The Physics of CSI

Brigette Bucholz
Kyle Miletic
 Overview
• Creative and “real life” application of
physics concepts
• Integrate mechanics, waves, and sound
into crime scene storyline
• Address the lack of well-known or widely
implemented physics classroom projects
 Kyle’s Perspective
• Students were extremely receptive
about learning
• Good experience involving science
education
– Study group leader (now)
– Physician (in the future)
 Brigette’s Perspective
• Surprised by lack of physics
activities/resources available
• Student motivation a huge factor in the
success of the project
• Gave me a new appreciation for the
amount of work that teachers put into
creating and implementing new projects
Evaluation and Reflections….
• We enjoyed the generous budget 
• We learned the value of time
management and starting early on a big
project.
• Mr. Jones is awesome!
• Nothing always goes according to
plan.
 Moving Forward…
• Publish our project plan
• Broaden the scope of the groups
• Integrate more physics concepts
• Bring project idea to another physics
classroom