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  • Horizon High School
  • Thornton, CO
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

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I teach forensic science in my high school. The school used to only provide two sections of this class for roughly 50 students and now it has grown to five sections with roughly 150 students. In this course we need to be able to do microscope work in areas like fingerprint identification, hair and fiber identification, firearms and ballistics studies. The microscopes we are currently using are from 1993 and are foggy and have hard to replace parts such as light bulbs. I would appreciate funding for a 10 compound microscopes to help enhance their learning in forensic science. Compound microscopes in forensic science can be used to see the structure of hair to identify and compare to "crime scene" evidence. The visual comparison and identification techniques can also be used in bullet and cartridge case comparisons. Additionally, glass pieces are examined for conchoidal lines used to determine the direction of force on the broken glass, important in determining what actions occurred at the crime scene. Without access to better microscopes these important lab procedures could not be practiced and then put to use mock crime scene which is one of the assessments for this course. The forensic science students will benefit by being able to learn how to use this important tool of science and also to use it in a unique, real world situations. Students employ critical thinking, problem solving and laboratory expertise to process evidence from the scene. The results of their crime scene investigation and conclusions based on the evidence.

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I teach forensic science in my high school. The school used to only provide two sections of this class for roughly 50 students and now it has grown to five sections with roughly 150 students. In this course we need to be able to do microscope work in areas like fingerprint identification, hair and fiber identification, firearms and ballistics studies. The microscopes we are currently using are from 1993 and are foggy and have hard to replace parts such as light bulbs. I would appreciate funding for a 10 compound microscopes to help enhance their learning in forensic science. Compound microscopes in forensic science can be used to see the structure of hair to identify and compare to "crime scene" evidence. The visual comparison and identification techniques can also be used in bullet and cartridge case comparisons. Additionally, glass pieces are examined for conchoidal lines used to determine the direction of force on the broken glass, important in determining what actions occurred at the crime scene. Without access to better microscopes these important lab procedures could not be practiced and then put to use mock crime scene which is one of the assessments for this course. The forensic science students will benefit by being able to learn how to use this important tool of science and also to use it in a unique, real world situations. Students employ critical thinking, problem solving and laboratory expertise to process evidence from the scene. The results of their crime scene investigation and conclusions based on the evidence.

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