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Deduce, Try, and Convict the CulpritThe school mascot is taken. There’s a note, some strange-looking leaves, a mouth guard and some white fibers left at the scene. Who took the mascot?

• Includes enough material for 30 students, a teacher’s guide, student worksheets and casebooks.

Are lip prints like finger prints?Someone has been mailing anonymous love letters to the captain of the football team and sealing each one with a kiss.
• NGSS Physical Science DCI PS1• Pre and post-laboratory assessments• Links to real world concepts

You be the detective!This kit addresses several different approaches for conducting a crime scene investigation.
• Link to a real-life scenario• Aligned with NGSS Life and Physical Science DCIs: LS1, LS2, LS3, LS4 and PS2.• Contains analysis of many types of evidence• Estimated class/lab time required: 160 minutes over 4 class periods

What Is It Like to Analyze a Crime Scene?This lab addresses several different approaches for conducting a crime scene investigation. Its scenario-based activity allows students to become detectives and determine “”whodunit”” while using Ward’s® completely safe Simulated Blood.

• NGSS Life Science DCIs LS1, LS3• Pre and post-laboratory assessments• Links to real world concepts• Estimated class/lab time required: 45 minutes over 1 day

Use multiple forms of evidence analysis.Poor puppy Plato was dognapped. Now that he is safely back home, it’s time to test the evidence and determine the culprit of the canine caper.

• Test the evidence and determine the culprit• Six different activities

Students use observational and analytical skills to find out “Whodunit.”A crime has been committed at 323 Maple Street, and your class is the team of investigators assigned to find out where the crime took place, if the criminal acted alone, and even the type of clothing worn by each suspect.

• Grades 6-12• Real World Case Based Scenario• Combination of 6 Activities