STANDARDS & OBJECTIVES WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS? Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seeks answers, and develop solutions. Key Ideas: Scientific Inquiry 2a: carry out their research plan for testing explanations, including selecting and developing techniques, acquiring and building apparatus, and recording observations as necessary. 3e: develop a written report for public scrutiny that describes their proposed explanation, including a literature review, the research they carried out, its result, and suggestions for further research. Standard 2: Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies. Key Idea 1c: access, select, collate, and analyze information obtained from a wide range of sources such as research data bases, foundations, organizations, national libraries, and electronic communication networks, including the Internet. Standard 3: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry. A2.PS.1 Use a variety of problem solving strategies to understand new mathematical content Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. Standard 5: Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs. Standard 6: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning. 5b: search for multiple trends when analyzing data for patterns, and identify data that do not fit the trends. Standard 7: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions. 1c: design solutions to real-world problems on a community, national, or global scale using a technological design process that integrates scientific investigation and rigorous mathematical analysis of the problem and of the solution.

 

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Students will... Mathematics - be able to model the trajectories of the possible paths of the bullets fired. - accurately analyze the data using mathematical interpretation. - use statistical analysis to identify the most probabilistic outcome of the crime. Science - collect and analyze DNA using various sterile tools (such as containers, pipets, gel electrophoresis, etc.). - be able to use evidence to recreate the scenario of the crime. - connect biological information to solve the problem. Technology - be able to use various forensic tools to analyze DNA,. fingerprints, and weapons/weapon use. - using document equipment, such as cameras, voice recorders, and computers, to investigate the scene. - using software and other resources (internet databases) to match discovered forensic evidence. This page is maintained by Shannon O'Donnell, Jon Cotugno, Justin Ingerick who is solely responsible for its content. The views represented here should not be taken to be a statement of SJFC. SJFC wishes to allow the campus community the greatest possible freedom to use these resources creatively and responsibly. Accordingly, all faculty and staff members are solely responsible for the content of their web pages. Faculty and staff members are expected to conform to the policy guidelines of SJFC as outlined in Policy to Govern Use of St. John Fisher College's Internet/Intranet by the College's Faculty & Staff. Official College policies and requirements are found in official College publications or on official College web pages.