Author: Karen K. Schulz
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Pages: 110 [Paperback]
Publication Date: 04/01/2008
Category: CSI
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Editorial Reviews:

Crime scene investigation is hotter than ever, and kids everywhere will love learning about how their favorite detectives use science to figure out unsolvable thefts, arsons, mysteries, and more. CSI Expert!: Forensic Science for Kids includes more than 25 in-depth activities on fingerprinting, evidence collection, blood-stain identification, forensic careers, ballistics, and much more.

The author of the best-selling Crime Scene Detective series of books combines more than a decade of experience teaching forensic science to middle school students with the latest technology and research in criminal investigations in the intriguing standards-based scientific study included in CSI Expert!

Students will love collecting dental impressions, studying their classmates fingerprints, looking at tool marks left at the scene of the crime, analyzing mysterious powders, and discovering the various types of counterfeit checks. Each lesson includes a realistic case for students to crack using the knowledge theyve learned about analyzing forensic evidence, and the book also includes an assessment assignment that teachers can employ to test their students learning.

Both kids and teachers will be able to easily implement the books hands-on, detailed, and exciting forensic science experiments using everyday materials. After completing these activities, kids will be begging for more fun science learning!