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Film, Video and Broadcast Production Services, University of Oklahoma Outreach

 

CSI: Forensic Sciencefingerprint

Day Camp

Available to:  Rising 6th -9th graders

Dates: June 25-27,  2013

Location: OU Norman Campus
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

This three-day camp is designed for students entering 6th-9th grades who want hands-on experience with a crime scene investigation.

Students will have the opportunity to work on a mock crime scene and use engaging activities to solve the crime. Activities will include but are not limited to forensic art, fingerprint analysis, footwear impressions, collecting and preserving evidence, and identifying bloodstains.

This camp will allow students to work with professionals in the field, and get the full prospective of what being an investigator is really like.

Lunch will need to bring a packed lunch with them each morning and will get to unwind at the OU pool from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. each afternoon.

Camp Highlights

Forensic Art / Drawing the Face You Never See
Learn what it is like to be the witness to a crime and have to describe the suspect to an artist. Have the opportunity to try their hand at being the artist and compose a drawing from many different reference photographs. 

Fingerprints / Hidden prints
Learn how to identify the different patterns in a fingerprint. Have hands on training on lifting fingerprints from evidence and to try to make a matching identification between fingerprints. 

Footwear Impressions / Casting Ghosts
Learn to identify footwear impressions associated with a crime scene scenario. Learn to cast the impression and learn how to match and identify to what brand of shoe the impression was made from. 

Forensic Evidence Collection / Preserving the Past
Collect and preserve articles of evidence associated with a crime scene. Students will be given a crime scene scenario and have to document, collect and report how the evidence is associated with the crime. 

Bloodstain Patterns / Bloody Secrets
Learn how to identify different bloodstains and how they relate to the events of a crime scene. Learn the dynamics of blood in motion with hands on experimentation of creating bloodstains.  Crime Scene and a Knife in an Evidence Bag

Registration Process
To register, fill out the attached registration form and return it to our office no later than May 28, 2013.

Tuition: $159 per student.  The following discount is available: $139 per student if parent is OU faculty or staff

All fees are due at the time of registration.  100% of the program fee will be refunded if enrollment is cancelled by June 14, 2013.  After that date, no refunds will be granted.

Download CSI Forensic Science Registration Form

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For more information, please contact Precollegiate Programs
at University of Oklahoma Outreach.