chemical composition comparison
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collecting fiber samples
documenting tread
Putting the Pieces Together
While the actual projects students take on can
range in scale between the academic level, college
prep, and honors sections of Forensic Science,
every student will be faced with puzzles that
challenge them to think about the science of a
crime scene.
That can range from “simple” exercises — like
urine analysis labs or fluorescent light screening
— to more complicated projects asking students to
construct and deconstruct the actual elements of
a crime.
“Steve and I build a series of mini crime scenes on
the floor of the lab. Students come in and process
the scene. They take evidence, measure it, perform
calculations, and try to deduce what happened based
on evidence,” Hartranft says.
let's see if the shoe
fits...
“After that, we have students research a serial
killer and build their own crime scene in a
shoebox, replicated from the serial killer they’ve
studied. They seal the box and exchange it with
another student, after which they perform the same
kind of investigation.”
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