Cedar City, Utah, June 29, 2018 - Many 7th and 8th graders in the city had the opportunity to participate in a program called SUU Prep. This program allows students to experience different forms of science on the campus of Southern Utah University. One workshop they attended as part of a field trip was a forensic science workshop.

 

This workshop was created by an SUU student in order to teach the students how science is used when solving crimes. The students were able to learn about fingerprints, blood spatter, firearms, fiber analysis, and crime scene investigation. The workshop was very hands on enabling the students to fingerprint bottles, identify rifling on bullets, and understand the different patterns of blood spatter. The students also collected fibers and hairs to analyze under a microscope. After this, a crime scene was set up to allow the students to process it and determine what happened to the victims. The workshop gave students an insight to what is done in forensic science and how it is used to solve crimes.

 

The workshop was created by Maggie Taliaferro under the instruction of an SUU Professor, Ryan Barney. She created this workshop for her EDGE project after hearing about the opportunity in class from her professor. The EDGE program at SUU enables students to complete a project of their choosing in order to gain experiential learning. This helps the college students reach personal or professional goals in their lives.

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Contact Information

Name: Maggie Taliaferro

Mobile: 307-707-0245

Email: maggie.taliaferro1@gmail.com

Web Page: https://maggietaliaferro1.wixsite.com/edgeportfolio