Eight “investigators” responded to a crime scene Tuesday, lifting fingerprints to track down a “suspect.”

Students entering grades 4-6 are receiving some hands-on training during “Riverland CSI,” part of a summer enrichment program at Riverland Community College.

Kids’ College, offered through Riverland and Austin Community Education, is being held from 8:30 a.m. to noon this week.

The classes help stimulate and encourage creativity and problem-solving skills.

Volunteer leaders instruct about two dozen classes, ranging from “Amusement Park Physics” to “Scrapbooking Through the Seasons” to “Harry Potter!”

In “Riverland CSI,” taught by Steve Wald, students learned Tuesday how to dust for fingerprints, which they lifted from pop cans.

“We get a brush and put the dust on it,” John Langrell, 12, explained.

On the first day of the class, students learned on a computer about toxicology.

Jack Brown, 11, said he signed up for the course because it “sounded really fun.”

“I like the (TV) show,” he said.

Kids and adults got a first-hand look at making a film through “Television Production 101,” led by KSMQ television staff.

“We are learning how to shoot our own video and make your own movie,” said 12-year-old Kaylee Kalbow, who enrolled in the class with her mother, Amy Schaper.

A fan of Food Network shows like “Food Network Star” and “Unwrapped,” Kaylee chose to film, design and edit a 90-second cooking show, where she would create frozen s’mores while wearing a chef hat and apron.

“It’s really good,” Kaylee said of the graham cracker, Cool Whip and hot fudge confection. “It’s refreshing on a hot day.”

Students in Ken Fiscus’s “Become a Rocket Engineer!” class learned Monday about astronauts and space travel.

The students began assembling their own rockets Tuesday, and will launch them later this week.

Ben Kinney, 9, said they shot an Alpha rocket on Monday, and glued fins to their own rockets Tuesday.

“It sounds so interesting, and I’ve always loved rockets,” Ben said of the class.

Nine-year-old Maya Khanna said her family recently attended a rocket launch, which inspired her to take the class.

“Everyone in my family really likes rockets,” she said. “I really wanted to build one of my own.”