ADVISORY/Suffolk County PD and Court TV Introduce the ``Cafeteria Caper'' at Northport High School.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (April 20) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Court TV
WHAT: Northport High School students will try and solve the
"Cafeteria Caper" as part of Court TV's "Forensics in the
Classroom," the country's first standards-based forensics
curriculum, available free of charge online to schools
nationwide. Thirty Junior and Senior Forensic Science students
will be put to the task of solving a mystery involving severe
vandalism and a cut gas line in their school's cafeteria. A
Crime Scene Investigator from the Suffolk County Attorney's
Office will attend class and teach the kids how to properly
handle the crime scene. Students will collect clues in the
cafeteria then take crucial photos and calculated measurements
before going back to the lab to test hair fibers, stomach
contents, and perform blood, chromosome and DNA analysis to
try and solve the caper.
WHO: Teacher Matt Schildknecht will conduct the class with
Sergeant Dave Tricamo of the Suffolk County District
Attorney's Office. A Junior and Senior Forensic Science class
from Northport High School join the investigation using Court
TV's critically acclaimed science curriculum "Forensics in the
Classroom."
WHEN: Tuesday, April 20th from 9:30 am to 10:15 am
WHERE: 154 Laurel Hill Road, Northport, New York, 11768
ADDITIONAL INFO: "Forensics in the Classroom," (FIC) Court TV's
educational initiative was developed in partnership with the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) and the National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Teachers across the
country have contributed input and the lessons were drafted by
experienced curriculum specialists Topics Education Group. The
curriculum combines standard high school lab experiments with
mystery solving forensic techniques. Students study text-book
chemistry while learning the popular, exciting, and
fast-growing field of forensic science. The curriculum is used
in all 50 states and in 13 countries and has been downloaded
by more than 17,000 teachers (1,200 in New York). For more
information about FIC log on to www.courttv.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA COVERAGE IS INVITED
INTERVIEWS ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHER, THE OFFICER
AND COURT TV REPRESENTATIVES.
For additional information or to make arrangements for a visit,
please contact:
Barry Rosenberg/ Court TV
Work: 212-973-8943
Cell: 973-945-0754
or
Patty Caruso/Court TV
Work: 212-973-3206
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