1) This is a hair sample taken from a human. Please refrain from moving the slide.
What pigment is responsible for the coloring of hair?
What type of medulla pattern is present?
2) This station is a microscope and hand sample of the fiber!
There is a small sample of the fiber to the right of the microscope - perform a burn test on it using the forceps and candle.
Which of the following options is the most likely identity of the fabric?
3) This station consists of a microscope slide and a piece of blue yarn. A few fibers from the yarn are placed under the microscope for you to view.
If you perform a burn test, cut a piece of the yarn. DO NOT BURN THE ENTIRE YARN.
4) This is a textile sample taken from the exotic land of Joann's Fabrics. Use the microscope to make observations.
What type of weave pattern is this?
5) This is a hair recovered from a crime scene. One slide contains the hair itself, while the other contains the cuticle impression.
Please do not move either of the slides.
6) This is an unknown fabric recovered from the depths of Mr. Ly's closet.
If you choose to utilize the burn test, only burn 1 thread please.
What type of weave pattern is shown?
List 2 qualities that improve the value of this fiber as evidence and explain why.
7) This is an unknown hair taken from a cave where an alleged killer used to hang out...
PLEASE DO NOT MOVE THE SLIDE.
What type of scale pattern is present?
In your expert opinion, is this an animal hair or a human hair? Explain how you know.
8) Use the dissecting microscope to analyze the fabric.
What type of weave pattern is this?
9) MYSTERY THREAD
Determine the identity of the thread BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY (except physical violence - that's not cool).
