Forensic Science – Cheat Sheet for Success

Course Website:  You will follow the class site on Blackboard.  Make yourself familiar with this right away.  And enter your email address under your personal information so I can contact you with work and updates when necessary.  Your parents/guardians are welcome to also explore the site but they will need to use your login/password to access the course material.

Daily Preparation:  Notebook, Pencil, Black Pen, Your Maturity, Your Respect, Your Attention

Bring Your Own Device:  Beginning this year you are allowed to bring an electronic device (laptop, iPad, tablet, etc.) to class to use for notes and online activities.  I am allowing this and HIGHLY recommending that if you have one of these and wish to bring it to class BRING IT daily.  There are high number of online activities we will be doing, and in addition to notes being posted online, all formal lab reports will be submitted electronically.  I will not always have enough laptops for each individual, pair, or investigation team to use.

Homework:  You will have homework more times out of the week than not.  Homework will include answering questions or defining terms posted to my Blackboard site, completing labs done in class, analyzing case studies and Forensic articles, to name a few.  Since I will not assign nightly homework you are expected to complete this homework by the due date, in full, and to the best of your abilities.  Most will be submitted electronically.  A 10% point deduction per school day will be the consequence for late or incomplete homework.  I will not accept incomplete assignments.

Forensic Science – Cheat Sheet for Success

Course Website:  You will follow the class site on Blackboard.  Make yourself familiar with this right away.  And enter your email address under your personal information so I can contact you with work and updates when necessary.  Your parents/guardians are welcome to also explore the site but they will need to use your login/password to access the course material.

Daily Preparation:  Notebook, Pencil, Black Pen, Your Maturity, Your Respect, Your Attention

Bring Your Own Device:  Beginning this year you are allowed to bring an electronic device (laptop, iPad, tablet, etc.) to class to use for notes and online activities.  I am allowing this and HIGHLY recommending that if you have one of these and wish to bring it to class BRING IT daily.  There are high number of online activities we will be doing, and in addition to notes being posted online, all formal lab reports will be submitted electronically.  I will not always have enough laptops for each individual, pair, or investigation team to use.

Homework:  You will have homework more times out of the week than not.  Homework will include answering questions or defining terms posted to my Blackboard site, completing labs done in class, analyzing case studies and Forensic articles, to name a few.  Since I will not assign nightly homework you are expected to complete this homework by the due date, in full, and to the best of your abilities.  Most will be submitted electronically.  A 10% point deduction per school day will be the consequence for late or incomplete homework.  I will not accept incomplete assignments.

Textbook:  We use the book Forensic Science:  An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques 2nd Edition as one of our learning aids in class.  This is typically used as an entry-level-college textbook.  With the increasing popularity of the course, and with this edition now out of date, you will NOT be assigned a textbook to bring to class.  A class set will remain in my possession and you are free to sign-out the book whenever you would like. 

More information regarding the course (grading policy, academic integrity, personal behavior and responsibilities, course outline) can be found on the Blackboard site as the attachment titled Syllabus Fa12.

REMEMBER, this class is not about blood and guts and gory pictures.  This is a science class and we will investigate and discuss grown-up situations in a mature and scientific manner.  While some things may make you a little queasy, the intention is not to ‘gross’ you out.  It is to peak your interest, educate yourself, and perhaps turn you on to a new and exciting branch of science in the world.

Textbook:  We use the book Forensic Science:  An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques 2nd Edition as one of our learning aids in class.  This is typically used as an entry-level-college textbook.  With the increasing popularity of the course, and with this edition now out of date, you will NOT be assigned a textbook to bring to class.  A class set will remain in my possession and you are free to sign-out the book whenever you would like. 

More information regarding the course (grading policy, academic integrity, personal behavior and responsibilities, course outline) can be found on the Blackboard site as the attachment titled Syllabus Fa12.

REMEMBER, this class is not about blood and guts and gory pictures.  This is a science class and we will investigate and discuss grown-up situations in a mature and scientific manner.  While some things may make you a little queasy, the intention is not to ‘gross’ you out.  It is to peak your interest, educate yourself, and perhaps turn you on to a new and exciting branch of science in the world.