Monday, March 9th – B Day

• Lab:
  • Students will complete lab on impact angles and points of convergence

Tuesday, March 10th – A Day

Wednesday, March 11th – B Day

• Lab (weather permitting):
  • Students will simulate various types of strikes on a person’s head (a balloon filled with simulated blood) collecting data to bring back to the lab
  • Students will measure a number of simulated blood droplets to find the angle of impact
  • Students will use the simulated droplets to identify the point of convergence
  • Students will make note of the type of spatter vs the type of weapon and force used while striking the balloons

Thursday, March 12th – A Day

Friday, March 13th – B Day

• Lecture:
  • Introduce Forensic Anthropology
    • review with students particular parts of the bones that are important in ID (i.e., growth plates, bone caps, shafts and sutures)
    • compare and contrast for the class the differences between an adult skeleton and a child’s skeleton (i.e., bone numbers, suture marks and growth plates)
    • discuss briefly how bones grow (ossification) and how this knowledge can estimate age of the deceased at the time remains are found
    • discuss the differences between male and female skeletal remains (size and shape of skull, pelvis and long bones)
    • discuss how certain factors can cause trauma to bones, or how certain occupations or environmental factors can provide clues to skeletal remains
• Lab 
  • Estimation of Body Size From Individual Bones