C.S.I. CHALLENGE™
A hands-on multidisciplinary
educational event for high school students.
C.S.I. CHALLENGE
™
Since 2001,
F|O|R|E|N|S|I|C|S
WORLD™ has offered the unique
opportunity for high school students to conduct a realistic and comprehensive criminal
investigation of a fictional
crime as a forum to demonstrate their knowledge of forensic science, criminal
investigation, and the law.
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Students are first provided an elaborate and entertaining
fictional murder-mystery
SCENARIO and
are then presented with a simulated CRIME
SCENE containing real PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE…
Actors, portraying a cast of
SUSPICIOUS
CHARACTERS – all with the
means, motive, and opportunity to be the perpetrator – bring the
murder-mystery to life by interacting with the students.
Competing teams of students manage their “criminal case” by
performing the following diverse duties and responsibilities…
Students EVALUATE &
RECORD the crime scene and any physical evidence…
Students COLLECT &
PRESERVE any physical evidence they discover…
Students SCIENTIFICALLY
EXAMINE the physical evidence in a mock-crime lab…
Students INTERVIEW &
INTERROGATE the “suspicious characters”…
Students are THOROUGHLY ASSESSED on their performance by expert
police officers, detectives, forensic scientists, and prosecutors throughout the
competition. Evaluators utilize a comprehensive and elaborate rubric to
categorically appraise and determine how well each team manages their criminal
investigation in a fair, objective, and impartial manner. At the end of the
competition students will PRESENT & DEFEND their findings, observations, and
theories.
The top three schools with the highest cumulative score are
presented with an award. The First Place Team also receives the coveted FORENSIC
DETECTIVES CUP, which they proudly and prominently display in their school for
one-year, until the next year’s challenge…
C.S.I. CHALLENGE™
The C.S.I. Challenge offers exceptional
EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS to students which
satisfy National Learning
Standards in the areas of
mathematics, science, technology, civics, citizenship, and literacy.
The C.S.I. Challenge promotes a student’s PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
by engaging a student’s curiosity and challenging them to use deductive
reasoning, creative thinking, and problem-solving techniques, while fostering
core principles of leadership and teamwork.
C.S.I. CHALLENGE SPONSORS
& SUPPORTERS
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Long Island University – C.W. Post Campus
New York Institute of Technology (N.Y.I.T.)
Touro College
Pace University
Suffolk’s Edge Teachers Center
Suffolk Community College
Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
Suffolk County Crime Lab, N.Y.
Suffolk County Toxicology Lab, N.Y.
Nassau County Crime Lab, N.Y.
Drug Enforcement Administration Crime Lab (D.E.A.)
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME)
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Suffolk County Police Department, N.Y.
Nassau County Police Department, N.Y.
New York State Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.)
Scion - Toyota Motor Corporation
Southern Container
UR Busted Inc.
Holiday Inn
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Every aspect of a
great educational experience is present in this competition –
observation, hands-on lab work, critical thinking, cooperative learning,
oral presentation – it’s all there. They are applying all of their
skills in one amazing experience.
Angie Cancemi
Jericho High
School
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The enthusiasm of
the students, working cooperatively as teams, critically examining the
crime, making hypothesis, gathering clues from the evidence to draw
conclusions highlight how great this event is. It is a lifelong learning
experience. The mock crime scene truly extends the classroom beyond the
high school walls.
Margaret Intregli
West Babylon High School
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For further information:
log
onto: www.forensicsworld.com
or
write: Forensics
World
.
34 E. Main Street, #370
Smithtown, NY 11787 .
