Well duhh .. of course I chose to research CSI. Not only did I go and get a book on the chemistry behind Crime Scene Investigating, I am meeting with a CSI from the Delaware Police Department!! I'm so excited. My daddy fixed up an appointment for me with one of his friends and I'm so excited. He knew I was intenrested in the forensic science field so now I get to meet a REAL LIFE CSI! Yaay! It's so interesting to me and I can't wait to find out more about it. The chemicals used to analyze substances, the chemicals added to dried blood to "revitalize" it for chemical analysis .. it's just too cool. I know I'm kind of rambling but it is so fascinating to me and it's what I want to do with my life.
I commented on Nick's, Reiss's, Rogelio's, Kate's and Will's blog.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
What interests me about chemistry?
Chemistry .. I never really understood what the point of it was until I did some research. Sure, it's a class that you need to take to graduate, but what really does chemistry mean to me? I'm not sure yet. But research has provided me with many different topics which revolve around chemistry.
They include:
1. Medicine - What would we do without new medications available?
2. Cosmetics - What would us girls do without our makeup? The creation of our favorite lip gloss, eyeshadow and nail polish all involve chemistry.
3. Water purification - We take it for granted, but without chemistry, drinking water would be disgusting and make us sick. Once we're sick, we'd need medicine and OH WAIT, that's chemistry too.
4. Cooking - It's basically chemistry right? Combining and mixing to make products? (okay maybe it's a stretch)
5. Military uses - Making bomb and all that stuff, definetly chemistry.
6. and of course CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATING!!!
Most people that know me know that I am beyond obsessed with the tv show CSI, but it has become more than that. One of my goals is to be part of the forensic science field, specificially a criminalist. I have always known that forensics involve science, but I didn't realize how much of it involves chemistry. Chemical reactions are performed time and time again at a crime scene and later analyzing it in the lab. Without chemicals, who knows how many criminals would have escaped their righteous punishment. Besides crime scene analysis, there are numerous other thing that interest me that involve chemistry, but it's role in CSI is my obvious favorite.Using chemistry to analyze drugs found in a victim's system, or to determine what an un-identified substance found at a crime scene, is beyond incredible to me. Chemistry is such a critical part of criminal justice if you ask me, and I am so fascinated with it. Forensics is an interesting field on its own, but incorporating science to catch a killer?! It's amazing.
Links: (I have a thousand but these are interesting)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic
- http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/index1.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_chemistry
- http://aafs.org/default.asp?section_id=resources&page_id=choosing_a_career
They include:
1. Medicine - What would we do without new medications available?
2. Cosmetics - What would us girls do without our makeup? The creation of our favorite lip gloss, eyeshadow and nail polish all involve chemistry.
3. Water purification - We take it for granted, but without chemistry, drinking water would be disgusting and make us sick. Once we're sick, we'd need medicine and OH WAIT, that's chemistry too.
4. Cooking - It's basically chemistry right? Combining and mixing to make products? (okay maybe it's a stretch)
5. Military uses - Making bomb and all that stuff, definetly chemistry.
6. and of course CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATING!!!
Most people that know me know that I am beyond obsessed with the tv show CSI, but it has become more than that. One of my goals is to be part of the forensic science field, specificially a criminalist. I have always known that forensics involve science, but I didn't realize how much of it involves chemistry. Chemical reactions are performed time and time again at a crime scene and later analyzing it in the lab. Without chemicals, who knows how many criminals would have escaped their righteous punishment. Besides crime scene analysis, there are numerous other thing that interest me that involve chemistry, but it's role in CSI is my obvious favorite.Using chemistry to analyze drugs found in a victim's system, or to determine what an un-identified substance found at a crime scene, is beyond incredible to me. Chemistry is such a critical part of criminal justice if you ask me, and I am so fascinated with it. Forensics is an interesting field on its own, but incorporating science to catch a killer?! It's amazing.
Links: (I have a thousand but these are interesting)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic
- http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/index1.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_chemistry
- http://aafs.org/default.asp?section_id=resources&page_id=choosing_a_career
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