forensic vocab #1

Perception

• Interpreting information received from the senses
• A statement or assertion of information that can be verified
• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps
• Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Logic

• Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

• What a person perceives using his or her senses

• A statement or assertion of information that can be verified

• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Fact

• A statement or assertion of information that can be verified
• the ability to identify its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions.
• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps
• deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Eyewitness

• A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts
• the ability to identify its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions.
• A statement or assertion of information that can be verified
• Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

The application of a broad range of sciences to solve a crime

• Health Science

• Biology

• Physical Science

• Forensic Science

Observations that are measurable and include numerical data

• evidence

• qualitative observations

• physical change

• quantitative observations

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Observations that use the senses to notice what is around you

• evidence

• qualitative observations

• physical change

• quantitative observations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The ability to identify a concept or problem, to isolate its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions

• analytical skills

• deductive reasoning

• fact

• opinion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What a person perceives using their senses.

• inattentional blindness

• logical

• observation

• perception

• forensic

This type of reasoning is used to draw conclusions from evidence

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Critical

• Biased

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1