Virtual Visits with the New York Hall of Science » CSIT http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org Bringing the wonders of the New York Hall of Science to the World! Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 CSIT in the Bronx http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/05/19/csit-in-the-bronx/ http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/2009/05/19/csit-in-the-bronx/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 20:41:53 +0000 Chris Lawrence http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/?p=205 Based on the results from many experiments dealing with fiber analysis and blood sampling to name a few, a team of forensic scientists at PS 279 in the Bronx have finally found their culprit. This team have been working extremely hard for the past couple of weeks in making sure that the case of the jewel heist does not go unsolved.

Despite there not being a real jewel heist or team of forensic scientists, the students at PS 279 have been working with the Digital Learning Department for the past 12 weeks on this scientific roleplay situation. The program being taught at the school was one of our CSIT scenario’s dealing with Living Environment. The participating students worked in teams to perform various experiments and analysis that a real forensic scientist would do. Some of the feedback received by the students on the culminating day was that “there Monday’s are never going to be the same”.

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