WELCOME TO FORENSIC SCIENCE CLASS 1 2 3

WELCOME TO FORENSIC SCIENCE CLASS 1. 2. 3. Take a Syllabus. Take a lab safety contract Find an empty seat.

I look forward to a great year… how do we get there? 1. Be Respectful to me, your classmates and yourself 2. Please raise your hand when wanting to speak and only one person speaking at a time. 3. Come prepared to class and ready to learn. 4. Cell phones may be used for “Good” not “Evil”, I will take it up if you are using it for evil 5. I am here to help you, please remember that…

Let’s Have a Great Year!!!! � Classroom Website: If you have a cell phone, please pull it out and log on to: https: //moorechemistry. weebly. com Take a second and set up the website to your home screen or save it to your favorites.

Remind � Text to 81010 � 0 B: @moorefor � 5 B: @moore 6 b � 7 B: @moore 7 b

Formative � goformative. com �Login from last year and create add yourself to the class using the following: ○ 0 B : THFM 393 ○ 5 B: GWCN 769 ○ 7 B: CNAY 446

Let’s Get Going… � Define the following in your own words: �Observation �Inference �Prediction

Spend a minute looking at the photo…

Write 5 observations…

Write 5 inferences…

Write 5 predictions…

Definitions � Observation- a remark, statement, or comment based on something one has seen, heard, or noticed. � Inference- a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. � Prediction- a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge

� "Wherever he steps, whatever he touches, whatever he leaves, even unconsciously, will serve as a silent witness against him. Not only his fingerprints or his footprints, but his hair, the fibers from his clothes, the glass he breaks, the tool mark he leaves, the paint he scratches, the blood or semen he deposits or collects. All of these and more, bear mute witness against him. This is evidence that does not forget. It is not confused by the excitement of the moment. It is not absent because human witnesses are. It is factual evidence. Physical evidence cannot be wrong, it cannot perjure itself, it cannot be wholly absent. Only human failure to find it, study and understand it, can diminish its value. " - Professor Edmond Locard's Exchange Principle

� Why is it important to understand the difference between observations, inferences, and predictions, specifically in forensic science?