Commercial Observation

History of Forensics

This week we will start off with a little bit of the history of forensics and when it all started and then go into the first steps of investigating a crime scene. I know some might think history is boring but it is important to know where the field came from. Forensics has been around for 100's of years but it has really only been the last 20 years that everyone has gotten so into the science of forensics. I found this cool web site that offers a good size timeline of forensics and some important milestones in the field.

Timeline of Forensics

First trivia question of the week. Describe in detail the first crime that was solved using forensics. I want to know the date, where it happened and what happened. You can either send it to me in a comment or write it down and bring it to class. The first person to get the best answer gets the extra credit.

Finding Your reference sheets

Hey guys everyone should be looking for some reference sheets for Wednseday and Fridays class. For Wednesday you need to find some stuff to help you use a microscope and stereoscope. You want something that shows the parts and maybe a little how to... I found some sites here are a couple:

microscope information #1

microscope information #2

stereoscope information

For Friday you need some information on the metric system. Some of you might have agendas, folders or even inserts that have the information already but you can also look for some sights online. Make sure you have conversions and formulas to help you.

Commonly used metrics, prefixes etc.

Lots of other metric stuff

Area, perimeter and volume formulas

Density stuff

So print out what you need and make sure you have it for class. It will only help you out with the labs.