Community & Business
17 June, 2022
Kids take on forensics
WHILST trying to get a gig at the local circus, young Josh suddenly disappeared and a team of forensic scientists from Grade 3,4 and 5 at Mareeba State School were there to solve the case.
The student were taking part in a simulated crime case as part of Education Interactive which gave them the opportunity to work with bio-engineering and science enthusiast Aymeri Pinon to crack their own missing person case.
Students worked in teams to search for evidence set up across the school hall to find out what happened to Josh, why he went missing and where he was.
Mr Pinon believes workshops such as this show kids how science is used in real life and hopes it will help keep students interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
“I love science and I do this program to promote science and I love seeing kids get involved,” he said.
“Even if it isn’t forensic science, I am hoping students get into some sort of science as they are the next generation of scientists.
“They did a pretty good job cracking the case even though they didn’t have a lot of time and in the end, we did end up finding Josh and everyone was safe and in good health.”
Head of Department for Curriculum Valarie Dayes helped organise the workshop for the students and believes it was a great way to get high level science students engaged with real life science issues.
“The kids see this sort of stuff in the movies and in TV shows and its full of forensics so we felt it was something they might relate to,” she said.
“We would like Mr Pinon to come and visit again next year and hopefully the kids will learn from it and succeed higher in their sciences.”
