Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Today's schedule is C-D-Lunch-B-A

C - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today, you're going to get fingerprinted. We will all get one set of fingers (and thumb) on one hand fingerprinted (our non dominant hand) by using graphite pencils and scotch tape. You will need to identify whether or not your prints are loops, arches, or whorls and then place them up on the blackboard. We will then count up the total number of loops, arches, and whorls for each finger (and thumb) for the class and graph the data. After, you'll have time to continue your look at crime scene investigation procedures through your case study project. In case you forgot the project is below.

You will need to imagine that you are a constable in the Comox Valley R.C.M.P. detachment specializing in criminalistics and crime scene analysis. You are going to create a crime scene dossier file that you would normally put together for the Crown Counsel. You have been called out to a crime scene here in the Comox Valley and when you arrive at the scene you need to begin your narrative report. What do you need to do?

• Create a crime (ex: murder, arson, kidnapping, assault)
• Choose eight pieces of evidence (from the list below) that you would find at the crime scene and either help you solve the crime or mislead the investigators
• Create a victim, a perpetrator, two other potential subjects, & witnesses (not necessary)
• Create a dossier file that contains the following: a walk through narrative; pictures of the eight pieces of evidence (with a description, a tag number, and an explanation of where it was found); a detailed crime scene diagram/sketch with pictures of what the crime scene looked like and the identification of evidence; forensics lab sheets for each piece of evidence that describes the evidence and explains what the evidence tells you; transcripts of any interviews conducted by investigators (including potential eyewitnesses or suspects); a narrative of how you "solved" the crime so that the Crown Counsel can move forward with laying charges and proceed to trial.

Evidence to choose from: human hair, synthetic hair, carpet fibres, cotton fibres, bullet cartridges, bullet holes, finger prints, foot/shoe prints, blood stains (drip, splatter, pool), bodily fluids, skin epithelials, tube of lipstick, can of coke, apple core, piece of rope, body, accellerants, matches, money (wallet), poisons, bugs or larvae (blowflies), cigar or cigarette but, mug, tire treads, or any other trace evidence but you must approve the other evidence with me.


D - Geography 12 - Today we are off to the library to begin three days of working on our severe weather power point assignment. The assignment follows:

It has been a few months now since your geographic consulting company created a successful report for the town of Orting Washington on the dangers of Mt. Rainier and building a new school to accommodate growth. After some well deserved time off, you then completed a pamphlet for Parks Canada on the dangers of Mass Wasting in the Canadian Rockies which is still being distributed to back country enthusiasts. With the profits that your company made from the Parks Canada contract, you decided to take some time off and headed to the American Midwest for a 10 day Tornado Alley tour with Violent Skies Tours. True to form you made some contacts with people through the owners of the company and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has hired your company to create a PowerPoint presentation on severe weather. NOAA has indicated that the topics that you can research are: Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunder Storms, Lightning, Hail, Blizzards, Ice Storms, Drought, or Fire Storms. You will need to research the following about your topic:

1. What causes the Severe Weather Event to occur?
2. What kinds of damage does the Severe Weather Event inflict?
3. How is the Severe Weather Event detected and monitored?
4. Where does your chosen Severe Weather Event occur most often in North America?
5. What safety precautions should one take in order to survive your chosen Severe Weather Event?
6. Give examples of the most extreme occurrences of your chosen Severe Weather Event that has happened in Canada, the United States and the world.
7. A List of the websites that you used to assist in the compilation of this assignment.
   

There are some websites of note that can help:
National Severe Storm Laboratory
National Hurricane Centre
Storm Prediction Centre
FEMA (look at Types of Disasters)
Environment Canada Lightning webpage
How the Weather works
The weather world 2010 project
USA Today Weather page
Natural Hazards Centre U of C
Hurricane Preparation website
Winter Weather Awareness
Weather Channel Classroom
UK Official weather classroom
NOAA Weather classroom
ONE STOP SHOPPING!!- COLORADO UNIVERSITY LINKS PAGE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS
More to come!

B- Earth and Space Science 11 - Today through Friday, Mr. Luxemberger will be working with you on the atmosphere. You will be looking at the controversy regarding human induced changes to the atmosphere specifically

1. Acid deposition through H2SO4 and HNO3;
2. Ozone depletion through CFCl3Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's); and
   
3. Global Warming through Greenhouse Gas emissions CO2, CH4, N2O and SF6

The overarching question is basically, "Is Climate Change a naturally occurring phenomena or is it anthropogenic" (caused by humans).

A - Law 12 - Today we continue our look at civil cases by reviewing the Thomas v. Hamilton Board of Education (1994) case. I'll ask you to complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, & 7 on page 273 and then you'll get your major project. We will spend the rest of the class looking over the seven sob stories who walk through the doors of your imaginary law firm. Tomorrow we'll talk about judgments and compensation (general damages, specific damages, special damages, punitive damages, nominal damages, and injunctions), which should help you with your case project.