Principles of Biomedical Sci

PLTW Biomedical Sci

Crime Scene Evidence

Document all of your evidence as you investigate the crime scene within Activity 1.1.4.

Part II: Identifying an Unknown Substance

Reaction to Reaction to Reaction to

Substance Appearance Texture Indicator 1 Indicator 2 Indicator 3
Oxycodone* white powder soft disappeared turned black turned purple
red/orangish becomes a
hardish/s and a little bit little bubbly,
Acetaminophen* white clear
oftish of yellow turned light
yellow
black/ a little bubbly a little
Acetylsalicylic Acid yellowish/gree purple
white powder kinda soft clear/grey
(aspirin) nish on
outside
dark orange was purple
then got
Methamphetamine* pebble-like, clear hardish clear
lighter
bubbled
got dark but clear but
hard
the substance substance
Ecstasy* clear pebbles pebble- clear
was still there was still
like
there
black/little bubbled
Unknown Substance white powdery softish clear yellow/green became
on outside purple
*All substances are simulated

The unknown substance is _____Acetylsalicylic Acid (aspirin________________

Explain your reasoning: it had almost the exact same reactions and looked and felt very
similar

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Part III: Stations

Station One: Blood

Blood found at the crime scene might belong to _Anna Garcia or Alex Garcia____________

Explain your reasoning: Due to the fact that their blood matches the blood found at the scene, I
believe that the blood belongs to either Anna Garcia or Alex Garcia.

If you completed the optional wet lab, fill in the following chart with a “+” if clumping occurred or
a “-“ is there was no clumping.

Blood Sample Clumping with Anti-A Serum Clumping with Anti-B Serum

Blood found at scene - +

Anna Garcia - +
Alex Garcia + +
Doug Greene + +
Erica Piedmont + -
Lucy Leffingwell - -

Station Two: Hair

The hair found at the crime scene belongs to __Anna Garcia__________________

Explain your reasoning: Her hair is the closest match to the strand found at the scene.

Station Three: Fingerprints

The ridge pattern category for Alex Garcia

Alex Garcia has a radial loop,

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The ridge pattern category for Doug Greene

Doug Greene has a plain arch,

The ridge pattern category for Eric Piedmont

Erica Piedmont has a whorl

The ridge pattern category for Lucy Leffingwell

Lucy Leffingwell has a radial loop

The ridge pattern category for Anna Garcia

Anna Garcia has a whorl,

The ridge pattern category for the fingerprint obtained at the crime scene

the print found at the crime scene was a radial loop.

Circle and identify 10 minutiae on the fingerprint obtained at the crime scene below

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The fingerprint found at the crime scene belongs to __Alex Garcia or Lucy
Leffingwell___________

Explain your reasoning: Their fingerprints best matched the print that was found at the
scene.

Station Four: Shoeprints

The shoeprint found at the crime scene belongs to __Anna Garcia_________________

Explain your reasoning: The design of her shoe matches the footprint that was found at
the scene the best.

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