Offering a Forensic Science Camp To Introduce and Engage High School Students in Interdisciplinary Science Topics

• Autores: Linda Ahrenkiel, Martin Worm-Leonhard
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 91, Nº 3, 2014, págs. 340-344
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article, we present details of a one-week interdisciplinary science camp for high school students in Denmark, "Criminal Camp". We describe the use of forensic science and simulated crimes as a common foundation for teaching the theory and practice of concepts in chemistry, physics, and medicine or biology. The main goal of the science camp program was to introduce the participants to the nature of science and what scientists do as the students experience easily understandable real-world scenarios. Results from a survey indicate that Criminal Camp had a positive effect on the participants' attitudes toward science in general and the applications within forensic science in particular. From the free-response answers given in the survey, it was furthermore inferred that the participants enjoyed working with science in an interdisciplinary context, and that they gained both concrete knowledge of the subjects taught and scientific literacy in general.