Join us on Outschool for this is a four week class that will explore different aspects of Forensic Science. Each week we will explore a different aspect and have the students draw conclusions. Throughout the course of the program we will review skeletal clues that both humans and animals hold, crime scene investigative techniques including soil, hair and evidence analysis, footprint identification, chromatography, and fingerprint identification.

Week1 - Forensic Archaeology - What Do Bones Reveal About You?

During the class, the instructor will explain the circumstances in which the human remains were found. Next the instructor will show on screen and in closeup images the bones of the skeleton in different groupings. Each grouping of bones will help determine a new piece of information. The groups include determining gender, determining height, determining how bones are affected by muscle structure, and determining cause of death. Using the information they have gathered, the students will conclude the manner and cause of death. Please note, this class uses real human skeletal remains that have been donated to science. The instructor will show both slides that contain pictures of the remains and the individual bones directly on camera to show what clues the bone structures hold.

Week 2 - Crime Scene Investigators

Search the scene for clues, analyze your findings, and interpret the evidence to build a suspect profile. Students will receive a case overview and then view evidence from the scene to determine its importance and decide of it can be used to help eliminate or include subjects. Students will learn about hair analysis, soil analysis, and how to decide what evidence might be useful and why.

Week 3 - Zooarchaeology

Learn how scientists identify non-human skeletal remains as the educator provides an explanation of a variety of animal skulls and vertebrae. Students will develop an understand of how skeletal structures help scientists understand information about the animal they belonged to.

Week 4 - Crime Lab

Students will investigate a crime using techniques of fingerprinting, chromatography and various clues. The goal is to solve the crime of the missing Madagascar hissing roaches. An exciting and challenging experience.

$60 per student, if you are a member and would like to receive a post enrollment of 20% please contact us.