Kate Messner

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Curious kids can investigate their way through entertaining, imaginary and family-friendly mysteries in Solve This! Forensics, by Kate Messner and Anne Ruppert, the latest book in National Geographic’s hands-on STEM-focused series. Because this book is designed to introduce kids to the incredible world of forensic science, little adventurers can step into the role of “daring detective.” Fascinating pages filled with curious capers encourage readers to work diligently to solve the mysteries — using the step-by-step instructions as their guide!

Readers will analyze several mock cases from start to finish, investigating the crime, evidence and suspect lists to unravel clues and crack cases. Kids will learn to study smudges on a screen, dust for fingerprints, examine footprints at a crime scene, analyze toxicology tests and more, as they dig deep to solve the fun mysteries at hand.

Before putting their knowledge to the test, readers are introduced to the many branches of science, the kinds of evidence that exist and the tools that detectives use daily, including an Automated Fingerprint Identification System and a Shoe print Database. Once the basics of forensic science and crime scene investigation are covered, science lovers will be ready to tackle the hands-on activities and get in on the action-packed world of solving crimes!