ASSIGNMENTS : Years 1 and 2 of the Forensic Science Program at John Jay

Students often spend about 16 hours each week working on science assignments at home.

The assignments include:

Reading your textbook (see example of a textbook page)

• Every week you are assigned about 40 pages of textbook reading for each class and you need to memorize a lot of new terms and definitions
• You also have to memorize graphs and visuals, such as graphs depicting the arrangement of electrons in a molecule

• Students can spend up to seven hours every week doing Online Web Learning (OWL) problems
• You use mathematical skills and apply chemical formulas and rules to solve problems involving chemical combinations and reactions.

• You present data and your interpretation to persuade others to accept or reject a hypothesis.
• Your lab report includes an abstract, an introduction, description of materials and methods, results, discussion of results, and a reference section.