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Product 13066

By: The Flinn Staff

In the Flinn Forensic Files™ Ink Inspection Laboratory Kit, act as forensic scientists by analyzing the components of types of ink by using radial chromatography.

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Imagine the panic of discovering that $20,000 is missing from your checking account! When Alyson Marie Combs discovers her bank account has been emptied by someone forging her signature on a check, she is determined to work with law enforcement to find the culprit. Investigators gathered six different types of pens from the bank that may have been used to forge the signature. Students act as forensic scientists by analyzing the components of each type of ink using radial chromatography. Watch the excitement grow as they determine the instrument used to forge Ms. Combs’ signature. Never before has chromatography been so captivating! Complete for 30 students working in pairs.

Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Science & Engineering Practices

Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Cause and effect
Structure and function

Performance Expectations

MS-PS1-3. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
HS-PS1-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
HS-PS2-6. Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.