Sunday, September 26, 2010
Interviw 1 Reflection
The most important thing that I learned from my interview was that Forensics is fun and tha it's a really interestng field to work in. My interviewee old me many things that she did and it inspired me to keep doing it. I also learned about the place i could do my service learning in.
Presentation Questions
1) The thing that stood out the most in my presentation, would have to be the fact that I was nervous. Every one noticed because I paused a lot. But maybe the topic in general, because not many people want to see dead bodies and I told them that I would like to.
2) The most challenging thing for me was, deciding what to share with every one. I did not know where to start, with all the research that we had, but I got through that. The other thing that was challenging was getting rid of being nervous, though after a bit it went away. Other than that everything was good.
3) For literal I found out about th egyptiansand how they were the irst to do the autopsies, i also new that the media showed the whole forensic field in a different way than what it really is. For inerpretive I shared abit about the tv show csi to make connections with the students and my visual interpreted one o the inicioons i talked about. I also told a story about what a friend does in the forensc field. The difference betweenthe literal and inteerpretive is that the literal means facts that you can share with others that are benificiary, it is not things you dont know or need to know. Interpretive is using some kind of visual to portray the things you know and help make connections with others.
4) I would take both the god and the bad. ex. I noticed that not many people were paying attention so next time I have to invove them a bit more. Next time i will try not to be as nervous because that would make my presentation fail. Though next time I would talk abot my visual because I did not do that. I would lso apply mooore enthusuasm for my next presentation.
2) The most challenging thing for me was, deciding what to share with every one. I did not know where to start, with all the research that we had, but I got through that. The other thing that was challenging was getting rid of being nervous, though after a bit it went away. Other than that everything was good.
3) For literal I found out about th egyptiansand how they were the irst to do the autopsies, i also new that the media showed the whole forensic field in a different way than what it really is. For inerpretive I shared abit about the tv show csi to make connections with the students and my visual interpreted one o the inicioons i talked about. I also told a story about what a friend does in the forensc field. The difference betweenthe literal and inteerpretive is that the literal means facts that you can share with others that are benificiary, it is not things you dont know or need to know. Interpretive is using some kind of visual to portray the things you know and help make connections with others.
4) I would take both the god and the bad. ex. I noticed that not many people were paying attention so next time I have to invove them a bit more. Next time i will try not to be as nervous because that would make my presentation fail. Though next time I would talk abot my visual because I did not do that. I would lso apply mooore enthusuasm for my next presentation.
Friday, September 24, 2010
final draft
Presentation: Forensic Pathology/ Autopsies Final
Objective: Students will know what a forensic pathologist does, the meaning of a forensic pathologist. Students will also learn some of the differences between the real forensic pathologist and from the ones on t.v. If needed I will tell students about my service learning place.
This lesson will be broken down into three sections:
What the words Forensic pathology and autopsy mean.
* what Forensic Pathology is and what they do.
2. What some of the differences are from the pathologists on t.v. and the real pathologist is.
3. where i'm going to do service learning.
Section 1.
I will start with asking the question is anyone knows what a forensic pathologist is.
*Define Forensic Pathology.
-Derived from Latin root word Forensis= forum
- Pathology=
Forensic Pathology is a branch of Pathology that determines the cause of a sudden or unexpected death. After the cause of death is discovered most pathologists are used as witnesses to testify in courts. The way they determine the cause of death is by conducting a post mortem examination or an autopsy.
*Define Autopsy
- Comes from the ancient Greek word Autopsia
- Auto=One self Opsis= Eye Autopsia= see for oneself
Section 2.
Start talking about the crime scene shows on t.v. like C.S.I. and others. Tell the students how the media shows people how pathologists are.
*name examples: One guy is most of the focus and he is the one that solves everything from fingerprints to wounds and other things. Show them that a case involves many people not just the detective or pathologist.
Section 3.
* Talk about my service learning place. What I will get to do.
- different modules every 2 weeks.
Presentation Concluded.
Students may be asked questions to check for understanding .
I may also have a ven-diagram as a visual to show the similarities and differences for section 2.
Objective: Students will know what a forensic pathologist does, the meaning of a forensic pathologist. Students will also learn some of the differences between the real forensic pathologist and from the ones on t.v. If needed I will tell students about my service learning place.
This lesson will be broken down into three sections:
What the words Forensic pathology and autopsy mean.
* what Forensic Pathology is and what they do.
