Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12 (Paperback)
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This unique resource offers activities in earth, life, and physical science as well as science inquiry and technology. The Grades 6-12 level book provides labs on life, physical, and earth science as well as critical thinking. Like real-life forensic scientists, students observe carefully, organize, and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes like theft, dog-napping, vandalism and water pollution. For added fun, each resource features an original cartoon character, Investi Gator for the Elementary level and Crime Cat for Grades 6-12. All activities include complete background information with step-by-step procedures for the teacher and reproducible student worksheets. Whatever the teacher’s training or experience in teaching science, Crime Scene Investigations can be an intriguing supplement to instruction.
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I used this book in home-schooling my god-daughter at the eighth grade level. She LOVED every minute in this book, and it was a great incentive for “Finish your other work first!”
The editorial review is accurate in every way. The more advanced labs were easily adaptable, and were a good motivation to achieve “advanced level” labs.
Classroom teachers will find this to be a terrific resource — and an outstanding source for substitute teachers’ lesson plans. Imagine: a substitute teacher who actually TEACHES something in your absence! (Careful though, the kids might not want you back…)
I really enjoyed using this book with my students. The kids really got into the activities. Works well with mixed grouping of students. If you have younger students there is another book, and it is good also.
As a Forensics teacher I had great difficulty finding resources for doable labs in the classroom. This is one of the few lesson plan books available for this subject. A majority of the labs in this book are on the lower end of the 6-12 grade range and focus on activities that can be done with a minimum of materials. Some of the activities are quite impressive – including how to make a mummy, urinalysis (not with real urine), and chromatography. I love the way the table of contents lists subject tie-ins with general science; makes it very easy to relate your lesson plans to required curriculums. The only problem I’ve encountered with this book is the necessity of adapting the labs to older high school students rather than just copying and handing out the worksheets; occasionally the way they present the labs is too young for my students.