Items from crime scene |
Forensic Geology 89.215 |
Sherlock Holmes |
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Schedule |
Class Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment |
1/28 | Class canceled - snow day | ||
2/4 | Introduction - Observation | Introduction | |
2/11 | The Case of the Sandy Body I | ||
2/18 | The Case of the Sandy Body II | Mineral Identification | |
2/25 | The Case of the Sandy Body III | Rock Identification | |
3/4 | Identifying the murderer
in the Sandy Body case
Using Geologic Maps to Identify Crime Scenes |
Geologic
Time and Geologic Maps
Quiz I |
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3/11 | Andrews, Sarah (2004) Earth Colors | Case of the Sandy Body report due | |
3/25 | Demise of the Ice Man II | Ice Man Ar-Ar Ages | |
4/1 | Case of the Contaminated Wells I | Topographic Maps | |
4/8 | Case of the Contaminated Wells II | Data
for Contaminated Wells
Demise of the Ice Man report due |
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4/15 | Case of the Exploding Bungalow | Exploding Bungalow exercise | |
4/29 | Quiz
II
Case of the Contaminated Wells report due |
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5/6 | The Polarizing light microscope and forensic science | The
Polarizing Light Microscope and Forensic Science
Case of the Exploding Bungalow report due |
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5/13 | X-ray diffraction and forensic geology | X-ray Diffraction and Forensic Geology |