forensic 1.07 lab questions
Hair Detective
Your first lab link can be found at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/fun-games/hair-detective/.
1. Describe the crime that you are investigating in this activity.
While the members of Crucial Cuts rehearse on stage, a member of the band Sassy Snips sneaks into Crucial Cut’s dressing room and steals all of their hair products
2. What evidence do you have to identify the culprit of the crime?
There was a trail of glitter hair leading to the Sassy Snips dressing room
3. Who stole the hair products? How do you know?
Jade stole the hair products, and I know because after her hair sample was run through multiple tests it matched with hair sample we found at the crime scene
N-Squad
Your second lab link can be found at http://webadventures.rice.edu/stu/Games/N-Squad/.
Go through the three episodes and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the crime that you are trying to solve.
There was a car crash and in one car there were two teenagers, and I am trying to determine if the crash was on purpose or not
2. Who is one pioneer in autopsy? What did this person contribute to the practice of autopsies?
Alexander Gettler, through various experiments and giving alcohol to dogs now allows forensic scientists to determine if alcohol consumption was related to the death
3. How does alcohol affect the body? Give specific examples from the episodes.
It slows down your reaction time
4. Why is evidence important in forensic science? What evidence was important in the episodes? Why?
Evidence is important because it helps you determine the facts behind the crime
The evidence found around the crime scene, such as the beer bottle was important because it gives clues as to what happened
Your first lab link can be found at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/fun-games/hair-detective/.
1. Describe the crime that you are investigating in this activity.
While the members of Crucial Cuts rehearse on stage, a member of the band Sassy Snips sneaks into Crucial Cut’s dressing room and steals all of their hair products
2. What evidence do you have to identify the culprit of the crime?
There was a trail of glitter hair leading to the Sassy Snips dressing room
3. Who stole the hair products? How do you know?
Jade stole the hair products, and I know because after her hair sample was run through multiple tests it matched with hair sample we found at the crime scene
N-Squad
Your second lab link can be found at http://webadventures.rice.edu/stu/Games/N-Squad/.
Go through the three episodes and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the crime that you are trying to solve.
There was a car crash and in one car there were two teenagers, and I am trying to determine if the crash was on purpose or not
2. Who is one pioneer in autopsy? What did this person contribute to the practice of autopsies?
Alexander Gettler, through various experiments and giving alcohol to dogs now allows forensic scientists to determine if alcohol consumption was related to the death
3. How does alcohol affect the body? Give specific examples from the episodes.
It slows down your reaction time
4. Why is evidence important in forensic science? What evidence was important in the episodes? Why?
Evidence is important because it helps you determine the facts behind the crime
The evidence found around the crime scene, such as the beer bottle was important because it gives clues as to what happened