Science fair winners : crime scene science : 20 projects and experiments about clues, crimes, criminals, and other mysterious things

Summary: Crime Scene Science that puts you inside the head, and the toolbox, of modern-day experts in crime solving. Slip under the yellow crime-scene tape to conduct your own experiments: you'll soon be detecting, inspecting, and connecting the dots of forensic science. Investigate rates of human decomposition; find out what makes fingerprints unique; identify handwriting traits; and discover the secrets of paper fiber analysis.

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ISBN: 1426305222 (library binding : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781426305221 (library binding : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1426305214 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781426305214 (softcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 80 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.

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Case of mistaken identity (examine fingerprints) -- First impressions (make castings or prints at a crime scene) -- Soles are the window to the body (predict a suspect's height) -- Mapping the scene (connect the dots of crime scenes) -- Hide me! (experiment with the principles of the cloak of invisibility) -- Dude, where's my dog (teach bloodhound techniques to your dog) -- Yo! Whodunnit? (test observational memories) -- Now you see it (assess how to improve visual memory) -- About face (how do people recognize faces?) -- Pants on fire (find the liar) -- Facing the truth (read split-second facial expressions) -- Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin! (study hair) -- Blood on your hands (analyze spilled blood) -- Criminals use tricks (deflect people's attention with sleight of hand) -- Writer did it (analyze handwriting and paper fibers) -- Reading the mail (decipher the postal bar codes) -- Biowarfare defense (study and compare anthraxlike substances) -- DNA necklace (extract your own DNA) -- Who died? (take attendance at a decomposition) -- Picture this (heighten observation and memory).