Murder at Old Fields is an exciting new Forensics lab activity kit now available for high school and middle school classrooms. The kit, available online from Wards Natural Science, includes everything teachers and their student-detectives need to conduct experiments on the evidence provided, and determine who committed this gruesome crime.
Murder at Old Fields is based on the actual double-murder of Alexander and Rebecca Smith on Sunday, November 13, 1842 at their farmhouse in Old Fields, Long Island. Students will be thrilled be conduct labs on the evidence provided in the kit – fingerprint analysis, hair analysis, blood typing, DNA, footprint impression analysis and more – all based on the historical facts of this long-cold case!
The kit includes easy-to-follow and well-written student and teacher guides which go step-by-step through the lab activities. The guides are in modular form, so a Forensics teacher can choose to use only those labs that fit the class time available for it.
With the Murder At Old Fields Forensic Activity, you'll never have to stage a crime scene again – here it's all pre-staged for you – the story, the victims, the suspects, the evidence, the control samples and the scene of the crime – it's all right here in this kit!
