Who Took Fluffy?® Real World Forensic Science Lab Activity: Full Kit (Option B, 30 Students)

$1,419.00

Who Took Fluffy?® is a fun and engaging Who-Done-It mystery for grades 3-6 that introduces students to science concepts through a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach.

This kit includes everything the teacher needs to conduct six Lessons and five Lab Activities for a group of 30 students. For grades 3 and up.

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SKU: WT-5030-KIT-B Category: Tag:
Who Took Fluffy?® is a Who-Done-It mystery that introduces students to science concepts through a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach. The problem is simple: determine Who Took Fluffy?® (Fluffy is a rabbit who is the class mascot in Ms. Donroe’s classroom.) To achieve that determination, students learn concepts that help form the basis for all science learning such as pattern recognition, cause and effect and evidence-based conclusions. This kit includes everything the teacher and students need to conduct six Lessons and five Lab Activities:
  • Lesson 1: The Story
  • Lesson and Lab 2: Blood Typing
  • Lesson and Lab 3: Hair Analysis
  • Lesson and Lab 4: Fingerprint Analysis
  • Lesson and Lab 5: Fiber Analysis
  • Lesson and Lab 6: Footprint Analysis

Students can work individually or in groups. For grades 3 and up.

The Teacher and Student Booklets included provide lessons and step-by-step procedures for conducting the labs. These booklets also present the story and the characters involved in a fun, graphically rich style.

The booklets also include the floor plan map of the classroom scene, an important tool they will use to solve the case. Here students map where evidence was found and, after it has been analyzed in the lab, determine to whom the evidence belongs.

Who Took Fluffy?® WT-5030-KIT-B includes more than enough materials for a class of 30 students.  For a class of 15 students, please consider purchasing WT-5015-KIT-B.

Who Took Fluffy?® WT-5030-KIT-B includes a sheet of 30 Badges of Completion stickers you can hand out to your students when they have completed the activity.  Students get a beautiful Case File pocket folder to manage the printed materials of their case as they proceed through the activity.

The kit is shipped in a sturdy, clear plastic tote for safe storage and easy access. Each of the lab activities are packed in their own heavy-duty reclosable poly storage bag.

  • Blood Typing
    • Lab 1 – Analyze Control Samples – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 2 – Analyze The Blood Evidence And Match Control Samples With Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
  • Hair Analysis
    • Lab 1 – Analyze Your Own Hair – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 2 – Analyze Control Samples – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 3 – Analyze Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 4 – Match Control Sample With Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – 20 minutes
  • Fingerprint Analysis
    • Lab 1 – Analyze Your Own Fingerprints – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 2 – Analyze Control Samples – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 3 – Analyze Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 4 – Match Control Sample With Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – 20 minutes
  • Footprint Analysis
    • Footprint Analysis - Lab 1 - Analyze Control Samples And Match With Classroom Scene Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Footprint Analysis Lab 2 - Creating Castings For Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
  • Fiber Analysis
    • Lab 1 - Analyze Provided Fiber – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 2 - Analyze And Identify Fiber And Weave Of Control Samples – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 3 - Analyze And Identify Fiber And Weave Of Evidence – estimated time to complete – one 45-minute class/lab period
    • Lab 4 - Match Control Samples With Evidence – estimated time to complete – 20 minutes
Materials included in the full kit include enough of the tools and supplies below to support a class of 30 students (teacher must provide microscopes). Full kit is shipped in a sturdy, plastic, sealable tote container.
  • Blood Typing
    • Simulated Blood samples (safe, non-toxic) – Control
    • Simulated Blood samples (safe, non-toxic) – Evidence
    • Sharpie® Marker
    • Blood Typing Cards
    • Simulated Anti-A Serum
    • Simulated Anti-B Serum
    • Simulated Anti-Rh Serum
    • Stir sticks
  • Hair Analysis
    • Microscope Slides
    • Coverslips
    • Forceps
    • Pipet
    • Sharpie® Marker
  • Fingerprint Analysis
    • Fingerprint samples – Control
    • Fingerprint samples – Evidence
    • Fingerprint Impression Cards
    • Fingerprint Ink Strips
    • Alcohol Pads
  • Footprint Analysis - Option B
    • Shoes (Teacher provided)
    • Bio-Foam®
    • Casting Plaster
    • Hairspray
    • Latex Gloves
    • Zipper Bag
    • Large Spoon/ Mixing Stick
    • Toothbrush
    • Beaker
    • Plastic Scoop
  • Fiber Analysis
    • Fiber samples – Control
    • Fiber samples – Evidence
    • Forceps
    • Microscope slides
    • Microscope (Teacher provided)
    • Coverslips
Click here to access the Manufacturer's Safety Data Sheets for both the U.S. and Canada for this lab.