About the Authors. Preface.
1. Stop, Look, and Listen: Using the Five Senses in Forensic Science.
Activity 1.1: Trained Eyes.
Activity 1.2: Up Close and Personal.
Activity 1.3: Quick Draw.
Activity 1.4: Get the Picture?
Activity 1.5: Sniffing Out the Solution.
Activity 1.6: Make a Note of It.
Activity 1.7: Handwriting Never Lies.
Activity 1.8: Comparative Handwriting Analysis.
Activity 1.9: In the Dark-Homework Assignment.
Activity 1.10: Secret Codes-Homework Assignment.
2. Inquiring Sleuths Want to Know: What to Ask and How to Remember at the Crime Scene.
Activity 2.1: Seeing Is Believing.
Activity 2.2: Are Eyewitnesses Accurate?
Activity 2.3: Train Your Brain.
Activity 2.4: Motive, Motive, Motive.
Activity 2.5: Just the Facts, Ma'am.
Activity 2.6: Which Came First?
Activity 2.7: The Missing Laptop.
Activity 2.8: A Picture-Perfect Mystery.
Activity 2.9: A License to Remember-Homework Assignment.
Activity 2.10: What Are Your Questions?-Homework Assignment.
3. Opening Up a Can of Worms: Using Earth Science in Crime Scene Investigations.
Activity 3.1: Finger the Felon.
Activity 3.2: Sealed with a Kiss.
Activity 3.3: The Invisible Prints.
Activity 3.4: If the Shoe Fits.
Activity 3.5: Earn Your Good Marks.
Activity 3.6: The Case of Blood Splatter.
Activity 3.7: Shattered Glass.
Activity 3.8: Dirty Evidence.
Activity 3.9: Fingerprint Frequency-Homework Assignment.
Activity 3.10: Tracking Down the Intruder-Homework Assignment.
4. When the Beaker Bubbles Over: Using Physical Science in Forensic Science.
Activity 4.1: Paper Detective.
Activity 4.2: Cookie Confusion.
Activity 4.3: Stick It to 'Em.
Activity 4.4: Burning Evidence.
Activity 4.5: Gabby's Gone.
Activity 4.6: Cutting Agents.
Activity 4.7: Floating Down the River.
Activity 4.8: Trouble on the Track.
Activity 4.9: Invisible Ink-Homework Assignment.
Activity 4.10: Skidding to a Stop-Homework Assignment.
5. Using the Logical in Biological: Applying Biology to Crime Scene Investigations.
Activity 5.1: Untangling a Hairy Dognapping.
Activity 5.2: Famous Freckles.
Activity 5.3: Checking It Twice.
Activity 5.4: Pointing Out the Poacher.
Activity 5.5: Green Evidence.
Activity 5.6: Tell-Tale Foot.
Activity 5.7: Detergent Deception.
Activity 5.8: Ruined Radishes.
Activity 5.9: The Eternal Onion-Homework Assignment.
Activity 5.10: Entomology Report-Homework Assignment.
6. It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Solving Crime Through Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
Activity 6.1: Scientific Detectives.
Activity 6.2: The Case of the Placido Murder.
Activity 6.3: The Case of the Oak Street Murder.
Activity 6.4: The Case of the Missing Crown.
Activity 6.5: The Case of the Crushed Cameras.
Activity 6.6: The Case of Star Trek Art.
Activity 6.7: The Case of the Atlanta Car Thefts.
Activity 6.8: The Budget Crunch.
Activity 6.9: Comparing Cases-Homework Assignment.
Activity 6.10: The Sherlock in You-Homework Assignment.
Glossary.
Resources for the Classroom.
