Presented by
Michael Revenson, Syracuse University Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science, Veteran Chemistry Instructor, Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York
This Forensic workshop will offer teachers the opportunity to explore the following topics: Blood & Blood Spatter Analysis, Finger-printing, Hair & Fiber Analysis, Toxicology, Physical Evidence, Skeletal Remains, and Entomology. Participants may use the information, labs, crime scenes and resources provided to start their own half-year course or supplement current science curriculum to stimulate student interest by using the science of criminology.
This program is designed for teachers who have less than six years of teaching experience of Forensic Science. The goals of the program is to provide the following:
 | Curriculum Structure and Sequencing |
| Context Knowledge for the Specific Discipline |
| Methods of Teaching Specific topics within the Curriculum |
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Enhance your classroom presentations in many areas of the Forensic program. |
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Encourage teachers to use methods in their classrooms that involve new demonstration ideas |
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Expand the scope of your laboratory activities |
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Provide a forum for discussion and sharing of their materials and ideas |
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Provide an opportunity for teachers training for multiple disciplines |
The program consists of 30 hours of training. Each Day will be focused to specific areas of the forensic science curriculum.
Date: June 26th- June 29th, 2006
Time : 8:30 AM-4:00 PM
Cost: $395.00 ( includes Breakfast and Lunch)
Place: Science Wing, Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York
Sponsored by: PWISTA
Credit : A 30-hour certificate toward in-service credit will be issued for use according to your school district’s policy.
Manhattanville College - Three Graduate Science Education Credits available upon completion of Project at an additional cost of $ 870.00.
For college credit information contact:
Dr. Peter Corfield, 914-251-6675 or email pwrc@ns.purchase.edu
Peter W. R. Corfield, Ph. D.
Director, CSME & Visiting Professor of Chemistry Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
Tel: 914-251-6675
Fax: 914-251-6635
Local Housing Accommodations ( approximately 20 to 30 minutes from HS)
Hilton Garden Inn, Danbury, Conn.
Hilton Garden Inn, Fishkill, NY
Hampton Inn, Fishkill, NY
Local Housing Accommodations ( approximately 5 minutes from Mahopac HS)
Budget Motor Inn, 215 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 845-628-6991
Please make checks payable to PWISTA and mail to:
PWISTA , 67 Fassitt Drive, Mahopac, N.Y. 10541
Registration Is closed.