Blog 6 - Students Crime Scenes

This week, the students will work in groups to create their own crime scenes as the final project for the showcase. There are five groups. Four of the scenes are homicides, and one is an accidental death. My job is to ask questions and help out if needed. We want to make sure these crime scenes do not have any flaws. They are supposed to be challenging but not so difficult that people can not figure them out. I am also in charge of keeping track of the items used for each scene and reserving rooms for the showcase. I will be helping groups set up on the showcase to make sure everything makes sense, and I will check the narratives they had to write. I had to check in with groups to ensure they had everything they needed and that everyone was doing the work they were assigned by the group. This is their big project, and I think everyone will enjoy the scenes they have made. Some are funny, and some have a huge twist. They will also be doing a DNA lab to learn how DNA is identified to a singular person. They will be using pipets to transfer the liquids into the jells. Then, they will break to work on their crime scenes again, and at the end of the day, they will come back and identify the "DNA" that was found. I will continue to check in on the groups to make sure they have everything and to see if they may need help with anything: Miniature crime scenes, sketches, or narratives.