Elementary Crime Solving Kit

Grades 2-6.

Hold your entire class spellbound with a mystery at the mall. Students will see how the scientific method works in everyday life by employing forensic science. Students must solve a crime (the problem) through observation, reasoning, and experimentation. Includes fibers and hairs as evidence, fingerprints, blood types, and personal profiles full of clues and circumstantial evidence. Students work as a team to decide who they believe stole the shirt, then compare their suspect to the official police evidence. Required but not included: microscope, water bath, distilled water, and glass test tubes with stoppers.