RST.11-12.4 Determine the the facts of a crime. Forensic HS-ETS1-2 Design a meaning of symbols, key terms and scientists do not try to prove solution to a complex phrases. whether someone is innocent or real-world problem by WHST.9-10.1 Write arguments guilty. They are only interested breaking it down into focused on science content. in collecting and examining smaller, more WHST.9-10.2 Write evidence. manageable problems informative/explanatory texts, that can be solved including the narration of historical through engineering. events, scientific 1 procedures/experiments or technical processes. WHST.9-10.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem. WHST.11-12.1 Write arguments focused on science content. WHST.11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments or technical processes. WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem. Math: CC2.1.HS.F.3 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. Chapter 2: Summarize Locard’s Biology: blood typing HS-ETS1-2 Design a Literacy: Crime-scene investigators Principle of Exchange solution to a complex RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a recognize, document, collect, Identify four examples Earth sciences: different real-world problem by multistep procedure when carrying and organize evidence left at the of trace evidence ways to study soil breaking it down into out experiments. scene of a crime. Investigators Distinguish between smaller, more RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning apply specific procedures and direct and Mathematics: manageable problems of symbols, key terms and phrases. techniques to collect trace circumstantial evidence calculating odds that can be solved RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence, a kind of Identify the types of Chemistry: chemical through engineering. evidence to support analysis of circumstantial evidence. It is professionals who analysis of evidence science. 2 extremely important to preserve might be present at a RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a both direct and indirect crime scene multistep procedure when carrying evidence so that professionals Summarize the seven out experiments can recreate as complete a steps (seven S’s) of a RST.11-12.4 Determine the picture as possible of what took crime-scene meaning of symbols, key terms and place before, during and after a investigation phrases. crime. Investigators must Explain the importance WHST.9-10.1 Write arguments secure the crime scene; of securing the crime focused on science content. separate witnesses; take scene WHST.9-10.2 Write photographs and sketch the Identify the methods by informative/explanatory texts, scene; and search, secure and which a crime scene is including the narration of historical properly package evidence. documented events, scientific Demonstrate proper procedures/experiments or technique in collecting technical processes. and packaging trace WHST.11-12.2 Write evidence informative/explanatory texts, Explain what it means including the narration of historical to map a crime scene events, scientific Describe how evidence procedures/experiments or from a crime scene is technical processes. analyzed Math: CC2.1.HS.F.3 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. CC2.3.HS.A.7 Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles. 3 Chapter 3: Identify the various Biology: the structure HS-ETS1-2 Design a Literacy: Hair is an important structure parts of a hair and functions of human solution to a complex RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual found on mammals, including Describe variations in hair and hair of other real-world problem by evidence to support analysis of humans. While all hairs have the structure of the mammals breaking it down into science. the same basic structure, medulla, cortex, and smaller, more RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a differences in the specific cuticle Physics: using the manageable problems multistep procedure when carrying characteristics of an individual’s Distinguish between properties of light and that can be solved out experiments hair can help an investigator human and nonhuman electron movement to through engineering. RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning determine general characteristic animal hair analyze hair HS-LS1-1 Construct an of symbols, key terms and phrases. of that individual. Forensic Determine if two explanation based on RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual investigators rely on their examples of hair are Mathematics: evidence for how the evidence to support analysis of knowledge of hair structure, likely to be from the calculating ratios and structure of DNA science. function, and variation when same person rates determines the RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a they use hair from a crime scene Explain how hair can be structure of proteins multistep procedure when carrying as evidence used in a forensic which carry out out experiments. investigation essential functions of RST.11-12.4 Determine the Calculate the medullary life through systems of meaning of symbols, key terms and index for a hair specialized cells. phrases. Distinguish hairs from HS-LS3-3 Apply WHST.9-10.1 Write arguments individuals belonging to concepts of statistics focused on science content. broad racial categories and probability to WHST.9-10.7 Conduct short as well explain variation and as more sustained research distribution of projects to answer a question or expressed traits in a solve a problem. population. WHST.11-12.1 Write arguments HS-PS1-1 Use the focused on science content. periodic table as a WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short as model to predict the well as more sustained research relative properties of projects to answer a question or elements based on the solve a problem. patterns of electrons in the outermost Math: energy level of atoms. CC2.1.HS.F.3 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and 4 the origin in graphs and data displays. Chapter 4: Identify and describe Biology: cellulose in HS-ETS1-2 Design a Literacy: Fibers can be transferred common weave plants; keratin in solution to a complex RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual between people and between patterns of textile animals; plant real-world problem by evidence to support analysis of people and their environments. samples morphology; breaking it down into science. A close study of these fibers can Compare and contrast microscopy smaller, more RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a prove contact between a person various types of fibers manageable problems multistep procedure when carrying and a crime scene. through physical and Chemistry: chemical that can be solved out experiments Yarns are made of fibers. chemical analysis analysis of fibers; burn through engineering. RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning Textiles are created by weaving Describe principal tests; polymers HS-PS1-1 Use the of symbols, key terms and phrases. perpendicular yarns. Weave characteristics of periodic table as a RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual patterns vary depending on the common fibers used in Physics: reflection and model to predict the evidence to support analysis of number of threads that wind their identification refraction of light; relative properties of science. over and under each other. Apply forensic science wavelengths of the elements based on the RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a Weave patterns can be used to techniques to analyze electromagnetic patterns of electrons multistep procedure when carrying identify sources of textiles at fibers spectrum in the outermost out experiments. crime scenes. Fiber types can be energy level of atoms.