Forensics for Kids
The Science and History of Crime Solving, With 21 Activities
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.
Melissa Ross is a former junior high and high school teacher. She is the author of the children's books Today I Am a Penguin and Supermoon, and a freelance writer for children's magazines. Ross has been a member of SCBWI of for many years. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
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