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Wingspan
Did you know that the length of your arm can be used to find your height, just like the ratios in a person's face can be used to identify them? Math and forensic science work together…
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Take a Tour of a Forensic Biology Lab
If you want to learn all about forensics and how to solve mysteries and crimes using the science of forensics, take a virtual tour of this lab! You will meet the scientists, learn the…
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Handwriting Analysis
See how you would do as a document examiner by matching the handwriting samples in this project! Any characteristic of people can give you clues, including their handwriting. Docum…
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Change Blindness Demonstration
Do you think you notice everything? Well, you probably don't! Look at 2 variations of the same photo and see if you can distinguish between them!
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CSI Web Adventure
Do you want to learn more about the CSI? Play this cool game to get experience of what goes on in a crime scene investigation!
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Double Dutch Brain Game
Do you like to jump rope? Well then, this double dutch brain game is for you! Try it out at home, and challenge your brain's spatial awareness abilities!
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SMU CSI Camps
SMU CSI camps are for 6th and 7th grade students, and they are a ton of fun! There are four sessions of this camp, and applications are closing on April 24th!
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Fingerprint Classification
Can you create a system to classify fingerprints? Using items from around your house, you can take fingerprints and learn about how they differ from each other!
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Dusting for Fingerprints
Crime Scene Investigators find out who committed crimes based on evidence, and they get this evidence through fingerprints. In this activity, you and your friends will learn how to du…
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Crime Scene Investigation Foundations of Law Integrated Unit
In this unit, students take on the role of crime scene investigators to solve a murder that has occurred at the school. They will integrate math, science, and language arts into the s…
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Go Cognitive Change Blindness Game
During crime scene investigations, eye witnesses can be really helpful in identifying who the perpetrator of a crime is. The problem is that people aren't always very oberservant and …
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2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival: Discover Your Unique Fingerprint
Calling all investigators! The Kids Ahead team from SMU needs your help with a fingerprint lab at the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival April 27-29, 2012. Join us at the Kid…
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2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival: Paper Chromatography Activity
Calling all Investigators! The STEM-Works team from SMU needs your help with a paper chromatography lab at the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival. Join us at the Kids Ahead b…
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Paper Towel Chromatography
Is that black marker really black or is it made out of different dyes? Try this chromatography experiment to find out. Forensic scientists use chromatography to analyze chemicals and …
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High School Forensics
Here are a few fun projects you can do that involve forensic investigation. They are intended as science projects, but you can do them at any time! Click on the link to see the instructions.
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Projects on Forensic Science
Did you know that you have more brain function when you are lying than when you're telling the truth? Learn how this can affect a person's ability to do other taks by trying this cool…
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Imprints
Do you know how dinosaur tracks were formed? Learn how imprints are made with this fun project!
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Electronic Lie Detector
Learn how to make your own lie detector! Develop a tool to measure physical changes in your body that might indicate you are lying. Watch the video first - you won't believe your e…
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Fingerprint Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
If you are a Boy Scout and need to earn a Merit Badge, then this is the project for you! (Even if you aren't a Boy Scout this is still a fun project.) This project will give you a…
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Foot to Height
How big are your feet, and can that tell someone how tall you are? What if all you have is a footprint, can you figure out how tall the person is that left it? Well forensic scienti…
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Powder Analysis
Identifying evidence at a crime scene has to be done in a way that will allow people to use that evidence in court. In this project, we have an unidentified white powder that must be…
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CSI Science: Get the Prints!
In this project, learn how to pull fingerprints off household objects and trace them back to someone. Using a few tools you can find around your house, this project will teach you …
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Create a DNA Fingerprint
Follow this interactive lab to learn how to make a DNA fingerprint, evaluate evidence and solve a crime! DNA can tell you a lot about the world around you and who has done what. Us…
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Canine Intelligence
Learn how smart your dog is by timing how long it takes him or her to complete tasks. In this activity, watch the video showing Anna and Laura learning how to determine how "sma…
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Crime Scene: The Case of the Barefoot Burglar
Solve the crime of the barefoot burglar in this game. Click on the different areas in the kitchen to scan for various clues that will point you to the correct suspect. Click on the li…
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The Art of Crime Detection
Did you know that our brains are made up of two separate hemispheres and that each one interprets different types of data? Learn more about this and more in this interactive game abou…
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Reconstruct a Skull
Did you know that forensic crime scene analysts will often have to reconstruct bones that they've found out in th field? They do this in order to find out information about the victim…
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Perp Walk - A Game of Science and Lies
In this game, you have to interview suspects in order to find out clues as to who did the crime. There are a lot of different cases you can play in this game, so click on the link and…
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Ink Chromatography Lab
Learn how to extract ink from a message using this cool technique! Click on the link to get started!
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Outbreak!
Who was the culprit that spread the flu and made everyone sick? Find out in this fun forensic activity. Click on the link to play!
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The Adler Food Mystery
Test your detective skills with this fun project. Read the story and view the suspects to find out who committed the crime. Click on the link to get started!
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Iris Recognition
Objective In this activity you will gain experience with iris recognition and explore ocular metrics. Learn more by reading Iris Recognition. Equipment Digital Camera Noteboo…
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Face Recognition - Features and Measurements
Objective You will gain more experience with face recognition and take measurement of your own face. Learn more by reading Face Recognition. Equipment Face Pictures from Fac…
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SMU CSI Camp: Fingerprint Recognition
Objective Gain experience with fingerprint recognition! Refer to Fingerprint Matching to learn about the different characteristics of fingerprints that make yours unique. Equipm…
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SMU CSI Camp: Phone GPS Location
Objective You will use trilateration to find the location of objects, just like how cell phone towers find your phone's position. Learn more about finding a location by reading Pho…
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SMU CSI Camps: Speech Recognition Signal Representation
Objective In this activity you will get to see signal representation of speech. You will learn about frequency, and why speech differs. Learn more about signal represenation by rea…
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SMU CSI Camps: Practicing with Face Detection
Objective: Practice with Face Detection In this activity you will gain experience with face recognition software. Get background information about face detection in Face Recognitio…
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SMU CSI Camps: Paleontology Activity
Background In this activity you will get to measure bones to figure out the height of a skeleton. It only takes the measurement of one bone's length to apporixamate a person's heig…
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SMU CSI Camps: Speech Recognition
Objective Speech is produced using the lungs, vocal tract, and mouth making it so that each and every one of us have a unique voice. In this activity you will get experience with s…
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Forensic Science Experiments
Here are some instructions on how to analyze a room as if it were a crime scene. Search rooms in your house and see if you can find clues as to who has been there!
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CSI: The Experience Web Adventure
Follow the experts from the TV show CSI in this game to learn more about how forensic science helps to solve crimes!
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Scavenger Hunt at the International Spy Museum
Wander through the International Spy Museum to seek out and decode the clues hidden around the museum. The International Spy Museum can host a scavenger hunt for your group, where …
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Evidence - How Do We Know What We Know
How do we know what we know? Learn about the process of investigation and observation to see if you really know what you know. This is an online exhibit that takes you on a journe…
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Become a Junior Ranger at the Petroglyph National Monument
You will have to do some forensic thinking to pass the junior ranger test and earn your badge. Forensics is a scientific method, and understanding ancient life is part of that. Yo…
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