Turn your elementary students into super sleuths with the 60 exciting lessons and worksheets in this unique resource! All provide complete teacher background information and reproducible activity sheets that challenge students to observe carefully, organize and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes ranging from theft and dog-napping to vandalism and water pollution. Organized into four sections covering Inquiry & Technology...Earth Science...Life Science...and Physical Science.
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What could be more exciting than turning your students into super sleuths to discover scientific principles and techniques? This unique resource for classroom science teachers gives students the chance to become crime scene investigators with 60 exciting lessons and activity sheets in earth, life, and physical science as well as science inquiry and technology.
Like real-life forensic scientists, students observe carefully, organize and record data, think critically, and conduct simple test to solve crimes ranging from theft and dog-napping to vandalism and water pollution. And for added fun, original cartoon character Investi Gator enlivens the pages as he sleuths his way through each new mystery, sifting evidence and observing details.
All 60 lessons and activities include complete background information with step-by-step procedures for the teacher and reproducible student worksheets. For easy use, all material is printed in a big spiral-bound format that fold flat for photocopying of any page as many times as needed and is organized into four convenient sections:
Inquiry, science, and technology— In section 1, you'll find 16 ready-to-use lessons and activities that help students understand the processes of scientific inquiry and how technology can help as they compare clues from shoeprints in Putting the Wrong Foot Forward&interpret; ...interpret and write coded messages in To Code or Not to Code...or rearrange data in the right sequence when a student accidentally hits the wrong computer key in Disorganized Data.
Earth science— Section 2 offers 14 investigations and accompanying activities that feature water, soil, and fiber samples. Students test insulating properties of different materials in a camping supply store in The Truth Is in the Proof...compare nitrogen and phosphorus in soil samples in Dirty Clues...and examine soil samples from car tires and suspects' boots in Digging Up Clues.
Life science— In section 3, you'll discover 16 lessons and activities that teach about characteristics of bones, hair, skin, teeth, and DNA. Students compare lip print patterns in Learning from Lipstick...do a hair analysis to find out who stole a dog in A Hairy Situation...and examine teeth impressions in a half-eaten apple in One Bite Too Many.
Physical science- Section 4 provides 14 reproducible investigations and activities that focus on physical and chemical properties. Students must sharpen their observation skills and make careful measurements to resolve unknown substances in The Baffled Baker ...and discover who's been eating candy in class by comparing food dye from different types of candy in Candy Capers.
Whatever your training or experience in teaching science, Crime Scene Investigations can be an intriguing supplement to instruction. You'll find your students will be eager to learn science concepts and solve a mystery at the same time! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Pam Walker (B.S., M.Ed., Ed.S.) has taught science in grades 9-12 for the past 16 years.
Elaine Wood (A.B., M.S., Ed.S.) has 10 years' experience teaching secondary science. Both authors currently teach science at Alexander High School, Douglasville, Georgia. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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a good resource for schools, not summer camp,
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This review is from: Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Activities for the Elementary Grades (Spiral-bound)
I run a C.S.I. (Camp Scene Investegation) program and Spy Training Camp at Girl Scout summer camp. I bought this book to help plan what my crime will be for C.S.I., what clues to plant, etc.
While it's a good resource to have, this book is probably better suited for more formal educational settings... school science labs. It's sure to make for some very exciting and engaging school projects, but it a little too school like for my needs (cool school, but still school). I will use it for ideas of what my crime will look like, I'll just have to adapt the labs for a camp setting. A better choice for the camp setting would be Detective Science and Spy Sciene, both by Jim Wiese. I've used both books for a couple years and find them really useful.
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This is a great book with activities to teach young children about forensic science. This summer I will be teaching fourth graders about finger and lip printings to help solve a false crime scene.
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Extremely helpful in the classroom. Activities are appropriate for students in grades 6 and under. Fun!
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Fingerprints can be fascinating! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hydronium paper, unique characteristics through biological adaptation, understandings about scientific inquiry, understanding about scientific inquiry, soil from the crime scene, bite molds, gradual processes over many generations, models using evidence, biological evolution accounts, understanding about science, artificial debris, crime scene print, relationships between evidence, unknown powders, equipment for investigations, soil evidence, false advertisement, species acquire, lip prints, black fibers, making accurate measurements, record your observations, lab group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Data Table, Elementary Standard, Student Investigator Page, Conclusion Questions of Investigation, Read the Background, Name Date, Time Required, Investigation Objectives, Life Science, Dirt Doctor, Physical Science, Crystal Creek, Fat-Buster Margarine, Plaster of Paris, Unbelievably Not Fat Margarine, Being Hip, Deep Trouble, Dirty Dave, Earth Science, Grade Tampering, Leery of Labels, Mama's Fat-Free Margarine, Putting the Wrong Foot Forward, The Sand-Trap Blues, Where Is Herman the Hamster New!
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Fingerprints can be fascinating! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hydronium paper, unique characteristics through biological adaptation, understandings about scientific inquiry, understanding about scientific inquiry, soil from the crime scene, bite molds, gradual processes over many generations, models using evidence, biological evolution accounts, understanding about science, artificial debris, crime scene print, relationships between evidence, unknown powders, equipment for investigations, soil evidence, false advertisement, species acquire, lip prints, black fibers, making accurate measurements, record your observations, lab group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Data Table, Elementary Standard, Student Investigator Page, Conclusion Questions of Investigation, Read the Background, Name Date, Time Required, Investigation Objectives, Life Science, Dirt Doctor, Physical Science, Crystal Creek, Fat-Buster Margarine, Plaster of Paris, Unbelievably Not Fat Margarine, Being Hip, Deep Trouble, Dirty Dave, Earth Science, Grade Tampering, Leery of Labels, Mama's Fat-Free Margarine, Putting the Wrong Foot Forward, The Sand-Trap Blues, Where Is Herman the Hamster New!
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- Life Science, Grades 4 - 8: Investigate and Connect (Investigate & Connect) by Christine A. Royce in Front Matter
- Science Field Trips by Pam Walker in Front Matter
- Biology in Our Lives by Pam Walker in Front Matter
- General Science: Man and His Environment Bk. 2 by N.E. Savage in Front Matter
- Science Super Sleuths by Pam Walker in Front Matter
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