Forensics Project
In this project, I teamed up with Sawyer, Ronan, Jason, and Andrew to solve the case of Captain Cornball. A brief overview of the project: A mysterious man named Captain Cornball invited some friends of his to a picnic at San Marin. All of a sudden, darkness overwhelmed them. When the light was back, Captain Cornball was dead with a knife in his back. Our job was to figure out who murdered him based on evidence that we found at the crime scene.
Reflection
1. What did you learn through this project?
I learned a lot about how forensic investigation is done. I had never heard of chromatography before this project. I also had never really known that fingerprinting is an art. I had no idea that it took a lot of skill just to pull up one fingerprint. I also learned about genetics and chromosomes. I was really interested by the fact that karyotypes are basically an easy one of determining the health of one person. It was neat to see how they show your chromosomes and how easy it is to decipher right from wrong.
2. What would you like to know more about?
I want to learn how to be better at pulling up fingerprints. The one that I did in class was horrible and I want to have another shot at getting a good print. I also want to know how crime scene investigators are able to piece together bits of evidence to make a strong case. I felt like my group had a bunch of random evidence that did not correlate with each other. It would have been benefiticial to see how clues are linked together to form a case.
3. What should be done differently next year for this project?
I do not think a whole lot of changes need to be made next year. Maybe a little more evidence could be given out, or maybe a couple of other witnesses are added. Personally, I think that the project would be fine if done next year.
4. How do you feel you did staying on task while working on this project? How do you think you did during the presentation? What would you do differently?
As a whole, our group was alright with staying on task. Some days, we were able to make tons of progress while oher days it seemed we could make barely any progress at all. I feel like our presentation went well, except I think we were a little light on the evidence for convicting our suspects. I would have liked to abolish the group roles - it makes it so everybody can pitch in and help. I am not worried about people not doing any work because this is a STEM class.
5. How do you feel your group did staying on task while working on the project? How do you think your group did during the presentation? What would your group do differently?
My group did alright on staying on task. During the days were we had to get stuff done we paid attention and did the things that needed to be done. Other days, we got off track. About the presentation - still believe in what I said for question 4. There were a couple things that we could have done better on. I think that we should have taken a more organized route. Our group got confused about the chromotography because only two members of our group did it. I also think that we should have spent more time brainstorming and trying to connect peices of evidence to make a stronger case for our suspects.
1. What did you learn through this project?
I learned a lot about how forensic investigation is done. I had never heard of chromatography before this project. I also had never really known that fingerprinting is an art. I had no idea that it took a lot of skill just to pull up one fingerprint. I also learned about genetics and chromosomes. I was really interested by the fact that karyotypes are basically an easy one of determining the health of one person. It was neat to see how they show your chromosomes and how easy it is to decipher right from wrong.
2. What would you like to know more about?
I want to learn how to be better at pulling up fingerprints. The one that I did in class was horrible and I want to have another shot at getting a good print. I also want to know how crime scene investigators are able to piece together bits of evidence to make a strong case. I felt like my group had a bunch of random evidence that did not correlate with each other. It would have been benefiticial to see how clues are linked together to form a case.
3. What should be done differently next year for this project?
I do not think a whole lot of changes need to be made next year. Maybe a little more evidence could be given out, or maybe a couple of other witnesses are added. Personally, I think that the project would be fine if done next year.
4. How do you feel you did staying on task while working on this project? How do you think you did during the presentation? What would you do differently?
As a whole, our group was alright with staying on task. Some days, we were able to make tons of progress while oher days it seemed we could make barely any progress at all. I feel like our presentation went well, except I think we were a little light on the evidence for convicting our suspects. I would have liked to abolish the group roles - it makes it so everybody can pitch in and help. I am not worried about people not doing any work because this is a STEM class.
5. How do you feel your group did staying on task while working on the project? How do you think your group did during the presentation? What would your group do differently?
My group did alright on staying on task. During the days were we had to get stuff done we paid attention and did the things that needed to be done. Other days, we got off track. About the presentation - still believe in what I said for question 4. There were a couple things that we could have done better on. I think that we should have taken a more organized route. Our group got confused about the chromotography because only two members of our group did it. I also think that we should have spent more time brainstorming and trying to connect peices of evidence to make a stronger case for our suspects.