My students need the materials requested in order to create a successful murder mystery crime scene in order for students to experience real life scenarios for 21st century college and career readiness.
$2,596 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Established in 1968, our middle school is nestled in the scenic community of Laguna Beach in Orange County, California. Our school provides 21st century learning experiences and classroom innovation, for all students to be lifelong learners. Students learn through interdisciplinary lessons and activities that provide students with "real world" connections and a stronger relevance of information acquired from their total educational experience. Our students represent a diverse socio-economic background that allows all students to go "above and beyond" in innovation for college and career experiences.
My Project
The materials requested will be used to simulate a crime scene murder investigation based on the historical events of Roanoke- the Lost Colony. Students will simulate the crime scene at the Ocean Institute- using their science lab as well as the "Pilgrim" ship for the investigation and processing of criminal evidence. Students will implement both STEM and NGSS standards to develop a robot to retrieve crime scene evidence on the beach and the ship to eliminate the least amount of destruction in a crime scene. The design of the robot will be to design an object that can retrieve physical evidence within ocean currents and ecological oceanic environment so that optimal design and retrieval can be achieved. The entire crime scene will be recorded using a 3D virtual reality camera.
The items requested will be used to reenact an actual murder crime scene.
Students will use the body to simulate a decomposing body, blood patterns, fingerprint analysis and bone processing. All the items will be used to create a crime scene and processing lab afterwards to process all the evidence collected from the crime scene on the boat and the beach.
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