The Forensic Mission

Investigate forensic science through a killer mystery! Forensics is the hottest trend in teaching science. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) says it’s a good way to motivate students who love TV shows like CSI. In this novel, detectives (and readers) try to solve a string of homicides that includes some local high school students. Fast-paced, riveting action with bookies, bullets, bloodstains, and forensics keeps readers involved in the plot and the underlying science. Chapter-end lessons cover crime scene procedures and analysis, fingerprinting, blood typing, DNA, hair and fiber collection and analysis, ballistics identification, and more.E. K. Hein (Jeffersonville, PA) is a middle school language arts teacher. An avid fan of crime stories, he has attended seminars at the Forensic Science Institute. He has presented excerpts of his crime unit curriculum to the NSTA.