● Grades 5-8.
● Students will be immersed into a series of unforgettable scenarios, including a classroom break-in, an interrogation, and a vending machine caper.
● Utilizing forensic science activities, students will develop problem-solving skills, learn to use a variety of forensics equipment, enhance group collaboration and communication, reinforce science process skills related to forensics content, and enhance students metacognitive awareness.
● Activities include fingerprinting, working with simulated blood patterns, fabric testing, plaster casts, and more.
● Kit contains enough materials for a class of 24 students, plus a 110-page teachers guide/activity book containing lesson plans, reproducible student handouts, materials lists, follow-up activities, and resources.
● Kit Components and Optional Materials Needed:
● Supplied: 100 Nitrile Gloves, Medium 20 Clear Plastic Cups (9 oz.) 72 White Balloons 72 Yellow Balloons 30 White Sheets of Paper/Printer Paper (8-1/2 x 11) 1 Fadeless® White Paper Roll (48 x 50 ft.) 2 Orange Fingerprint Powder (2 oz.
● each) 4 Black Fingerprint Powder (2 oz.
● each) 2 Deluxe Fingerprint Brushes 4 Latent Plus Fingerprint Brushes 6 Black Jumbo Stamp Pads (washable) 50 Latent Print Cards 12 Anti-Dust White Chalk Pieces 5-lb.
● Bag Art Plaster (white) 7 Fabric Squares, 12 x 12 (cotton only) 3 Hair Type Slides 24 Plastic Framed Magnifiers, 3 (hand lens) 4 Coagulant Make-Up Blood Bottles (4 oz.
● each) 2 Simulated Blood Bottles (4 oz.
● each) 100 Evidence Bags 26 Number Stands (numbers 1-26) 26 Letter Stands (letters A-Z) 100 Sandwich Bags 50 Plastic Spoons 100 Index Cards (for practice or rough copies of fingerprints) 6 Matchbooks 50 Tea Light/Votive Candles 1 Water Gun 12 Poly Food Trays (10 x 14) 1 Barrier Do Not Enter Tape Roll 100 Pipettes (3 ml) 20 Orange Marking Flags 10 Evidence Rulers 12 Clearview 12 Rulers 12 Clearview 6 Protractors 1 Medium Toothbrush 800 Round Toothpicks 100 Jumbo Tongue Blades 1 Chisel-Tip Black Sharpie® Marker 12 Scotch® Tape Rolls (1/2 x 800) 1 Plastic Spoon, Large 6 Tweezers
● Not Supplied: Microscope (optional, but recommended) Tire Track Impressions Aluminum Pie Pan Sneaker/Shoe Prints Empty Butane Lighter Bucket Burned Paper Polyester, Nylon, or Acrylic (Synthetic) Fabric Samples Blood Stained Clothes (optional, SUGGESTION: Acquire old clothing from a thrift store.
● Stain with imitation blood or stain supplied fabric with imitation blood.) Baseball Bat, Stick, Hammer Bullet Casings Electronic Scale or Triple Beam Balance White Powder (Flour/Corn Starch/Baking Soda) Candy Wrappers Empty Water Bottles or Empty Soda Cans Plastic Knife Protective Lab Aprons (optional) Manikin or Dummy (optional) Old Running Shoes (4-5 pairs) Soil Dog Hair Garden Spade Hair Spray Empty Potato Chip Bags Clipboard (optional) Stopwatch (optional) Single Hole Punch (optional)