Crime Scene Science: 20 Projects and Experiments about Clues, Crimes, Criminals, and Other Mysterious Things by Karen Romano Young, Paperback, 9781426305214 | Buy online at The Nile
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Crime Scene Science: 20 Projects and Experiments about Clues, Crimes, Criminals, and Other Mysterious Things

Science Fair Winners

Author: Karen Romano Young   Series: Science Fair Winners (Paperback)

Puts readers inside the yellow crime scene tape with experiments that investigate rates of decomposition, what's unique about fingerprints, handwriting and paper fiber analysis, and more.

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Puts readers inside the yellow crime scene tape with experiments that investigate rates of decomposition, what's unique about fingerprints, handwriting and paper fiber analysis, and more.

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Description

The natural curiosity of kids, combined with a strong interest in forensic science brought on by CSI and the like will encourage kids to try every workshop in this book. It puts readers inside the yellow crime scene tape with experiments that investigate rates of decomposition, what's unique about fingerprints, handwriting and paper fiber analysis, and more. Each workshop is completed with suggestions for how to make the best presentation for science fairs, how to take the experiment one step further, or in a different direction, and science vocabulary words, so the readers become someone who can not only walk the walk but talk the talk!

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Critic Reviews

“"My son loves these books. We started reading National Geographic Kids books when he was about six (he's nine now) and I can honestly say that these books have been instrumental in teaching him to read." - Consumer "My kids love these books. Super fun and interesting." - Consumer”

"My son loves these books. We started reading National Geographic Kids books when he was about six (he's nine now) and I can honestly say that these books have been instrumental in teaching him to read." - Consumer

"My kids love these books. Super fun and interesting." - Consumer

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About the Author

When Karen Romano Young was growing up, she and her sisters and brother spent most of their time exploring the wetlands down the road. The mill there was home to a woman who taught her about the wetlands and only once yelled at her for destroying frog eggs by stepping on them. These days the author lives near a marsh full of frogs in Bethel, Connecticut, with her husband, three children, two guinea pigs, a dog, and a cat.In Her Own Words...-->

"My first published writing was a poem called "My Secret Place". I wrote it in fourth grade, and it appeared in my local paper and in a book of 100 p

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Product Details

Publisher
National Geographic Society | National Geographic Kids
Published
30th September 2009
Pages
80
ISBN
9781426305214

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