Solve crimes using blood and fingerprint analysis. Join the ranks of super sleuths as you experience crime scene investigations first hand. Forensic Science has solved some of the most famous crimes in history and you will too! Learn to take fingerprints, collect evidence, make plaster casts, type blood, and detect forgeries, and more! You will be fascinated by guest speakers and gain insight into their exciting jobs. You will discover how the real detectives solve the most challenging crimes.
Cognitive Sketch Analysis
Suspect Sketch Drawings
Evidence Reconstruction Lab
Skype Session with Forensic Sketch Artist Gil Zamora!
Delve into some interesting concepts of Newton's Law and physics as you engineer, reflect, and modify designs and prototypes. Collaborate with others, with material constraints, helping you to adapt to real-world authentic situations that test your ability to work against the clock.
Using Newton's Laws of Physics, design a marble coaster that operates the slowest. Can you add enough friction to slow down a marble enough for the win?
Can you build a balloon flyer that can transform from land to air to perform multiple tasks? Can it reach the finish line, be the fastest, and pop a balloon?
Spend a few weeks learning the ins-and-outs of successful budgeting. Learn about ways to avoid common money pitfalls and debt. Complete the unit with a trip to a conference center, where you will get paired with a financial officer to help you manage your hypothetical income and stay out of debt.