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Science Buddies: Forensics: How Does It Matter? Measure the Spatter! ActivityScience Buddies: Forensics: How Does It Matter? Measure the Spatter! Activity
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Science Buddies
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9th - 10th
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Science Buddies: Forensics: How Does It Matter? Measure the Spatter!

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Every criminal leaves behind evidence at the crime scene. The trick to catching the criminal is collecting all of the evidence and making sense of it. This is what the forensic expert does. In this science project you will be correlating the size of blood stains to the distance from which a body fell, but don't get too grossed out. You'll be doing it with water-filled balloons.

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forensics

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forensic science, physics, water balloon, science buddies, science project, balloon spatter analysis

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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