Forensic science camps are for high-school students interested in science, especially crime-scene-investigation science. Participants typically learn about the types of evidence left at crime scenes as well as the process of forensic analysis. Fingerprints, blood typing, DNA and other forensic evidence are collected and analyzed by the students. Participants then attempt to solve the crime mystery using the techniques they have learned at camp.
Learning Quest is an educational program run by the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada that provides summer camp opportunities in science for girls and boys ages 8 to 11. Kids get to try to solve mysteries and learn forensic science. The co-educational day camp runs for four days and costs $185. Learning Quest offers a science camp just for girls ages 8 to 11 called Girls Rule Science Camp. This day camp explores science through field activities and laboratory experiments led by women. The camo runs for four days each summer and costs $210.
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4
Conference Services
403-329-2244
Appalachian State University in North Carolina offers a forensic science camp each summer to promising high-school students who are recommended by a science teacher or guidance counselor. Participants collect trace evidence, such as fibers and fingerprints, for forensic analysis. The students learn laboratory techniques used in forensic crime-scene investigations. The cost of attending ranges from $459 to $484 per session and the camp is open to both boys and girls. The ASU campus is the setting for this residential camp and participants are supervised by adults.
ASU Forensic Science Camp
Office of Conferences & Institutes
ASU Box 32042
Boone, North Carolina 28608-2042
828-262-3045
conferences-camps.appstate.edu/academic/forensic.php
CSI camp at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina is a residential camp for exceptional boys and girls 14 to 18 years old with an interest in crime-scene investigation. At CSI camp, participants work with a chemist and a geneticist to solve a variety of forensic cases. According to CSI Converse, the Forensic Workshop camp costs $651 to $1000 per week. Applicants need to send two sealed letters of support from science teachers, preferably biology and chemistry teachers. Additionally, a statement of the applicant's desire to study forensic science and "excel" in the field is required of all applicants.
CSI Converse
Converse College
Sheri Strickland
CSI Co-Director
864-596-9741
