C.S.I. 101

C.S.I. 101

Forensic Science Investigations Class

January 2011

Join us for 5 different forensic science classes in January.

Learn how to gather evidence from a Crime Scene, analyze it,

and I.D. victims & suspects.

Learn about anatomy and physics.

Some of the classes will have a fee to help cover the cost of tools

and supplies.

Full Class descriptions will be available at the December Meeting

(and sent out online the 1^st week of December). Class Sign-up will be for

each class individually.

Here is a peek at things to come...

• how to gather crime scene evidence
  
• make blood
  
• lift fingerprints
  
• gunshot wounds
  
• autopsy practice
  

  
  

crime scene do not cross

Friday Favorite Five

*Friday October 29, 2010* *Happy Friday!* It’s time to recount the blessings of the week. Thanks to Susanne of Living to Tell the Story for hosting Friday’s Fave Five each week.

This is my FIRST Favorite Five Post.

Although GOD is who I am always most thankful for, I am not going to put Him on these posts. It is just unspoken that GOD is giver of ALL of these Blessings for which I am thankful

My 5 Favorite Blessings of the week are:

1. Sunshine! It has been an extra special blessing after the 2 weeks of gloomy rain.

2. Acupuncture! it delivered me from 3 weeks of daily migraines. And my Acupuncture doctor said he help me with my Forensic Science class. He said he'd think of a scenario we can use.

3. My Awesome Boys! That can feed themselves and keep up, somewhat, with their learning without me.

4. Chai Lattes. Need I say more?

5. The Internet. I have spent a lot of time researching online for our upcoming J-Term Class. Forensic Sciences.

Collecting Evidence for the Upcoming Class

Almost all of the Evidence Bags have been opened. Their seals have been broken. There is no going back now. A couple bags are not opened yet. Gavin didn't get to be a part of the seal-breaking last night, so I saved a couple bags for him and the Exacto Blade, for after his art class. Now I have some brown-paper Evidence Bags for our Forensic Science class! I should have bought red evidence tape to reclose them.

See the little container? It has synthetic blood. It will give a positive reaction with the Luminol Test! The little packets on the lower part of the picture or sample Luminol Tablets for training. Connor was excited and says we should dip our fingers in the synthetic blood and leave finger prints around the house them search for them with the Luminol.

My Acupunturist said he'll work on a scenario for our Forensic Class! I was telling him about my dentist and the saved teeth for our class. He thought that sounded like a great class to do with the boys and said he'll think of what he can contribute, maybe a scenario (since as an acupuncturist he doesn't have 'samples' or 'x-rays')

I Love J-Term!

TEETH

Today I had my teeth cleaned. While there I asked my dentist if he had any old Xrays &/or dental impressions I could have for the forensics classes I am teaching. He brought my an X-ray and a full set of impressions, including the mold (so the plaster teeth fit into the mold).....

AND... the Bestest Part.....

They will be saving teeth they extract between now and January to give to me to use in my class!!!

Chickenfeed

Ki likes me to write a story to go with the 'every-5-chapter-quiz' in his book. So I use the problems they have to create a story(often slightly changing or adding questions). He does LIFE OF FRED for math. (book 2)

Bridge to cross from Chapter 10 to Chapter 11:

show your work on separate paper.

The chickens have made their way through 10 chapters. The first few chapters proved a bit difficult to navigate, but they have made it, with the help of their Guide, Ki.

The chickens have come to a long bridge. In the middle of the bridge they see their grandma’s house.

“ Bawk-Bawk-BUCAW!”; they all shout in excitement! They love visiting Grandma! She bakes yummy treats!

