Hair Identification Guide
You will create your own guide to analyze hair which will be used in future labs. Each guide should be in a booklet format and include the information below. You will need a minimum of 3 pieces of paper to make the booklet. Make sure to use color and add lots of pictures to help in the analysis of the hair samples that you will be given. Feel free to be creative, but make sure to include all the information that is required.
Cover: The cover must include your number, a title and a picture that is related to the contents of the book.
Inside cover: Table of contents
Page 1: History of hair analysis
Page 2: Function, structure and life cycle of hair. Be sure to include a diagram of a hair shaft as well as a hair follicle in the skin. You should include the following vocabulary and their definition on this page:
Cover: The cover must include your number, a title and a picture that is related to the contents of the book.
Inside cover: Table of contents
Page 1: History of hair analysis
Page 2: Function, structure and life cycle of hair. Be sure to include a diagram of a hair shaft as well as a hair follicle in the skin. You should include the following vocabulary and their definition on this page:
- Hair Follicle
- Keratin
- Cuticle
- Cortex
- Medulla
- Anagen Stage
- Catagen Stage
- Telogen Stage
- Continuous
- Interrupted/Intermittent
- Fragmented or Segmented
- Solid
- Absent
- Head Hair
- Eyebrows and Eyelashes Hair
- Beard and Mustache Hair
- Underarm Hair
- Auxiliary or body hair
- Pubic Hair
- European
- Asian
- African
- Dog
- Cat
- Horse
- Deer
- Cattle
- Another organism of your choosing
- Bleaching
- Dying
- How these would affect the investigation and what information you can gather from hair that has been treated in this manner
- Drugs
- NAA
- Poison and Toxin timelines
- Follicular Tags