Forensic Investigators: July 26, 2011 Who Done It?… Part 1
by Southside Tanya Vega, Project Exploration Blogger
A crime… (possibly two?) has been committed.
The potential list of suspects… many (excluding this writer).
Who done it? Are the crimes related or separate? How was it committed? What clues (or evidence) will help implicate the suspect(s) of this crime?
Hm… sounds like any ordinary day for hardworking CSIs (Crime Scene Investigators). However, this isn’t any ordinary “crime scene” for the characters of the popular television show. No, this “crime scene” is for a special group of CSIs – the Project Exploration… Continue reading
Forensic Investigators
Hey everybody, Justice here to tell you how the new forensic program is doing. Everybody is having a great time and we are all learning so much. We did a very good job at the crime scene from picking up prints, finding blood, to finding DNA samples and capturing evidence. We actually collected too much evidence. We can’t wait until the court hearing and I hope we know who killed who by the end of the day.
Forensic Investigators: Crime Scene Day
Today was in amazing day. All the students was very exited about going to the crime scene. The students were divide into two groups because their were to cars at the crime scene. The student job is to go into the crime scene to examine and collect as much evidences as they possible can to help them in solving the crime. The students really don’t know what really happened all they know is their where two cars and gun shots involved. Now it… Continue reading
Forensic Investigators
Today was an awesome day it marked the birth of the first ever forensic investigator program. There are 32 kids participating in the week long program. All of us are very excited about learning what forensic is and different disciplines within forensic. In to kick off the first day of the program we had two guests come in from the Illinois State Police Department in gave the us the student a crash course about forensic. We even got a chance to dig a little into firearms. We learned how to… Continue reading
Investigator Kendra Smith
Hello my name is Kendra Smith I am currently a senior at Chicago State University pursuing my second degree in Community Health. I have been been a part of Project Exploration for the past ten year. I am really looking forward to a great summer especially since I have a rare opportunity to be a part of a cool summer forensics program. For those of you who don’t know what forensics is it is the investigation aspect of a crime scene. They are the one’s who go out… Continue reading
Cracking the Case with Project Exploration
Project Exploration closed out 2009 with a bang at the annual Winter Science Exploration event. This year the event was hosted at the Museum of Science and Industry and the day was centered around forensics. PE students from around the city of Chicago faced the bitter cold to meet up on December 29th for a fun filled day of science.
With so many forensic themed television shows students have increasingly expressed their interest in learning more about the field. What better way for students to learn more about forensics… Continue reading



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