Science Book
Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12
By Pam Walker & Elaine Wood
288 pages; Paperback
This unique resource offers activities in earth, life, and physical science as well as science inquiry and technology. The Grades 6-12 level book provides labs on life, physical, and earth science as well as critical thinking. Like real-life forensic scientists, students observe carefully, organize, and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes like theft, dog-napping, vandalism and water pollution. For added fun, each resource features an original cartoon character, Investi Gator for the Elementary level and Crime Cat for Grades 6-12. All activities include complete background information with step-by-step procedures for the teacher and reproducible student worksheets. Whatever the teacher's training or experience in teaching science, Crime Scene Investigations can be an intriguing supplement to instruction.
Science Book
Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12
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Table of Contents:
About This Book
Section 1 - Inquiry, Science, and Technology
- Investigation 1-1 Grade Tampering (Collecting and Comparing Fingerprints)
- Investigation 1-2 To Code or Not to Code (Interpreting and Writing Messages in Code)
- Investigation 1-3 Corroded Cans (Using Data to Relate Evidence to Explanation)
- Investigation 1-4 Being Hip to the Chip (Paint Chip Analyisis)
- Investigation 1-5 Tricky Tools (Comparing a Tool Mark Cast to Suspect Tools)
- Investigation 1-6 Handwriting Hoax (Handwriting Analysis)
- Investigation 1-7 Putting the Wrong Foot Forward (Comparing Shoeprints)
- Investigation 1-8 Disorganized Data (Organizing Evidence in Sequence)
Section 2 - Earth Science
- Investigation 2-1 The Soil Evidence (Finding Evidence From the Soil)
- Investigation 2-2 Pointing Out Pollution (Collecting and Using Data to Detect Water Polution)
- Investigation 2-3 Dirty Clues (Comparing Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Soil Samples)
- Investigation 2-4 Dirty Dave (Comparing Soil Samples from Different Locations)
- Investigation 2-5 The Sand-Trap Blues (Detecting Pure Sand or Sand Mixtures in Soil Samples)
- Investigation 2-6 Digging Up Clues (Comparing Locations of Soil Samples)
- Investigation 2-7 The Truth Is in the Proof (Compating Heat-Retaining Qualities of Various Materials)
Section 3 - Life Science
- Investigation 3-1 A Hairy Situation (Hair Analysis--Human or Animal?)
- Investigation 3-2 Learning From Lipstick (Comparing Lip Print Patterns)
- Investigation 3-3 "Leafing" the Crime Scene (Comparing Characteristics of Leaves)
- Investigation 3-4 A Spooky Crook (Assembling a Human Skeleton)
- Investigation 3-5 Pharach's Femur (Using a Bone to Determine a Person's Height)
- Investigation 3-6 One Bite Too Many (Comparing Teeth Marks)
- Investigation 3-7 Leery of Labels (Determining Fat Content of Margarine)
- Investigation 3-8 DNA Net (Using DNA Evidence to Identify a Suspect)
Section 4 - Physical Science
- Investigation 4-1 Where Is Herman the Hamster? (Making a Rough Sketch of a Crime Scene)
- Investigation 4-2 Candy Capers (Seperating Water-Soluble Food Eye Into Colors)
- Investigation 4-3 Stepping Into Crime (Analyzing Footprints to Determine Dequesnce of Events)
- Investigation 4-4 Fibers Don't Fib (Comparing Fibers)
- Investigation 4-5 You're in Deep Trouble (Conducting Tests on Synthesized Urine)
- Investigation 4-6 Guilty of Graffiti (Separating Colors of Water-Soluble Inks)
- Investigation 4-7 The Baffled Baker (Identifying Unknown Powders)
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