Happy Spring Break Everyone!

 

No Westgate classes until April 8th!

Students will still have FRCC but the bus will not run from Westgate.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 

Thanks and enjoy the gift of time with your students

How is it December already?  Where did this semester go

 

 

Final Projects will be assigned in Teams at 8:00 AM on Monday December 4th.  Students will have all of their class periods this week to complete their finals; they are allowed to work on them outside of class but should not need to.   FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE THURSDAY DECEMBER 7TH AT 3:30 PM; NO EXCEPTIONS. 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

This week we will laying the final layer of groundwork before the final project.

 

 

Monday: OJ Simpson Documentary summarizing the impact of trace evidence on a case

Tuesday: Murder Mystery 

Wednesday: Clue

Thursday: Deductive Reasoning Exercise 

 

Final Exam: Students will have a project for Forensics rather than a final test for the Fall semester.  They will have in class time the entire week of December 4th.  FINALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 3 PM ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 7TH; ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS.   

Happy Thanksgiving Break!   No classes this week at FRCC or at Westgate.  

One more week before the big break!  

 

 

Monday: Introduction to Evidence Collection

Tuesday: Evidence Collection Practice

Wednesday: OJ Simpson Case Study

Thursday:  OJ Simpson Case Study

Happy November!

 

 

Monday: Introduction to Psychiatry vs Psychology and their role in Forensics

Tuesday: Recorded Interview of Forensic Psychiatrist Tara Strakor

Wednesday: Unabomber Case Study

Thursday: Role of Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System 

Happy Halloween!

 

This week we will be wrapping up our Arson unit.

 

 

Monday:  Burn Analysis of housing structures

Tuesday: Halloween Crime History Lesson

Wednesday: Arson Investigator from Thornton Fire Department Guest Speaker

Thursday: Arson Case Study and wrap up activity 

This week we will be beginning our Arson Unit, as we prepare for our guest speaker next week. 

 

Students will be building wooden popsicle stick structures as they learn about how fire spreads and how arson investigators are able to determine whether or not a fire was a crime. 

Welcome back from Fall Break!  I hope you all had a great relaxing time away.

 

 

Agenda:
Monday: Introduction to Serial Killers

Tuesday: Serial Killer Analysis

Wednesday: Interview with a Serial Killer Video

Thursday: Research and present specific serial killers 

JFK conspiracies live on in class.

 

 

Monday: Start construction plans for Plaza

Tuesday:  Construction

Wednesday: Construction

Thursday: Investigation about major theories surrounding JFK assassination. 

Students have wrapped up Forgery and are moving onto Ballistics.

 

 

Monday: Introduction to Ballistics

Tuesday: Where was the Shooter Activity?

Wednesday: What happened at the Grassy Knoll? 

Thursday: Grassy Knoll Reconstruction Project

We are wrapping up Forgery!

 

Homework: None

 

Tuesday: Catch Me If You Can

Wednesday: Catch Me If You Can

Thursday: Finish Catch Me If You Can and creating our own forgeries 

This will be the first week of class, and  I am excited to get this class going.

 

 

Monday: Work with students to determine which topics they would like to learn about in Forensics.

Tuesday: Deductive Reasoning Activity

Wednesday: Inductive Reasoning Activity

Thursday: Clue