a WOW Lab
Classroom Science Investigation
Resources
Websites
This website includes the history of fingerprinting and the different descriptions of fingerprint types:
“Forensic Science: Fingerprinting.” Oracle: Thinkquest Education Foundation. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/nts_fingerprinting.htm
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This website provides footage of students solving a crime at a crime scene:
“DragonflyTV - Forensics.” PBS Kids. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/forensics.html
These websites from the University of Western Australia introduce forensics to elementary school children:
“Primary Forensics: Faces.” University of Western Australia. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://asistm.duit.uwa.edu.au/forensics/faces/
“Primary Forensics: Classroom Break-In.” University of Western Australia. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://asistm.duit.uwa.edu.au/forensics/classroom/
This website presents a virtual museum exhibit about forensics that includes an interactive game where students
can solve a crime:
“CHIN - Interactive Investigator.” Canadian Heritage Information Network. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://www.museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/index.html
This website presents an interactive game created by the Montréal Science Centre that allows students to learn
about forensic science techniques as they investigate a murder:
“Interactive File of Criminilastics.” Centre des Sciences de Montréal. Accessed 19 July 2011. http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/static/autopsy/index.htm