| Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids Contributor(s): Wiese, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471119806 ISBN-13: 9780471119807 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Children/Science Become a super science sleuth with . . . Detective Science 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids Search for evidence, gather clues, and discover how science can help solve a mystery. From dusting for fingerprints to analyzing handwriting, these easy, fun-filled activities give you a firsthand look at how detectives and forensic scientists use science to solve real-life crimes. Make a plaster cast of a shoe. Identify lip prints left on a glass. Examine hair and clothing fibers. Practice chemistry to identify mystery substances, and much more. In no time at all, you'll be thinking like a detective and performing experiments like a real forensic scientist! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - General (see Also Headings Under Animals Or Technology) |
| Dewey: 363.25 |
| LCCN: 95032953 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.05" W x 10.05" (0.46 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Children/Science Become a super science sleuth with . . . Detective Science 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activitiesfor Kids Search for evidence, gather clues, and discover how science canhelp solve a mystery. From dusting for fingerprints to analyzinghandwriting, these easy, fun-filled activities give you a firsthandlook at how detectives and forensic scientists use science to solvereal-life crimes. Make a plaster cast of a shoe. Identify lip prints left on aglass. Examine hair and clothing fibers. Practice chemistry toidentify mystery substances, and much more. In no time at all, you'll be thinking like a detective andperforming experiments like a real forensic scientist |