2. What some of the differences are from the pathologists on t.v. and the real pathologist is.
3. where i'm going to do service learning.
Section 1.
I will start with asking the question is anyone knows what a forensic pathologist is.
*Define Forensic Pathology.
-Derived from Latin root word Forensis= forum
- Pathology=
Forensic Pathology is a branch of Pathology that determines the cause of a sudden or unexpected death. After the cause of death is discovered most pathologists are used as witnesses to testify in courts. The way they determine the cause of death is by conducting a post mortem examination or an autopsy.
*Define Autopsy
- Comes from the ancient Greek word Autopsia
- Auto=One self Opsis= Eye Autopsia= see for oneself
Section 2.
Start talking about the crime scene shows on t.v. like C.S.I. and others. Tell the students how the media shows people how pathologists are.
*name examples: One guy is most of the focus and he is the one that solves everything from fingerprints to wounds and other things. Show them that a case involves many people not just the detective or pathologist.
Section 3.
* Talk about my service learning place. What I will get to do.
- different modules every 2 weeks.
Presentation Concluded.
Students may be asked questions to check for understanding .
I may also have a ven-diagram as a visual to show the similarities and differences for section 2.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Presentation
Presentation: Forensic Pathology/ Autopsies
Objective: Students will know what a forensic pathologist does, the meaning of a forensic pathologist. Students will also learn some of the differences between the real forensic pathologist and from the ones on t.v. If more time is needed then the students will learn a bit of history about autopsies.
This lesson will be broken down into three sections:
What the words Forensic pathology and autopsy mean.
* what Forensic Pathology is and what they do.
2. What some of the differences are from the pathologists on t.v. and the real pathologist is.
3. Some history of when autopsies began.
Section 1.
I will start with asking the question is anyone knows what a forensic pathologist is.
*Define Forensic Pathology.
-Derived from Latin root word Forensis= forum
- Pathology=
A Forensic Pathology is a branch of Pathology that determines the cause of a sudden or unexpected death. After the cause of death is discovered most pathologists are used aas witnesses to testify in courts. The way they determine the cause of death is by conducting a post mortem examination or an autopsy.
*Define Autopsy
- Comes from the ancient Greek word Autopsia
- Auto=One self Opsis= Eye Autopsia= see for oneself
Section 2.
Start talking about the crime scene shows on t.v. like C.S.I. and others. Tell the students how the media shows people how pathologists are.
*name examples: One guy is most of the focus and he is the one that solves everything from fingerprints to wounds and other things. Show them that a case involves many people not just the detective or pathologist.
Section 3.
* A brief history of autopsies and forensic pathology will be taught.
- Egyptians, Leonardo Davinci and others.
- When forensic pathology came to be.
Presentation Concluded.
Students may be asked questions to check for understanding or as a little quiz. Maybe some candy will be given out to those that share.
I will have a board with a drawing of either the Egyptians or of Leonardo Davinci and his human body drawing. I may also have a ven-diagram as a visual to show the similarities and differences for section 2.
Objective: Students will know what a forensic pathologist does, the meaning of a forensic pathologist. Students will also learn some of the differences between the real forensic pathologist and from the ones on t.v. If more time is needed then the students will learn a bit of history about autopsies.
This lesson will be broken down into three sections:
What the words Forensic pathology and autopsy mean.
* what Forensic Pathology is and what they do.
2. What some of the differences are from the pathologists on t.v. and the real pathologist is.
3. Some history of when autopsies began.
Section 1.
I will start with asking the question is anyone knows what a forensic pathologist is.
*Define Forensic Pathology.
-Derived from Latin root word Forensis= forum
- Pathology=
A Forensic Pathology is a branch of Pathology that determines the cause of a sudden or unexpected death. After the cause of death is discovered most pathologists are used aas witnesses to testify in courts. The way they determine the cause of death is by conducting a post mortem examination or an autopsy.
*Define Autopsy
- Comes from the ancient Greek word Autopsia
- Auto=One self Opsis= Eye Autopsia= see for oneself
Section 2.
Start talking about the crime scene shows on t.v. like C.S.I. and others. Tell the students how the media shows people how pathologists are.
*name examples: One guy is most of the focus and he is the one that solves everything from fingerprints to wounds and other things. Show them that a case involves many people not just the detective or pathologist.
Section 3.
* A brief history of autopsies and forensic pathology will be taught.
