An Eye for Details

     Our time was short today, but we made the most of it!  Students witnessed a theft in our own classroom and used what we learned about composite sketches to make a drawing of the perpetrator. We then looked at some online activities testing their powers of observation and helping them match the suspect with the crime.  Try them for yourself!

Art of Crime Detection

Perp Walk

Face Memory

The thief

Forensic Artists at work

     We also prepared for our field study by looking at the trip packet, setting expectations, and talking about different types of evidence and how they are collected.  Students learned the process of crime scene investigation and Locard's Principal that says that criminals always take a trace of something with them and leave a trace of something behind.  I hope the same applies to our classroom and the students took something valuable from class today!