Crash Scene Investigation
 Science
and Safety
Solving Problems to Save Lives
The Patrol has partnered with the educational company
Edheads to create a Web-based, animated presentation to teach middle
and high school students the principals of what happens in a crash
and how crashes are investigated.
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The Edheads online program gives high school students an opportunity
to conduct a traffic crash investigation. The program’s traffic
crash scenario is an easy and fun way for students to learn the
fundamentals of mathematics and physics as they pertain to crash
investigations and the proper mathematical equations used for the
type of crash being investigated. The program also includes important
traffic safety messages focused toward the teen motorist demographic.
The program takes students through every process that an officer
completes during a crash investigation - from measuring skid marks
to mathematical calculations to interviewing witnesses. Another
application available on the site allows the participant to input
speed and impairment variables to assess how those variables may
change investigatory outcomes.
Edheads is a non-profit organization, and offers educational Web
experiences that are free to teachers, students, and parents. They
strive to deliver in-depth content in a fresh, exciting style allowing
the user to learn intuitively in an online environment.
The Edheads Web site, http://www.edheads.org,
currently offers activities ranging from virtual hip or knee replacement
surgery to weather and simple machines. Each activity features strong
graphics, sound, and animation. Although Edheads activities are
available to anyone in the world with Internet access, when completed,
the crash activity features guides who closely resemble Ohio troopers.
The Patrol's involvement in the project included helping Edheads
developers research, design, and test activities. In particular,
the Crash Reconstruction Unit provided the technical support and
consultation on the crash investigation process.
 The
CarMax Foundation provided a grant to Edheads for the majority of
the funding to make the program possible. The CarMax Foundation
is supported by CarMax Inc., the nation's largest retailer of used
cars.
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