Monday, February 9, 2009

Powder Room Lab

What are methods used by forensic scientist to determine the nature of an unknown substance (like whit powder)?
-One method is adding different liquids to the substance and seeing how it reacts. By watching the reactions sometimes you can find out what the liquids are based on that.
-You can also find out what the substance is by observing
How can this lab help you for the mission?
 -It will help us by being able to identify things that are unknown when we need to

Monday, February 2, 2009

Trajectory Lab

How can the angle of impact of a bullet in a wall be used to determine other critical info about the scene of a crime?
- You can tell where the bullet was shot from. The height of the person who shot the gun. 
How can this lab prepare you for the mission?
-it can prepare you by learning about ratios and knowing how to observe gun holes  

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Blood Splatter

How can blood splatter be used as evidence in a crime?
-It can tell you from what height the blood came from helping you figure out from where the unfortunate shed their bloody soul.