Crime-solving Science Projects

Crime-solving Science Projects
Author: Kenneth G. Rainis
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766012899

Introduces various aspects of forensic science--document examination, forgeries and counterfeiting, blood and DNA analysis, and trace evidence and provides suggestions for related projects.

Crime Scene Science Fair Projects

Crime Scene Science Fair Projects
Author: Elizabeth Snoke Harris
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781579907655

Presents more than twenty great experiments--broken into topics such as blood and guts, eyewitness accounts, and physical evidence--that allow students to use real CSI techniques to find clues, analyze the data, and come to their own conclusions.

Whose Fingerprints Are These?

Whose Fingerprints Are These?
Author: Robert Gardner
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1464502463

"Presents several forensic science experiments using fingerprinting techniques. Includes science project ideas and crimes to solve"--Provided by publisher

Who Forged This Document?

Who Forged This Document?
Author: Robert Gardner
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1464502447

"Presents several forensic science experiments using forgery detection skills. Includes science project ideas and crimes to solve"--Provided by publisher.

Who Can Solve the Crime?

Who Can Solve the Crime?
Author: Robert Gardner
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1464502439

Forensic scientists use many different skills to help them solve crimes, including the scientific method. Find out if you have what it takes to be a detective with fun experiments about being a keen observer, breaking codes, collecting evidence, and more. Many experiments include ideas you can use for your science fair, and each chapter ends with a crime for you to solve!

Whose Bones Are These?

Whose Bones Are These?
Author: Robert Gardner
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1464502455

"Presents several forensic science experiments using trace evidence. Includes science project ideas and crimes to solve"--Provided by publisher.

Forensic Science Experiments in Your Own Crime Lab

Forensic Science Experiments in Your Own Crime Lab
Author: Robert Gardner
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0766069559

Ever wonder how forensics experts and law enforcement solve crimes? Learn how to build a crime lab of your very own with tools and supplies you can easily obtain. Then, following the step-by-step instructions, play the part of a forensic scientist by doing your own experiments, analyzing evidence and drawing conclusions.

Blood and DNA Evidence

Blood and DNA Evidence
Author: Kenneth G. Rainis
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2006
Genre: Bloodstains
ISBN: 9780766019584

Describes how forensic investigators analyze bloodstains and DNA to help solve crimes.

Science Fair Winners

Science Fair Winners
Author: Karen Romano Young
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426305222

Collects twenty science experiments that mimic techniques used at crime scenes, including figuring out a suspects height and analyzing handwriting and paper fibers.

Fingerprints

Fingerprints
Author: Kenneth G. Rainis
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Criminal investigation
ISBN: 9780766019607

Dust for latent fingerprints! Practice your fingerprint analysis skills! Make a fingerprint file! Solve the case of the jumbled thumbprint! Kenneth G. Rainis provides a fascinating and exciting place to start learning about forensic science. After learning some of the basics of fingerprint analysis, you will read about true crimes that were solved by a forensic technique involving fingerprint analysis. Then you can do an experiment and test your crime-solving skills using a similar technique. The experiments will help you understand how scientists solve crimes and what evidence they use to support their findings. Terrific ideas for further experimentation are provided so that you can create original science fair projects. Book jacket.