- Egyptians, Leonardo Davinci and others.
- When forensic pathology came to be.
Presentation Concluded.
Students may be asked questions to check for understanding or as a little quiz. Maybe some candy will be given out to those that share.
I will have a board with a drawing of either the Egyptians or of Leonardo Davinci and his human body drawing. I may also have a ven-diagram as a visual to show the similarities and differences for section 2.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Independent Study 1
For my first independent study I attended an R.O.P. class at the Forensic Science Acaddemy. All my hours have already been turned in along with my service learning.
Literal/Interpretive:
I Isamar did my 30 hours at the Forensic science Academy. After learning the techniques to properly document a crime scene we were put into many simulations. All the simulations are time consuming. We would arrive at the simulated scene in the morning. And start the whole process. As a group we were given a crime scene and we initially have to do a walk through. The first walk through is just an overlook. We don't touch anything, we just look. The next walk through is going in different ways to see another evidence that we have missed. Once we did that walk through we would have a set path and have to stick to that. After that walk through we would have to do another walk through but this time to document the scene. We would draw where the evidence was and where the body lies. Once the group got the documentation down pictures had to be taken. These pictures can be pretty tricky sometimes. The first set are an overview of the scene, Then we would put the placards on the evidence and take pictures of all the individual pieces of evidence and the projectiles, and the body. Once all the pictures were taken we had to dust and lift the evidence, so we would dust the weapons and go through every bullet casing and document the type it was. When that was done, we would collect all the evidence in separate bags. Then we would call the "coroner" and get updates from him. Once we were done with the scene the group would get together and discuss all the facts and come up with a possible time of death, and recreate the scene. The next day, we would have a simulated"court" and talk about everything that went on in the scene and give the facts and tell everyone about the investigation. We would repeat these simulations many times.
Applied:
Everything that we learned in class about projectiles and bullet casing and dusting we would go outside and apply all our knowledge into the simulation. We would need to tell the difference between real potential evidence and real evidence that would help the investigation. Once we were in the field we did everything on our own to solve the crime. When we would not do simulations we were shown actual crime scene photos and we would take our knowledge and talk about the picture and give facts about it. Like, he was a male Latino. He has skin slippage and marbling going on.
Literal/Interpretive:
I Isamar did my 30 hours at the Forensic science Academy. After learning the techniques to properly document a crime scene we were put into many simulations. All the simulations are time consuming. We would arrive at the simulated scene in the morning. And start the whole process. As a group we were given a crime scene and we initially have to do a walk through. The first walk through is just an overlook. We don't touch anything, we just look. The next walk through is going in different ways to see another evidence that we have missed. Once we did that walk through we would have a set path and have to stick to that. After that walk through we would have to do another walk through but this time to document the scene. We would draw where the evidence was and where the body lies. Once the group got the documentation down pictures had to be taken. These pictures can be pretty tricky sometimes. The first set are an overview of the scene, Then we would put the placards on the evidence and take pictures of all the individual pieces of evidence and the projectiles, and the body. Once all the pictures were taken we had to dust and lift the evidence, so we would dust the weapons and go through every bullet casing and document the type it was. When that was done, we would collect all the evidence in separate bags. Then we would call the "coroner" and get updates from him. Once we were done with the scene the group would get together and discuss all the facts and come up with a possible time of death, and recreate the scene. The next day, we would have a simulated"court" and talk about everything that went on in the scene and give the facts and tell everyone about the investigation. We would repeat these simulations many times.
Applied:
Everything that we learned in class about projectiles and bullet casing and dusting we would go outside and apply all our knowledge into the simulation. We would need to tell the difference between real potential evidence and real evidence that would help the investigation. Once we were in the field we did everything on our own to solve the crime. When we would not do simulations we were shown actual crime scene photos and we would take our knowledge and talk about the picture and give facts about it. Like, he was a male Latino. He has skin slippage and marbling going on.
Independent Study 2
I need to speak with you about this independent task. Right now I am lost on what to do because my R.O.P. is over. I was thinking about working under someone at the Police station like one of my felllow classmates, though that would be concidered as service learning with some hands on experience. Maybe Ican also watch a show on crimes? I am a bit stuck.
