Torah Tuesday: Forensic Science for Kids and Parashat Shoftim

This week's parasha discusses the importance of crimes being carefully investigated and evidence being closely examined before convicting and punishing a person.

What a perfect time to turn your home into a mini crime scene and use some forensic science to investigate the crime.

Here is a list of activities you can incorporate. 

1. Blood typing: 

 http://lessonplanspage.com/sciencepebloodtypecompatibilitydemonstration512-htm/

2. Who's marker did it: http://kidsahead.com/external/activity/203

(scroll down to middle of page)

3.White substance: http://kidsahead.com/external/activity/173

4. Fingerprints: http://kidsahead.com/external/activity/176

5. Dna extraction http://kidsahead.com/external/activity/41

6. Glow in the dark blood: http://www.ehow.com/how_8385402_make-glow-dark-fake-blood.html

7. Identify the unknown substance: http://www.scribd.com/doc/23064123/Forensic-Chemistry-Identify-the-Mystery-Substance

8. Candy DNA: http://eclectic-homeschool.blogspot.com/2011/04/making-dna-model-out-of-candy.html