They arrive at Grandma’s house and sit down to await their yummy baked goods. They each have a plate. Each plate has a Different diameter. The Red chicken has a plate with the diameter of 7.4”. The green chicken is on a diet and has a small plate. Its diameter is only 2 inches. The yellow chicken has a square plate that is 4.5 inches across. Grandma says she will serve their treats once they tell her the circumference of their plates. (or perimeter on the case of the yellow chicken with the mutated plate)

(1)Red Chicken’s plate ____________

(2)Green Chicken’s Plate ___________

(3)Yellow Chicken’s misfit, square plate ____________

As soon as they find the answer to their math problems, Grandmas gives them each one of her (in)Famous Seed Muffins.

recipe - each muffine requires:

65.3 grams stone-ground flour

4.75 grams cheese powder

2 Cups cement

1 small package bird seed

50.3 milliliters water

They use their knives to cut a slice of the muffin. Cutting a slice of Grandma’s (in)Famous Seed Muffin is both difficult AND a function. Does this function have an inverse?

(4)____________ How many ounces in a cup? (4b) _________

If grandma used 4 ounces less water that what the recipe said, how much water would she have used?

(5) ________________

Ki the guide appears suddenly and hands a paper to the Green Chicken. It is rolled up like a scroll and had a purple ribbon around it. It is a special quest, just for the Green Chicken. The Green Chicken unrolls his Special Quest scroll to reveal what he must do.

Ki the Guide has given him the following Question: Let “W” stand for the Set of WHOLE Numbers. You know that 5 Є W. Fill in the symbols for the following::

(6) Grandma’s (in)famous Seed Muffin _______ W

(7) 15/3 _______ W

(8) Pi _______ W

The Green Chicken passed his Quest and instantly vanished. Ki the Guide transported him to the other side of the bridge. Now there are only 2 young chicks and an old hen.

That makes 3 fowls in the house. On the floor there are 45,178,311 wiggling worms to be eat, Ki the Guide asks them if each fowl can get the same amount? (9) _________

The Red chicken answered, incorrectly. The yummy worms disappeared, much to the chagrin of the farm fowls.

Grandma Hen decided to make more muffins. She has plenty of all ingredients needed to make a huge batch of her (infamous seed muffins, all except the cheese powder. She only has 30 grams of cheese powder. How many muffins can she make with that amount of cheese powder?

(10) ______ . Will there be cheese powder left over? if so, how much? _______

The first chicken with the correct answer will be transported to the other side of the bridge.

*** SWOOOOSH****

Only the yellow chicken remained with Grandma; the yellow chicken and his square plate.

Grandma Hen now only needs to make 2 muffins. She puts the flour and the cheese powder for both muffins into a bowl. How many total grams is that?

(11) __________

After grandma Hen finishes mixing the ingredients for the muffins, Ki the Guide appears again. He hand a stone tablet to the Yellow Chicken. The Yellow Chicken does not have thumbs, so the stone tablet just falls to the ground. Luckily it is Face-Up and the Yellow Chicken can read it.

The Stone Table says; “In order to join your friends on the other side of the bridge, you must answer the following Questions about Grandma Hen’s (in)famous muffins:

(A) There are 63.573 milligrams of sunflower seeds in 1 package of seed mix. How many milligrams of sunflower seeds are in 2 packages. Round your Answer to the nearest hundredth. ______________

(B) There are 69.234 Milligrams of poppy seeds in 1 package of seed mix. How many Milligrams of poppy seeds are in 2 packages. Round your answer to the nearest hundred. _________

(C) Why are grandma’s (in)famous Seed Muffins so difficult to cut? ____________________________________________________________

The Yellow chicken passed the Quest and was promptly deposited on the other side of the bridge with the other 2 chickens. They happily skipped off to Chapter 11.

Elephants & Earplugs

The boys were running though the house this morning. Well, one of them, I think it was Ki. He sounded like an elephant.

I'm wearing my musical earplugs to drown out the sound of...everything. Earbuds & Youtube. It's a Billy Bragg kinda Morning.

