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Grants Foundation grants support
innovative, creative projects that improve teaching and learning and are not normally funded within school budgets.
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LARGE PROJECT GRANT proposals
are studied by committee members made up of trustees from the Foundation and educators that cross all age levels but concentrate
on subject matter pertaining to the committee. Once a committee has settled on a project and has completed a rigorous
assessment the committee representative from the Foundation presents the project to the Foundation Board in March moving it
to the Projects Committee to enter the approval process.
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Check out our Large Grant Project -- CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) at our High Schools
Without help from the Foundation for Educational Excellence, this course would have been a
skeleton of what it is now. The items purchased were 6 forensic kits (case, rulers, markers, and other
evidence collection items), 3 mannequins, and 3 crash kits.
Each school received 2 kits, 1 mannequin, and 1 crash kit. Forensic
evidence collection kits-We used these at the crime scenes. Students loved these most. They
felt like real CSI investigators. They contained evidence markers, measuring tape, and different rulers.
We added different materials and tools to the kits depending like a camera, fingerprint collection tools, and scissors.
They were the best addition to the course. Mannequins-We used these as a victim
at the crime scenes.
The students made 5 other bodies using clothes, pillows, blankets, and newspaper. I was able to
use the mannequin as the incentive and the squads would compete to use it. This was the best tool for marketing
the course, because when the mannequin was being carried or at a crime scene, everyone would look.
Crash kits-Crash was great because it came with lesson plans, activities,
worksheets, and materials already prepared and ready for use. It was a good break from just crime scenes,
and allowed us to discuss why not to drink and drive, and why to wear a safety belt. This was a great activity
kit and made the lesson planning much easier.
Joe Ehrmann. Biology/Forensic Teacher -- Dundee
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