FORENSICS: Murder at the Toy Store

 


 

ACTIVITY ON FIBER ANALYSIS

You will be matching an unknown fiber to one of several you have to look at.

1) Take a slide sample from the stack of slides.
2) Place the slide sample under the microscope.
3) Using the knobs and levers, get the slide into focus.
4) Draw the sample using colored pencils and paper.
5) Go through the stack of slides until 4 sets of two slides can be created.
6) Each set of two slides should be identical samples.
7) By doing this, you have finished one of the most important forensic tools! Congratulations!

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