Authentic investigations are key to students' understanding of the nature of science. As science teachers, we whould strive to teach science first, and use our disciplinary content as a context in which to teach science. Authentic investigations - genuine, open-ended inquiries - transform our disciplinary content from information to be given to students into evidence to be sought and used by students. This course will use forensic science as a context to teach science. Participants will use science and engineering practices to investigate, document, and ultimately interpret a number of mock crime scenes. Forensic science content will be acquired as participants research and evaluate evidence collected from the scenes. Ultimately, participants will have to formulate a claim to explain the events that led to the scene, and use the evidence collected to defend the claim. Additionally, participants will gain first-hand in cloud= and web-based instruction. The course will be paperless, utilizing the It's Learning platform and Microsoft Office 365 tools/apps to facilitate lerning, providing participants a "student's eye" view of the platforms. Technology integration and three dimensional science instruction will be intentionally modelled and discussed throughout the course to prepare participants for the shift to Next Generation Science Instruction. [ 3 credits ]