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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBurning Down the House A Case Study in Forensic Instrumental Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Professional Development, Current Science, ChemistryIn this lab-based case, arson investigator Marie Stanforth comes under suspicion when her ex-husband dies in a fire. Students ...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAccidental Drowning or Foul Play?
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Public Services, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Current Science, ChemistryThis case was developed for use in the first semester of a sophomore organic chemistry laboratory to illustrate how a combinatio...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAgents of Change
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Finance & Business, Sports and CompetitionThis article is written by a journalist who specializes in analyzing the NBA (National Basketball Association). It gives you a g...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFor When You'r e Stuck
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Finance & Business, ScienceHere are some writing ideas from college students at Middlebury College in Vermont, Massachusetts. Give one a try!Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKids in the House
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Finance & Business, Education, Child Development & Family ServicesTake a on-line trip to the Capitol complex in Washington, DC. If you feel like testing your knowledge of the US government, clic...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSciFiles - Tania David
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Current ScienceWatch an interview with Welsh forensics scientist, Tania David. Hear about typical tests she does to prove whether different dru...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGenes at Work
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Current Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 2 additional..This site will you investigate how dominant traits, genes, and DNA determine the physical characteristics of a subject (the way ...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy do agents always wear sunglasses
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Current ScienceFind out the answer to this question and more questions that kids ask the United States Secret Service.Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExaminer of Patents
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Finance & Business, ScienceJason Mackenzie was a student in biology in New Zealand. He came to Australia to further his education. One day he went to a sem...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentProfiles of Chemical Engineers
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Finance & Business, ScienceMichael McGurk began his studies in Chemical Engineering. After working as a chemist in a chemical plant he decided to rethink w...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHandbook of Forensic Services
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Current Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 2 additional..What goes into a crime scene search? How does someone check for evidence of arson? What can a forensics analyst learn from hair?...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWacky Patent of the Month
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Engineering & Design, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Finance & Business, ScienceRead about some of the strange and wonderful things people have come up with. Click around this site to learn a little about the...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThinking of moving out of the lab and into a career in patent law?
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Finance & Business, ScienceRead about Reinhilde Schoonjans, woman scientist from the Netherlands who turned to patent law.Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWork in Sports
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: No subjects selected.This is a profile of Sports lawyer Kristen Kuliga who represents several athletes including Doug Flutie, a former Patriots player.Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: History-Social Science, Finance & Business, Visual Arts, Science and 7 additional..Welcome to ASCAP, one of the oldest and biggest organizations of its kind. ASCAP represents composers, songwriters, lyricists an...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Art of Crime Detection
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Current Science, History-Social Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 3 additional..This Web site gives you information about how a professional illustrators, in particular, a police sketch artist can draw a like...Contributor: Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew ExistedViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCaves
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, Nature & Method of Science, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 5 additional..These two scientists discover the importance of water in cave formations.Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHovercraft
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Engineering & Design, Professional Development, Current Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 2 additional..Use this hovercraft investigation as a science fair project idea for your elementary or middle school science fair! Then tell us...Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSinkholes
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development, History-Social Science and 9 additional..Sink your teeth into learning about how sinkholes formContributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkForecasting
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Classification, Professional Development, History-Social Science, Life Sciences and 7 additional..These two scientists were curious about the weather and how current weather predicting methods compare with methods of the past....Contributor: DragonflyTV (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0