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19-4092.00 - Forensic Science Technicians
Collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics,…
Video from Science Buddies' project idea: "The Frightened Grasshopper: Explore Electronics and Solar Energy with a Solar-Powered Robot Bug" https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Elec_p061.shtml?ytid=eVeCfxq-wk4&ytsrc=description
Science Buddies also hosts a library of instructions for over 1,500 other hands-on science projects, lesson plans, and fun activities for K-12 parents, students, and teachers! Visit us at…
Hydrogen fuel cell cars, whose only tailpipe emission is water, are often hailed as one solution to our energy woes. But many hurdles remain, including lowering the cells' cost, building filling stations, and finding green ways to produce hydrogen. Meantime, our NOVA scienceNOW host test-drives a prototype fuel cell car, with "Car Talk" hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi along for an amusing ride.
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You can do the experiments in this video, plus dozens of others, using a cell phone and a free sensor app. For step-by-step instructions see: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-journal-app?ytid=4i6GSUWjnIU&ytsrc=description
Note: Google's Science Journal app has been discontinued, but all of these projects have been reconfigured on the Science Buddies website to use other sensor apps.
Blinded by childhood glaucoma age 3, Geerat Vermeij quickly learned to focus on his sense of touch to satisfy his curiosity about the outside world. At age 10, he began collecting seashells. Today, Geerat Vermeij is a Distinguished Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at UC Davis and hopes that his deep curiosity will inspire others to observe, discover, and understand.
In this Biotechnology Project Idea, the Science Buddies Summer Science Fellows demonstrate how to construct your own gel electrophoresis chamber, the technology behind DNA analysis, and use it to compare molecules in different colors of food coloring dye. You can see the full science experimental procedure for this science fair project idea—and do it yourself!—in 'Forensic Science: Building Your Own Tool for Identifying DNA' project idea at Science Buddies:…