Csi Expert!: Forensic Science for Kids (Grades 5-8)

ISBN-13: 9781593633127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 156 str.

Karen K. Schulz; Charles C. Schulz

Opis

"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.

Recenzje

Designed for classrooms in grades 5-8, CSI Expert! Forensic Science for Kids is a guide for educators to rousing kids' interest in science through 25 different lab activities concerning hot modern topics ranging from blood stains to fingerprinting and identifying counterfeit checks. A hands-on learning resource that meets national science standards, CSI Expert! divides each lab into (inexpensive) “materials needed,” “essential question,” “background research,” step-by-step “experiment procedures,” and various supplementary items such as reproducible data tables for students to fill in or sample charts and graphs. An easy-to-use educational supplement ideal for spicing up one's curriculum, and highly recommended for homeschooling teachers as well as grade school science instructors.,James A Cox,Midwest Book Review, 6/1/08

Spis treści

Teacher's Guide The Labs I Spy: Documenting the Crime Scene Tool Time: Tool Impression Lab Crummy Cake Chemistry: Chemical Analysis Lab Check It Out: Counterfeit Check Lab Take a Bite Out of Crime: Dental Impressions Lab Burn, Baby, Burn: Fiber Identification Lab Arches, Loops, and Whorls of Fun: Fingerprint Labs All Cracked Up: Glass Fracture Lab Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s: Handwriting Characteristics Lab The Genuine Article: Handwriting Forgery Lab Grades Gone Goofy: Altered Grades Lab The Type to Commit a Crime: Typewritten Documents Lab Think Ink: Ink Chromatography Lab If the Shoe Fits: Shoe Print Impression Lab Talking Bones: Forensic Anthropology Lab Seeing Red: Blood Spatter Labs Forensic Science Test Reference Materials Answer Key About the Author Common Core State Standards Alignment

O autorze

Karen K. Schulz received her bachelor's degree in elementary education and mathematics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1984. She received a master's degree in teaching from Webster University in 1989. In 1996, she earned her gifted certification from Webster University. She currently teaches at Wildwood Middle School in the Rockwood School District. Schulz has been teaching middle school gifted education since 1993.

Over the years, Schulz has presented her forensic science curriculum at numerous gifted education conferences. In 2001, Schulz received the national Education's Unsung Hero Award from ING Northern Annuity for her work in developing a forensic science curriculum for her classroom. In the fall of 2005, she won a national competition sponsored by Olympus America and Tool Factory, for her continuing work with forensics in the classroom. Schulz lives in Ballwin, MO, with her husband Jim, their daughter Taylor, and their son Matthew.