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title: "SFS2: Physical, Trace, Digital Evidence (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SFS2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SFS2
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
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# SFS2: Physical, Trace, Digital Evidence

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on various scientific techniques to analyze physical, trace, and digital evidence.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SFS2.a**: Plan and carryout an investigation to determine the value of physical and trace evidence.
- **SFS2.b**: Plan and carryout an investigation to analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass evidence in order to make a physical match examination.
- **SFS2.c**: Use models for the evaluation of handwriting and document evidence.
- **SFS2.d**: Analyze and interpret data to evaluate digital sources of evidence.
- **SFS2.e**: Ask questions to determine the appropriate uses of chromatography and spectroscopy in evidence analysis. (Clarification statement: Addressing spectroscopy at an analytical chemistry level is not required.)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.