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Mr. Williams from Memphis, TN is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Take a Picture and Solve the Crime Scene!

Help me give my students proper tools to use in our forensic photography class because a great camera and studio setup will help my student learn more about photography and how photos are used to help solve crime.

  • $1,121 goal

This project expired on May 2, 2023.

This project expired on May 2, 2023.

My Project

I love my sensational forensic science students. They are our future doctors, lawyers, teachers, and scholars of tomorrow. My students love our forensic science class and today’s science class require our students to have hands on equipment to learn the course they love. My students are in their final stages of high school and classes like this can really shape some of their college choices, graduations outcome, degree selection. My students are smart, creative, and goal driven.

“A picture is worth a thousand words, and it is especially true in crime scene photography.” Photography is the basis of all crime scenes and is carried out on priority.

My students will learn all about the importance of photography how to take crime scene photos and learn how to analyze photos from a crime scene. Photographs and crime sketches are the most effective and simplest way to represent a crime scene by the Investigating Officer. They are most useful in supplying significant bits and pieces with the exact measurements of the site and evidence where the crime has occurred. This project will give my students hands-on skills that could possibly help them decide on colleges to attend, fields of study and learn about different type of job opportunities involving photography.

The purpose of crime scene photography is to provide a true and accurate record of the crime scene and physical evidence present by recording the original scene and related areas.

No matter how well an investigator can verbally describe a crime scene; photographs can tell the same story better and more easily as it freezes time and records the evidence. Forensic photography is an integral part of the trial. And the judgment often is based upon crime scene photographs to prove prima facie evidence.

Mr. Williams Carver College & Career Academy Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Memphis, TN View local requests

More than half 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

HBCU Alum 65 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4K Digital Camera for Photography and Video [Autofocus & Anti-Shake] 48MP Vlogging Camera with SD Card, 3'' 180° Flip Screen Compact Camera with Flash, 16X Digital Zoom Travel Camera (2 Batteries) • Amazon Business $89.99 5 $449.95
Digital Camera, FHD 1080P 48MP Autofocus Small Digital Camera for Kids Video Camera with 32GB SD Card 16X Digital Zoom, Compact Point and Shoot Vlogging Camera for Teens Boys Girls Children Adults • Amazon Business $61.74 5 $308.70
SEREE TECH 2.7K 30 FPS Video Camera 30MP 16X Digital Camera Video Camera for YouTube 3.0 inch Flip Screen Camcorder Vlogging Camera with 2.4G Remote Control, Two Batteries and External Mic • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99
Manbily 63" Aluminum DSLR Camera Tripod Monopod Kit,Compact and Lightweight,360-degree Panoramic Ball Head Quick Release Plate,5 Seconds Quickly Invert The Center Column,Suitable Travel Work(YS-254) • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$908.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$952.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$168.05

Total project goal

$1,120.31

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