Forensics for Kids - The Science and History of Crime Solving, with 21 Activities
Author(s): Melissa Ross
What kind of science does it take to solve a crime?
Forensics for Kids provides the complete history of forensic science, giving readers a comprehensive understanding of the crime-solving advancements that led to modern forensics. Author Melissa Ross reveals fascinating stories, famous cases, pioneers who led the way, and what forensics might look like in the future.
Twenty-one engaging activities offer readers hands-on experiences with modern forensic methods.
Kids will:
- Collect and compare fingerprints
- Use chromatography to investigate a writing sample
- Match hair samples with volunteer "suspects"
- Recreate a face with clay on a small plastic skull
- Make a plaster cast of a shoeprint and compare it to a shoe print database
- And much more!
Kids can become the next real-life Sherlock Holmes or Nancy Drew after exploring the science of forensics.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- : 0.476272
- : 01 April 2022
- : .3 Inches X 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Melissa Ross
- : Paperback
- : 363.25
- : 144