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• Use this kit to introduce your students to ink chromatography and its application in solving forensics cases
• Students gain experience in creating ink databases, identifying ‘ink tags’ to ‘date’ various inks and then use them (as professional document examiners do) in solving two mysteries involving document inks - an apparent suicide note and a forgery case
• Includes materials for three detailed activities (with ‘model’ and ‘inquiry’ investigational paths - a total of four investigational activities), which can accommodate up to 40 students
• Also contains a DVD with PDF Teacher and Student Guides and other digital content
• Covered concepts include - data analysis, chromatographs, inks and their composition-mixtures, compounds, mixtures, molecules, solubility, affinity, polar substances, Rf values, capillary action, light energy, fluorescence, and hypothesis testing
• Student activity PDFs have a special Typewriter functionality allowing them to take notes, record experimental data, and answer analysis questions
• They simply e-mail their worksheets back to you!