Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12

After deciding to start a science club for my daughter's elementary school I decided the theme for the year would be forensic science. I used this book for an K-8 club that quickly became an K-5th grade club. This book was used as a resource, and not to copy and print specific experiments. I had already intended to adapt the mysteries to make them appropriate for this age of kids and to make it more interesting and personal for them. Crime Scene Investigations is easy to read and the instructions are clear. I appreciated the wide variety of experiments provided. I thought some of the illustrations, those related to the skeleton labs, were difficult to understand and did not show enough gender diversity for the students to reach successful conclusions. I also feel that many elementary schools won't have stereomicroscopes or disecting microscopes. If they do, they probably don't have enough for a larger class of students to use all at the same time. Despite this, my students were able to do a lot with magnifying glasses and still get the point of the experiment.Overall the book is a great resource. Labs can be used as written or can be embellished by typically creative science teachers.

I was a science teacher at a behavior modification high school. It was difficult to motivate my kids to be interested in ANYTHING school related. I bought this book hoping that I could spark their interest - and it worked. I even got the school resource officer involved to help with the labs. Anyone who loves that "spark" in a kid when they are excited about learning - when they are actually engaged - will understand when I say that this book was worth its weight in gold!

Fabulous price! Great topic for middle school and high school kids. A little challenging as far as the layout for the chapters with regard to where the teacher materials in the student materials are. I would definitely recommend this purchase for anyone trying to put together a forensics Class as a reference. i'm already working on my plan to implement several of the activities in addition to the ones that I already have.

Fully developed lesson plans for 6th-12th graders on various aspects of forensic science. Requires some gathering of materials, all easily obtainable, but not necessarily household items. Requires some prep on the part of the teacher, but not excessive prep work. Includes activities that can be completed in one day, and activities that involve observation over a time span of days or weeks. There is an elementary school edition for younger children. I wish it were still offered in the original spiral binding, though.High quality addition to traditional science curriculum or good as a stand-alone special course.

I teach a ton of forensics in my high school science classes and wasn't sure if this book would provide me with new ideas, but it did. I ordered this at the end of the school year and was able to use some of the activities to keep the kids occupied during the last days before exams. The activities I have used so far are super easy to use and kept the kids really engaged.

Bought this for use in a middle school CSI camp. I used several of the activities. The students loved it! Activities vary in complexity, so can easily be used for grades 6 - 12.

The book is great, and with very useful information. However, I have a class of 20 students of whom I purchased books for a high school Forensics class, and after receiving the books, I realized that the answers are within the text. This would be OK (maybe) if the answers were on a separate page that I could have removed from the books, but instead, the answers are intermingled with important information. I purchased labels to cover up all of the answers within each book. This was not the best solution, and I wish there was either a separate answer key, or the answers were in the back of each book. I found out that some of the students removed the labels. I wish I would have realized this before my purchase, as I may have had to search for another book. This too, would have been unfortunate, as the class would have missed out on some great experiments.

I used this book in home-schooling my god-daughter at the eighth grade level. She LOVED every minute in this book, and it was a great incentive for "Finish your other work first!"The editorial review is accurate in every way. The more advanced labs were easily adaptable, and were a good motivation to achieve "advanced level" labs.Classroom teachers will find this to be a terrific resource -- and an outstanding source for substitute teachers' lesson plans. Imagine: a substitute teacher who actually TEACHES something in your absence! (Careful though, the kids might not want you back...)

The children are looking forward to this!

There have been so many advances in forensic techniques since this book was written that the content is largely obsolete. Disappointed that I spent so much, I thought I was getting something published relatively recently. You can Google activities that are more up to date. My fault for not researching my purchase properly.

Ready to go lessons. You just have to prepare materials.

Very complete book.

good price for the material