Forensic Books, Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12
Stock # 8800-161

Science Book
Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12

Stock #	Height	Width	Length	Page Length
8800-161	277 mm	23 mm	211 mm	288 pages

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)

Glossary

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.