Write to a Fair Trial: Forensic Handwriting Analysis

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Your lab notebook has been stolen, replaced with a ransom note demanding lunch money in exchange for its safe return! In this hands-on experiment, students will use principles of forensic handwriting analysis and paper chromatography to examine writing samples from 4 potential suspects. Only after careful analysis will they be able to solve the classroom crime.

• Introduce students to forensic techniques and help solve a classroom theft!
• Learn and practice handwriting analysis using a provided ransom note and suspect writing samples
• Use chromatography to compare ink samples from the crime scene and suspects
• Combine evidence to identify the thief!

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Group Size:

For 10 lab groups

Time Required:

Spotting - 10 minutes / Separation - 45 minutes

Kit Includes:

Instructions, "suspect" and "crime scene" ink samples, handwriting samples, mini transfer pipets, & chromatography filter paper.

All You Need:

Beakers (400 ml or 1000 ml recommended), metric rulers, & pencils.

Storage:

Room Temperature

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Group Size:

For 10 lab groups

Time Required:

Spotting - 10 minutes / Separation - 45 minutes

Kit Includes:

Instructions, "suspect" and "crime scene" ink samples, handwriting samples, mini transfer pipets, & chromatography filter paper.

All You Need:

Beakers (400 ml or 1000 ml recommended), metric rulers, & pencils.

Storage:

Room Temperature

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