The mission
Our mission was to solve the murder for Carleton comet!! The suspects were Fred Flimmer, Theresa Terra, Sam Sophmore, Glenn Glee, and Nancy Normal. We had to go through many steps in order to find the criminal the first was fingerprinting and in that scene we took the fingerprints of the knife that they were holding , next was the chromotagraphy and that helped us with the pen each person was holding, after was hair samples and that was important because it was on a piece of glass and that was near the crime scene, another piece of evidence was the blood types, they were the types from a broken glass and the blood of the knife, the next one was DNA fingerprinting and that helped with the crime scene and their DNA, next was pedigrees and we used this because it helped us in the backgrounds of every suspects, the last step was to do the karyotype of the suspects and tell how their type of syndrome connects to the reason why did they do it.
Concepts
Ink Chromatography- Exposing ink to a solvent so all its colors dissolve and separate. We used this to determine whose pen wrote the threatening note.
Karyotype- A picture of all of a person's chromosomes. We matched suspects' karyotypes to those at the crime scene.
Gel Electrophoresis- A method to separate DNA fragments by their size. The fragments show up as bands on a gel after the process has been completed. We used this to match the DNA of the suspects to the DNA at the crime scene.
Rf Factor- Used in ink chromatography; distance fro start to center of the spot divided by distance from start to end.
Blood type- The way blood is classified because of its antibodies and antigens. We used this to determine whose blood was found at the scene.
Pedigree- A chart of someones family history used to track genetic diseases. This was used to determine what genetic diseases the victim and suspects had.
First degree murder- An unlawful killing that is premeditated. This was the charge we gave to Nancy Normal.
Karyotype- A picture of all of a person's chromosomes. We matched suspects' karyotypes to those at the crime scene.
Gel Electrophoresis- A method to separate DNA fragments by their size. The fragments show up as bands on a gel after the process has been completed. We used this to match the DNA of the suspects to the DNA at the crime scene.
Rf Factor- Used in ink chromatography; distance fro start to center of the spot divided by distance from start to end.
Blood type- The way blood is classified because of its antibodies and antigens. We used this to determine whose blood was found at the scene.
Pedigree- A chart of someones family history used to track genetic diseases. This was used to determine what genetic diseases the victim and suspects had.
First degree murder- An unlawful killing that is premeditated. This was the charge we gave to Nancy Normal.
Reflection
In this project I learned how to solve a crime scene and also been told the meaning of a crime scene and why it's important. This project incohraged me to do this in the future because in my point of view it it interesting and hands on. Overall this came great in the end my group and I worked even though we all have the one guy who doesn't do anything we still managed to get it done without him. The whole thing was successful and we passed our final test that was a jury why Nancy Normal was the culprit and why she should face charges.