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Photographing the Crime Scene


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Keywords: forensic, crime scene, photography
Subject(s): Science, Drama
Grades 11 through 12
NETS-S Standard:
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Research and Information Fluency
  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
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School: West Iredell High School, Statesville, NC
Planned By: Jeanie Shannon
Original Author: Jeanie Shannon, Statesville
Forensic students will arrive on scene. Student teams will be required to take scalable pictures, draw the crime scene to scale, and collect evidence to take back to the lab to process a crime scene.

Comments
This class was student requested. This is the first year the class will be taught. It is impeartive the class be engaging. The cameras would be used for each crime scene following crime scene instruction.
Cross-Curriculum Ideas
Drama students will act as victim and by standards.
Follow-Up
lab reports and "expert testimony" in mock trials.
Materials: Digital Cameras, Camera/Video Accessories
Other Items: 6 Nikon Coolpix S8000 14.2 MP Digital Camera, $218 each, total of $1308.00
6 Camera bags, $20 each, total of $120.00