Monday, May 9, 2011

Final Exam Project - Crime Scene Mystery

For the final exam project, pairs of students will work to perform a specific analysis of evidence collected from the crime scene and compare the results with established knowns.  The project assignments are:

Analysis                      12C                          12A                                        12B
1. DNA Analysis          Max & Anthony         Andrea, Gabe, & Natalia        Anna & Yasmynn
2. Blood Typing           Ryan & David          Stacey & Melissa                   Katie &Jenna
3. Fingerprinting          Holly & Annie           Shannon & Pooja                   Melissa & Ashton
4. Chromatography    Claire and Gabbi      Joe & Mikah                            Domo & Risha
5. ID of Unknown        Lizzy & Travis          Daniel & Kevin                       Sara & Breanna
6. Shoe Impression    Megan & Kayla         Gus & Olivia                           Alex & Michael
7. Accelerant              Thom & Rocky         Brice & Dionysus                   Lukas & Philip

You are instructed to become an expert in your field.  You should thoroughly understand your analysis and be ready to run experiments by Thursday, May 12th.  Experiments will be run from Thursday, May 12th to the following Tuesday, May 17th.  Your team should be working on a Powerpoint presentation and a handout regarding your methodology and experimental results (this is major part of your final exam grade).  Team presentations will begin Thursday, May 19th and be completed by Monday, May 23rd.  Final exams are May 24th through May 26th.