Cookie Jar Mystery: A Study In Forensic Science Classroom Kit

Product Details Grades 4-5. Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? This fun, interactive, grade-appropriate, and project-oriented course is designed to engage students in forensic science through 12 dynamic lessons. A crime has occurred in Mrs. Randall’s classroom – her favorite cookie jar was broken and some of her homemade cookies were eaten. Working together, your students learn and use forensic science techniques – matching hair samples, examining trace evidence, testing blood samples, fingerprinting, and more – to analyze clues left at the crime scene and catch the culprit! There are 4 suspects, and it is up to the student teams to determine who is guilty through their scientific observation, sample examination, analysis, and lab work. Product Features Includes 12 lessons with materials for 30 students working in groups of 2 or 3 Each lesson provides 1 to 3 activities Comes with teacher guide Code inside teacher guide provides online access to printable student handouts and other resources Clear, detailed directions make the labs easy to set up and conduct Course Outline The Cookie Jar Mystery comprises 12 lessons, designed to take approximately 1 hour each, for a class of 30 students. Your class size and ability level will determine the ultimate pace for the materials. Lesson 1: Heads Up – Observation Skills You can’t believe your eyes – or can you? Budding CSI detectives will love to explore the challenge of visual memory and eyewitness testimony in the Did You See That? activity. Lesson 2: Think Ink – Ink Chromatography When students make their ink chromatographs, the telltale composition of ink can help CSI detectives identify the perpetrator. Easy-to-follow instructions lead the way in your classroom’s forensics laboratory. Lesson 3: The White Stuff – White Substance and Toxicology Take a powder, please! Students take a closer look at the differences in white substances (of course, they’re all non-toxic) and at the world of

Features

• Grades 4-5
• For a class of 30
• A crime has occurred in Mrs. Randall’s classroom – her favorite cookie jar was broken and some of her homemade cookies were eaten
• While breaking a cookie jar and snitching a few cookies are hardly serious crimes, they are nevertheless crimes that can be solved using a forensic science approach
• Students become crime scene investigators as they work together examining and analyzing evidence needed to solve the mystery of the broken cookie jar.