TY - BOOK AU - Young,Karen Romano AU - Goldin,David TI - Science fair winners: crime scene science : 20 projects and experiments about clues, crimes, criminals, and other mysterious things T2 - Science fair winners SN - 9781426305214 AV - HV8073 .Y68 2009eb U1 - 363.325 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Geographic KW - Criminal investigation KW - Juvenile literature KW - Crime scenes KW - Forensic sciences KW - Science projects KW - fast KW - Electronic books- OSLIS KW - Instructional and educational works KW - Children's nonfiction KW - Juvenile works KW - lcgft KW - Electronic books N1 - OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23); Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 anthrax-like substances -- DNA necklace: Extract your own DNA -- Who died?: Take attendance at a decomposition -- Picture this: Heighten observation and memory N2 - Crime Scene Science 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. Each workshop includes suggestions on effective presentation at science fairs, taking experiments one step further, and using science vocabulary correctly UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/ZLNOEW802506382/NGMK?sid=gale_marc&u=corvalli ER -