Workshop Overview

If your school is looking for an interesting and innovative way to stimulate an interest in Science, this CSI Science masterclass is designed with you in mind, particularly, if you or your students are fascinated by the world of CSI? This is an interactive Forensic Science Session that will show your pupils how CSI fits into today's modern world. The aim of this masterclass is to bring the vocational context into the classroom by developing resources which stimulate an interest in Science.

The techniques used in Forensic Science coupled with Crime Scene Investigation, demonstrate to the pupils how these processes relate and integrate into everyday life and the importance that this specialist skills set plays within today's Criminal Justice System.

The workshop is designed to promote inquiry-based learning and include "hands on" Forensic techniques utilising authentic equipment and crime scene analysis, within the following areas:

• Latent 'Fingerprinting' workshop using Magnetic, Aluminium and Luminous Powders
• Trace evidence: DNA, Hair and Fibre
• Footwear Analysis
• Ten Print Profiling
• Computer Forensics (MSN, Instant Messenger)

Workshops are offered as a half day session, but equally can be tailored to a full day session, depending upon your schools individual requirements, please call: 0844 335 0118 for further information

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