Friday, February 20, 2015

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 This year I am taking Forensics. The teacher for this course is Miss Larson. Miss Larsen is a new teacher this year and teachers Forensic and seventh grade Biology courses. She, like each teacher, has her own website highlighting the courses she teaches. I begin my day with Forensics because it is my first period class. The class consists of juniors and seniors. What I expected to learn was the basics about each topic found in forensics. Some of the topics I looked forward to learning about included toxicology, finger printing, and blood analysis. So far we have covered topics such as toxicology, finger printing, blood analysis, anthropology, DNA analysis, fiber analysis, impressions, ballistics, and document analysis.

     Miss Larson's grading policy is similar to every other teacher's. An assessment of some sort is given for a grade every week in addition to a classwork and homework grade. If homework is not done ore classwork is not fulfilled a zero is given to the student in the appropriate category. Labs are also conducted and graded in a separate category. The breakdown of grades is as follows: homework 20%, tests 30%, classwork 10%,  quiz 10%, and labs 20%.
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     In interesting aspect of the Forensics course is a project, called a famous case, that each student must complete. Each student is assigned a different murder case throughout history and must create a presentation highlighting the case. This allows for extensive research about a part of history that related to the course as well as to share their knowledge with the class. My particular case was about the BTK killerTechnology is used in the presentations of the famous cases. A projector is connected to a laptop to display the presentation on the whiteboard and allow students to share their research and knowledge with their peers.


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