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Upcoming Programs
Anna dusting for prints with a fiberglass brush and dual action black/silver powder. Photo courtesy of Alicia Bayer. For full slide show and article, click HERE.
One Day Homeschool Program at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, VT will be held on February 17 (ages 13 and up) from 9:30 to 3:45. On February 24, I will have the Session 2 program for kids age 7-12 at the same location. This program will have completely different types of evidence. Each program will include roughly 3 to 3.5 hours of evidence collection instruction and activities. After a short break, the kids will enter the “crime scene” where they will collect evidence, process the evidence, request advanced tests, question witnesses and suspects, and solve the crime for the final portion of the program.
For more information about this program, please e-mail me at: crimescenecamps@yahoo.com.
I am currently creating a program that combines reading the Maltese Falcon and a forensic science program to add a modern twist to this famous detective story.
I am working on scheduling programs throughout the Northeast, including cities throughout New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Finding locations is always the trick, but I will be putting information about new programs up as soon as it becomes available.
What’s covered in a One Day Program:
During the first part of the program, we cover:
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Fingerprints
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Shoe Evidence
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Blood Evidence (synthetic)
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Written evidence
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Forensice uses of geology, botany, entomology, and palynology
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The second part of the program is the mock crime scene. The kids will collect and process evidence on their way to solving the crime.
Toria using the phenolphthalein tests to check for blood. Photo courtesy of Alicia Bayer.
Suggest a location: We would love to hear your ideas about locations where we can hold future programs. We moved to New York in August 2010, so we are still getting the lay of the land. If you would like to discuss a location, please e-mail me at crimescenecamps@yahoo.com.