Help Your Visitor Unlock Their Inner Slueth!

The Johnsons have been away on a weeklong vacation in Hawaii. The next door neighbor noticed a broken window one morning and went over to the house to check it out. A burglary has occurred at the Johnson’s house. In Crime Lab Detective your visitors are the lead detectives. They are challenged to examine the various clues, such as cloth fiber on a picket fence and tire marks, which will be useful in solving the crime. Families are encouraged to approach the exhibit as a team while students may explore it on their own or in groups. The accompanying Detective Notebook will help guide them through the process. The exhibit offers two solution tracks presenting a challenge to visitors of all ages. 

Your visitors will have to use scientific reasoning skills such as observation, classification and analysis while evaluating evidence, making inferences, problem solving and finally drawing conclusions. Crime Lab Detective cultivates the use of communication skills, teamwork, logical thinking, data organization and debate in a creative, role-playing environment. Forensic Science concepts such as the study of fingerprints, chromatographs, DNA, insect lifecycles, tire marks, hair analysis, thread comparison and handwriting analysis are all covered in their pursuit of the culprit.