Crime Scene Investigation, CSI
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is a teaching tool that utilizes a crime scenario to help students develop their investigative and analytical skills.
The age-appropriate CSI events are geared for 6th- 12th graders. A “crime scene” is set up, and student investigators are instr ucted in proper observation and data collection methods.
Student investigators arrive on the scene to collect and analyze evidence. Students are prompted to develop and test a hypothesis of what happened.
Following on-scene investigating, students also participate in activities that focus on finding and identifying fingerprints as well as other science-based tools that are used to arrive at answers to the questions the investigation has raised.
 The purpose of the exercises is to use real-world experience for students to practice their critical thinking skills.
Comparisons are drawn between the investigative skills used by criminal investigators to those skills used by physicians, other health care professionals, and health researchers to diagnose illnesses and provide treatment.
The CSI activity can be done in an hour-long class period. It can also be expanded to fill a two-hour period with additional hands-on  activities, depending on your class needs.
You can schedule a CSI activity for your junior high or high school class by contacting your region’s Health Careers Promotion Coordinator.
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