As a group you will…

1. Research a historical crime – no two groups in a class can choose the same crime. You will find a helpful link to true crime stories on my forensics page.

2. Type a one page paper that summarizes the crime/criminal and discusses the forensic evidence that led to their capture. If they were never captured discuss what evidence was missing or what technologies we were lacking that would have caught them today.

3. You will give a class presentation that will be 5-8 minutes (no shorter, no longer) You may use a posterboard, powerpoint presentation, skit, or whatever other method you wish to give the presentation.

You will receive a grade for both the paper and the presentation.

Due date: Monday, 10/2/06

Terminology quiz on Monday, 9/25/06

Your group will design its own infomercial for a product of your choice. The product may already exist or you may invent your own. The infomercial and product must be rated for television, so keep it clean! This assignment is an opportunity for you to practice your terminology so you will remember it better. Therefore the infomercial must contain at least 15 terminology words. These words may already exist or you may combine your own prefixes, word roots and suffixes to make up your own words. You can also use body regions, body planes, body structures etc… Additionally, you should follow these rules:

• Presentation is 8-12 minutes. You will be penalized if you go under 8 minutes or over 12 minutes (even by 1 second!) – television time is precious and adhered to strictly the tv station would cut you off.
• Write your skit in the ’scrapbook’ section of your notebook.
• Your group must type the final script and hand it in before your presentation. Each terminology term should be in bold and underlined.
• You must memorize your parts you may not have your script in front of you.
• A group member may hold up cue cards off camera but they must also participate on camera
• Everyone must participate!
• You should accentuate each term when you use it in your skit.
• Optional you may videotape it ahead of time **
• You should be excited about your product I should wonder how I ever lived without it! ** = I have higher expectations for pre-taped versions!

  Due: Wednesday, 9/27/06

Use the computers to research at least 2 scientific theories and one religious story regarding the start of the universe – type a one page paper explaining these theories and comparing them, noting their strengths and weaknesses.

You may work as a group in class but everyone must type their own paper.

Complete the following:

Ch. 1 Review: MC 1-5; SA 11-13; CA 2

Due: Friday, 9/22/06

Complete the crossword puzzle handout.

You may also complete the online crossword puzzle on my anatomy page.

Due: Friday, 9/22/06

Read the following information online and create a study outline – be ready for a quiz!

The State of Surveillance – this link is also on my forensics page

Read and outline the main article on this site plus the following
links on that page: The Slide Show, No Where To Hide, A Dog’s Nose
Still Knows Best, and In The Datasphere – No Word Goes Unheard

Task: As a group, you will create a PowerPoint presentation
that describes the ‘nature of science’.

Procedure: You will use the Internet to research the ‘nature
of science’. What is science – its purpose, process etc…? You
should be sure you are able to answer the questions below. Your
presentation should be creative and educational. It should contain
text and pictures that aid in understanding what science is and what
it is not. It should also include examples from history where
appropriate. (i.e. a geocentric universe)

Some questions to think about (not all inclusive):

• What is science? How
  does it compare to religion and religious faith?

• Why do we use science?

• What general questions
  does science ask about our universe?

• How does science work?

• What is the scope of
  science? What are it’s limitations?

• Define
  and describe hypothesis, inference, experiment, peer review, theory
  and scrutiny.

• What is parsimony and
  how does it relate to scientific explanations?

• Can all science
  questions be answered through experimentation?

• Are scientific truths
  determined democratically?

• Are scientists always
  right?

Due: Tuesday 9/19/06

Complete the “What’s wrong with me doc?” terminology sheet.

Due: Tuesday 9/12/06

Finish the fairy-tale crime sheets.

Due:  Monday 9/11/06