TRENTON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM GUIDE
Unit I: Scientific Method Pacing: 5 Days
Content Area/Course: Forensics
Content Standards/CPI’s Addressed in this Unit
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
Essential Question
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
What evidence will show that students understand?
What other evidence needs to be collected in light of Stage 1 Desired Results?
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection:
Unit II: The crime scene and evidence collection Pacing: 5 Days
Content Area/Course: Forensics
Content Standards/CPI’s Addressed in this Unit
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
Essential Question
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
What evidence will show that students understand?
What other evidence needs to be collected in light of Stage 1 Desired Results?
tudent Self-Assessment and Reflection:
Unit III Toxicology and Drugs Pacing: 5 days
Content Area/Course: Forensics
Content Standards/CPI’s Addressed in this Unit (See Appendix A)
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
What evidence will show that students understand?
What other evidence needs to be collected in light of Stage 1 Desired Results?
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection:
Resources:
Prentice Hall Forensic Science
Chp 1-3 ; 1-4 with questions plus end of chapter assessment (prior to benchmark/midterm exams as review)
Casebook of Forensic detection
Toxicology p. 230
Research: O.J. Simpson Case
Unit IV: Fingerprinting Pacing: 6 days
Content Area/Course: Forensics
Content Standards/CPI’s Addressed in this Unit (See Appendix A)
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
What evidence will show that students understand?
What other evidence needs to be collected in light of Stage 1 Desired Results?
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection:
Unit V: Trace Evidence: Hair, fibers Pacing: 5 Days
Content Area/Course: Forensics
Content Standards/CPI’s Addressed in this Unit (See Appendix A)
Essential Questions Enduring Understandings
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Content: (Students will know)
What evidence will show that students understand?
What other evidence needs to be collected in light of Stage 1 Desired Results?
Student Self-Assessment and Reflection:
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