Detective science: 40 crime-solving, case-breaking, crook-catching activities for kids - Softcover

Wiese, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439209145 ISBN 13: 9780439209144

Publisher: Scholastic, 2000

Synopsis

Children/Science

Become a super science sleuth with . . .

Detective Science

40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids

Search for evidence, gather clues, and discover how science can help solve a mystery. From dusting for fingerprints to analyzing handwriting, these easy, fun-filled activities give you a firsthand look at how detectives and forensic scientists use science to solve real-life crimes.

Make a plaster cast of a shoe. Identify lip prints left on a glass. Examine hair and clothing fibers. Practice chemistry to identify mystery substances, and much more.

In no time at all, you'll be thinking like a detective and performing experiments like a real forensic scientist!

About this title

From the Publisher:

This entertaining and educational book lets kids experience detective work first hand. Contains 40 different, scientifically-sound, inexpensive activities children can do to explore the world of forensic science--from dusting for fingerprints and analyzing handwriting to ink chromatography and voice identification. Teaches kids the fundamentals of the scientific method--observing, hypothesizing, predicting, measuring, interpreting data and drawing conclusions.

About the Author:

JIM WIESE (British Columbia, Canada) is a science teacher and an educational coordinator for nonprofit organizations. He is the author of the popular kids' science-activities books Roller Coaster Science and Rocket Science, both from Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0439209145
• ISBN 13: 9780439209144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118