Interviews
Interiew 1
I chose to interview a coroner named Sandy Sappman. Either her or someone at a Forensic R.O.P. program. chose this person becuse a coroner has done an autopsy before and went to schoool to learn the whole procedure in cunducting an atopsy. This person would have a lot of knowledge on what foensic science and what forensic pathology is. This person has had hands on experiences with real bodies and would telll me what it is ike to have that job. She would also know what sources to reccomend since she has studied this feild for a while.I would ask what the dffernces ar between the coroner, medical examier, and a forensc pathologist, if there are other peopke that just focus on the autopsies. Or if all of them have to go though the whole autopsy and still testify in court. Out of cuiosity I would ask them if this job has psychologicallly affected them, and the way they view the world now. (There is more but I can'nt seem to think of them at this moment :/ )
I chose to interview a coroner named Sandy Sappman. Either her or someone at a Forensic R.O.P. program. chose this person becuse a coroner has done an autopsy before and went to schoool to learn the whole procedure in cunducting an atopsy. This person would have a lot of knowledge on what foensic science and what forensic pathology is. This person has had hands on experiences with real bodies and would telll me what it is ike to have that job. She would also know what sources to reccomend since she has studied this feild for a while.I would ask what the dffernces ar between the coroner, medical examier, and a forensc pathologist, if there are other peopke that just focus on the autopsies. Or if all of them have to go though the whole autopsy and still testify in court. Out of cuiosity I would ask them if this job has psychologicallly affected them, and the way they view the world now. (There is more but I can'nt seem to think of them at this moment :/ )
Research Semester 1
*I am not too sure what my project is , but I think I am going to focus on Forensic Pathology and Autopsies. Either that or Mexican Folk Art.
* Ever since I was in elemntary school I was fascinated with the way the human body functioned. Our body's mechanism is so complex and it all has it's own way of working perfectly. One day I told myself I was going to be a doctor. One day I tried to take care of my little sister and she had a scab. I tried to make her leg better, so I took off her scab and put icy hot on it. Not the best idea, she was in so much pain and that day i decided not to be a doctor. Still being amazed by our body I looked into autopies and was just blown away. I am taking this opprtunity to do further reasearch and make a serious decision on whether I want to go into the field or not. (I stuck with autopsies because I can't hurt my patients any further....because thy are already dead :/ )
*Art has always been a big part of my family. My dad is an artist and I would like to follow his steps. I feel like having half a years worth of study I will become more connected to my culture and that is very important to me. I would also like to share the different variety of art that we have and how beautiful and creative it is.
* With the pathology, I would like to make a decision on whether or not to begin to study in this field and it takes about 13 years to become a forensic pathologist, and i would like to get started as soon as possible. I want a taste of it, so that I won't waste my time in college.
*With the art, I want to be able to show my peers the beauty of my culture's creativity ,I want to become a better artist, and connect more with the art that's in my family.
* Ever since I was in elemntary school I was fascinated with the way the human body functioned. Our body's mechanism is so complex and it all has it's own way of working perfectly. One day I told myself I was going to be a doctor. One day I tried to take care of my little sister and she had a scab. I tried to make her leg better, so I took off her scab and put icy hot on it. Not the best idea, she was in so much pain and that day i decided not to be a doctor. Still being amazed by our body I looked into autopies and was just blown away. I am taking this opprtunity to do further reasearch and make a serious decision on whether I want to go into the field or not. (I stuck with autopsies because I can't hurt my patients any further....because thy are already dead :/ )
*Art has always been a big part of my family. My dad is an artist and I would like to follow his steps. I feel like having half a years worth of study I will become more connected to my culture and that is very important to me. I would also like to share the different variety of art that we have and how beautiful and creative it is.
* With the pathology, I would like to make a decision on whether or not to begin to study in this field and it takes about 13 years to become a forensic pathologist, and i would like to get started as soon as possible. I want a taste of it, so that I won't waste my time in college.
*With the art, I want to be able to show my peers the beauty of my culture's creativity ,I want to become a better artist, and connect more with the art that's in my family.
Service Learning
I am doing my service learning at The Forensic Science Academy. It is a program in which many professionals go and teach theri skills to the people taking the class. Every two weeks there are different modules, ranging from scrime scene photography, latent prints, and the jobs of the coroner. So about every two weeks I learn something diffrent and exciting. The first few hours I learned about ballistics. We learned about the sizes of bullets, how a gun works, how to tell the diffrence between the calibers and how they impact a body. I have also learned about different real life cases that have been solved and true stories about those cases from the proffesionals that solved them. This Program is so interesting and amazing!
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