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Marcus Daniels a science teacher at Lakeland High in Suffolk Virginia says he formed the group to help boost students problem solving skills.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo far they have studied \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija\" title\u003d\"Ouija\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eOuija boards\u003c/a\u003e with inconclusive results, ten students felt \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal\" title\u003d\"Paranormal\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eparanormal\u003c/a\u003e influence could not be ruled out while six felt it could. Recently they undertook an investigation of an historic structure in the town where they used the usual \"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_hunting\" title\u003d\"Ghost hunting\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eGhost Hunting\u003c/a\u003e\" gear but also included a Ouija board and tarot cards. Not sure what tarot cards would have to do with paranormal investigation so let's hope they release their information publicly. The group also uses a $5,000 thermal imaging camera like those seen on paranormal TV shows. It's good to be a novelty, I guess.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDuring their investigation their teacher played Civil War music trying to stir up paranormal activity while the students wandered about asking for signs of a presence.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe group has a \u003ca href\u003d\"http://lakelandss.webs.com/index.htm\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e where they list information about their club and tests they've undertaken. Hopefully, in the future their teacher will show them how to write a full paper on experiments with data and analysis as well.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt appears, though, from a casual perusal of the site that the group is based upon the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic_Paranormal_Society\" title\u003d\"The Atlantic Paranormal Society\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eTAPS\u003c/a\u003e model for the most part. Their teacher has more or less carried over that type of structure to this student organization and the reporting reflects the same type of reporting and analysis. They also list the popular television series on their website.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhile they have studied \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot\" title\u003d\"Tarot\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eTarot\u003c/a\u003e cards, unfortunately, their teacher missed the most agreed upon hypothesis in psychology and parapsychology concerning Tarot. As most researchers have found the Tarot is a non-paranormal system utilizing subconscious information to arrive at a answer to a question. Tarot as a \"fortune telling\" device has been effectively debunked for many years while this use of the cards, thanks to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung\" title\u003d\"Carl Jung\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eCarl Jung\u003c/a\u003e, has remained popular and useful in many situations. Rather than an experiment conducted with Geiger counters and EMF meters it would have behooved the group to look closely at psychological processes and the interaction of the reader and subject.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is heartening to see young people seriously considering explanations for paranormal phenomena and hopefully, this early experience will get the \"ghost hunting\" bug out of their system and allow them to pursue deeper subjects and studies as they mature.  What is even more uplifting is that the students don't seem to be losing interest because, as we all know, activity is hard to come by on investigations. They seem as interested in nothing happening as when things go happen. That trait forms the seed of an effective investigator.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://lakelandss.webs.com/index.htm\"\u003eThe Lakeland High School Skeptic Society\u003c/a\u003e will be featured in an upcoming issue of \"Haunted Times\" magazine. 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