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CSI: Make My Students Crime Scene Investigators!

My students need forensic books and materials for investigating a crime scene.

  • $507 goal

This project expired on January 22, 2009.

This project expired on January 22, 2009.

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Ms. Gaul Phoenix Academy
Oxford, NC Grades 9-12

I teach high school biology and chemistry in an small, rural school. Many students come from low socio-economic backgrounds. Because we are in a poor, rural county there are very few funds for science besides the absolute basics. Our students need hands on, inquiry activities that relate to real world situations. This is how they learn best; not by just reading a textbook. I would like to engage my students by teaching topics such as DNA analysis, blood typing, anatomy and physiology, drugs, and toxins through the use of Forensics. By providing them with more real world activities, they will be able to raise their interest and ability levels in the biology and chemistry. My students love watching crime investigation shows on television such as CSI and Forensic Files. This will give them an opportunity to be "Crime Scene Investigators" to explore important scientific concepts. To make this project a reality I need a few Forensic books and resources for conducting blood typing, chromatography, drug and toxin testing and processing a crime scene. You can make this project possible for my students. I believe that my incorporating this exciting project into my curriculum my students knowledge and understanding of science will increase along with their interest. Thank you for making this possible.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

150 students impacted
Ms. Gaul Phoenix Academy Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

150 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence Jeremy Brown • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation Ngaire E. Genge, N. E. Genge • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes Colin Evans • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science Bill Bass, William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson • Barnes and Noble $20.76 1 $20.76
Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth Cathy Cobb, Monty L. Fetterolf, Jack G. Goldsmith • Barnes and Noble $23.40 1 $23.40
NeoSci, Neo/C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigations • Frey Scientific, Inc. $72.95 1 $72.95
Forensic Chemistry of Drug Detection Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $32.95 1 $32.95
NeoSci Introduction to Chromatography Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $49.95 1 $49.95
Crime Scene Tape • Frey Scientific, Inc. $7.95 1 $7.95
KIT PRESUMPTIVE BLOOD TEST • Frey Scientific, Inc. $14.95 1 $14.95
Inquiry Investigations™ The Case of the Silent Sentinel Lab • Frey Scientific, Inc. $79.95 1 $79.95

Materials cost

$340.55

Vendor shipping charges

 $34.06

Sales tax

 $14.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$415.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.10

Total project goal

$506.10

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