Chicago Trip

Yesterday's trip to Chicago was quite interesting. When we got to the museum, we were divided up to do the lab. Duncan, Donald, and I were to work on blood spatter, while James and Thomas worked on trace evidence. I must say, blood spatter was as fun as it was educational; we got to make a mess by making different spatters and really did learn at the same time. When we went to apply our knowledge, it seemed quite obvious how the blood spatters developed, though I'm sure before the lab I wouldn't have known. All of us took part in the GEL electrophoresis, which is making a DNA fingerprint to compare suspect and crime scene DNA. At the end, we were told that forensic science was a collaborative effort between many different specialists and that no one person can do the entire investigation. There are people in fields from odontology (teeth analysis) to etymology (insect analysis) that can play a crucial role in an investigation. When we learned how widespread of a subject forensic science can be, Sam gave us the idea of dividing our presentation into different fields of forensic science between us. I claimed pathology, which I've always found interesting. I'm currently doing some research into that. Until next time!