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CSI: New Rochelle High School
on May 13, 2009
Many people say that kids don't care about science and don't get a good science education, but they'll find a different case at a New York high school.
Examining maggot-filled birds, analyzing a crime scene and comparing healthy livers and lungs to those of smokers or alcoholics are just a few of the skills that students at New Rochelle High School learn in their forensic science classes, reports The New York Times. The school offers seven classes, and some of them are so advanced that the students can earn college credit for taking them.
The classes involve chemistry, math and physics, but the students don't necessarily realize it because they are doing hands-on activities that they see on TV. Several shows focus on forensic science, and students learn that a lot of the TV techniques are wrong, or that the actors are able to find data quicker than they would in real life.
"The kids come in as a raw product, not knowing or noticing anything, and then one day, they watch something on the news, and they come in and tell me, 'I think the police in the background were doing it wrong,'" said teacher Scott Rubin. "All of a sudden, they get it."
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