Forensics

 I have used Forensics at Science Camp.  The experiments are just fun.  At the Camp, we invited a police officer to show up how to map a crime scene.  At Camp, we measured a room.   Let me share a few ideas.  Do you want your own crime scene?  Here are recipes for fake blood at The Forensics Teacher, along with these labs: Easy Fingerprinting, examining money, crime scene, shoe prints, etc.  Stem Works has these ideas, including Wingspan.  When you browse Stem Works, note the paper chromatography and mystery powders labs.   You can add a Forensics unit to Chemistry or Physical Science classes.  DNA and blood tests dovetail with Biology.  I’m going to talk with my Chemistry kids to see if they would like to do a Forensics project with some of these activities from ACS.