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Crime Scene Investigation: The Solar-Tech Case
This class allows students to investigate a virtual crime scene and solve a mystery. #academic
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11-16
year olds
3-15
learners per class
$75
Charged upfront
$13 per class
Meets 1x per week
Over 6 weeks
60 minutes per class
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Description
Class Experience
This six week class focuses on a mock crime scene (actually three separate locations), and allows the students to solve multiple crimes that may or may not all be related. The evidence is provided to the students in the form of scanned fingerprints, photos, and written information. The three locations in our mock crime story are a public meeting room at a college, a lab at a solar power research company, and a farmhouse. Sessions 1 and 2: We will begin by examining the first location,...
I have been teaching for over 20 years, and I am passionate about creating enjoyable classes that invite students to really think, instead of memorize lists of facts. Forensic Science has been my main focus since 2005, and mock crime scenes are an integral part of my teaching efforts. The mock scenes I create are not simplistic exercises based on a single piece of evidence, but are instead a complex set of evidence that must be examined from multiple angles to arrive at the correct solution.
I will upload all evidence in this mock crime scene class to the Outschool classroom page. Sets of evidence will be put up each week, to simulate the development of new leads as a case proceeds.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
1 hour per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
This mock crime class involves two fictional murders, but there are no graphic images or descriptions of either. I am extremely careful in all of my forensic science related classes to make sure that content is age-appropriate (I have actually written a manual on the creation of mock crime scenes for students 18 and under, and I discuss this topic in detail). I want to assure all parents that I, as a parent myself, am cognizant of the need to avoid troubling content, images, or descriptions, so I craft my scenes so that details such as murders are as "sanitized" as possible, and no one has ever had any issue with any of my scenes in this regard.
Teacher
Thomas JonesForensic Science, Space Science, Environmental/Atmospheric Science, Law, & History
1121 total reviews
557 completed classes
About Me
I have been teaching for nearly 20 years, and focusing on forensic science classes and programs for kids since 2005. For the past five years, I have also been teaching a variety of online courses, including space science, climate change, writing,...
