The camp is taught by current or former detectives, offering real-world insights and expertise in forensic science and crime scene investigation.
The Crime Scene Investigation Camp offers a hands-on and interactive exploration of STEM concepts related to forensics and crime scene analysis. Students will engage in various labs and exercises, learning to collect, analyze, and classify fingerprints, create and examine blood spatter patterns, and cast footprints. The curriculum also delves into advanced topics such as collecting fingerprints using chemistry, identifying unknown powders, chromatography, time-of-death exercises, extracting DNA, measuring glass density, and using trigonometry to define bullet trajectory and blood spatter area of origin. Taught by current or former detectives, this enrichment class provides a unique opportunity to develop critical thinking and scientific skills through practical crime scene processing.
A typical day involves a combination of lectures, hands-on labs, and interactive exercises covering various forensic topics, taught by current or former detectives.
This camp is ideal for boys and girls entering grades 6-12 who are interested in STEM concepts, forensics, and solving mysteries through scientific investigation.
380 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
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