So, I've had this stinking migraine for 2 weeks. I'm tired of lying in the dark wishing to bang my head against the wall to relieve the pain and pressure. It does wax and wane with intensity. And I am very grateful that, unlike Ohio where these were year long, they are only during the short rainy season out here on the Central Coast. Though I think that having them less make me more prone to complain about them, because I get used to the 9 months of just a couple headaches a months, so the few months of almost-daily migraines seems more frustrating.

I think I'll call the acupuncture dude and see if they can get me in Monday or Tuesday. That would be nice. Dr. Kandel will follow up the acupuncture with some wonderful acupressure.

I missed church las week due to the intensity of the migraine. Most migraines I just go to church and put up with them. I'm like a functioning Alcoholic.. but I'm a Functioning Migraine-Sufferer. It comes from all the long years and of having to do what needs to be done despite the chronic head pain.

I sit here typing at the computer wearing sunglasses. But I have had enough. gonna close my eyes and listen to music then go to church so I can ask for prayer after the service. I hate feeling this needy and dependent and useless.

RAIN-RAIN-RAIN (and CSI)

equals: MIGRAINES-MIGRAINES-MIGRAINES.

At least we got lightning/thunder/rainbows this week to make it a little more bearable.

The rain has stopped; for a few days at least. I just have a mild headache today.

The boys auditioned for A Christmas Carol, but not enough kids auditioned and they had to cancel that production, but plan on doing something else...hopefully.

I am already planning for J-TERM. I will be teaching Forensic Science. Then the boys can choose their own class for the other half of the day. I have purchased some books and kits through www.AMAZON.com. I have saved some websites that have activities, stories, videos.

here are some of the links I have saved for J-Term Forensics:

Forensic Science Lesson Plans Link

The Forensics Teacher

Forensic Lesson Plan 1

The Science Spot:: Forensics

More Lesson Plans for Forensic Science

worksheet

THINKforensics.UK a site that requires $15 membership- has lots of stuff, I may join. Call it School Fees.

Mysterious Death of Lewis (Lewis & Clark/History- how crime scene might handle it today)

CRIME SCENE: has videos, contests, a store, etc....

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the boys have been doing their own thing for school lately, thanks to migraines. I tell them to do Science, Math, reading, and sometimes writing. They are adding a lot of LEGO, Card Playing, and Power Tool Usage to their school plans.

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Gavin took the PSAT last Saturday. I'm excited to get the results (December!). It was his first 'real test', I guess, aside from the cognitive scholastics one he took in 2nd grade. He has taken some tests for Physics, but it's at home (or Panera), open notes, lots of time, no bubbles......

He is enjoying his College Class. I went in to meet his teacher this week. I was unsure how to go about that, which I told her. I mean when they are 9 years old you meet their teachers and when they are in College you don't, but what d you do when they are in high school and taking a College class. His teacher said she, too, has a 17 yr old- so she understood my dilemma. Gavin is doing well, working ahead even, and there have been students dropping out of class even! (but of course they are taking full load college and have jobs....)

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Connor and Ki are still doing Childcare on Tuesdays for Bible Study and getting paid $10 each, every Tuesday.

Connor has been talking about driving and getting a job' but in his silly, goofy way of discussing that stuff. But, still, he is showing interest! That is a bog change!

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Brian has been going away on business trips monthly, recently.

Got a Brand New Bag!

4 of them. I keep reallocating grocery bags then not having enough when I need to but groceries so I made 4 new bags.

I added holes/tabs so they can hang on the bagger stand.

the tab with which to hang the bag.

Peacock Fabric w/ Orange

The holes with which to hang the bag.

The bag made with lots of scraps and thread bobbin left overs.

and the ducky bag with pockets and hanging holes.

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in other news, I think I have figured out what to do with Ki's math for now.

Multiplying mixed numbers is a multi-step process. We will be focusing on just one step of that process at a time..... for as long as it takes.

He had the steps down previously, but seems to have have reverted to not. I think we just put the steps together too quickly for him.