Bring the CSI lab to your school!

Fab Forensics is a brand new workshop for 2025-26 with a new and improved crime to solve…the Case of the Stolen Diamond. Children will work together to investigate fingerprints, footprints, DNA, handwriting, chromatography and fibres. They will evaluate different techniques, test the evidence and present their forensic reports.

Fingerprint activity for Fab Forensics workshop Two girls looking at fingerprints

This a whole day event for up to four KS2 classes, with a mix of workshops led by Fab Science and some classroom-based activities. We provide everything you need for the teacher-led sessions: resources, materials, instructions and even videos to show in class.

The day starts with an assembly to introduce the crime and talk about the role of forensic scientists. Then each class works through all of the evidence in different workshops throughout the day and comes back at the end for the ‘whodunnit’ assembly.

A typical Fab Forensics day:

A sample timetable for a Fab Forensics day

This is just a sample timetable, the timings are flexible to fit around your school day and we have options for 1, 2, 3 or 4 classes. We think it is best suited to Y5 and Y6 but a mixed age day also works well for the whole of KS2 in a smaller school.

The Fab Forensics day costs around £550-£650, depending on travel time (we’re based in Hertfordshire). If four classes join in, this works out at around £5 per child for a full day of scientific investigation and crime-solving fun!

Get in touch book Fab Forensics for your school. Call or Whatsapp us on 01279 295669, email schools@fabscience.co.uk or fill in the form below.

Don’t forget we offer a whole range of hands on workshops and interactive shows for EYFS up to Year 6. Check out our schools page for options.

This is a handy resource for teachers or home educators to encourage children to think about planning an investigation. There are several different types of scientific enquiry and this is a tool for comparative or fair testing.

How to use:

Ask children to think about all the ‘things we could change’ (independent variables) and write them on sticky notes. Put these in the first section. Then think about the ‘things we could measure’ (dependent variables) and these go on sticky notes in the right hand section.

Choose which variables you are going investigate and move these to the bottom section. All of the other possible ‘things to change’ are now your control variables and can be moved to the ‘things we are going to keep the same’ section. This really helps children to think about how to make the test fair…an elusive skill even among GCSE students!

Watch the video for an example of how to use the chart to plan an investigation into launching water rockets.

Click here for the video. Suitable for sharing in class or just for ideas. Includes rockets!

Download a free copy of the chart to use in the classroom. Best printed on A3 paper.

Visit our schools page for a whole range of workshops for your school

The Royal Institution offers a grant of £500 for schools to receive visits from a range of STEM enrichment providers. Applications open Wednesday 30th September and close on Friday 23rd October. Successful schools will be able to choose a visit from any provider listed in the STEM directory.

Fab Science is a member of the STEM Directory so we could bring a whole day of hands on activities to your school. We offer theme days with a big emphasis on practical work and real world science…with good dose of awe and wonder thrown in! We cover the East of England, London and the South East. If you are out of this area, visit the STEM Directory to find a provider near you.

Choose from Potty Potions (Hogwarts themed chemistry), Fantastic Forces (air pressure and rockets), Sweetie Science (great for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory literacy links) and Fab Forensics. We also have a range of curriculum-linked workshops for specific year groups such as a gruesome tour of the digestive system for Year 4 or Geology Rocks for Year 3. See our schools page for all the options. We can often adapt our sessions to fit your topic or science week theme, get in touch to chat about what we can do for your school.

Our activities are carefully designed by an experienced science teacher to enhance your science curriculum and maximise opportunities for hands on experimenting. Each session is led by two presenters (at least one of whom will be a qualified teacher), we bring all the kit and even do the washing up. A teacher’s guide is included, with information on the activities, background science and ideas for follow-up work in the classroom. This allows teachers to fully experience the workshop with their class…no need to take notes!

We can do up to 5 sessions in a day, this could be hands on sessions for 5 classes or an assembly for the whole school followed by 4 workshops for individual classes. For the grant application, a larger number of children taking part is preferable (ie, the whole school). We offer discounts for multiple day bookings to allow larger schools to have hands on workshops for all of their classes. If you obtain a grant, we are happy to invoice for any extra sessions separately and you could still take advantage of the discount.

To apply for the grant, visit https://www.rigb.org/education/stem-grants during the application window. If you plan to apply for funding for a visit from Fab Science, please get in touch if you would like any help with the application.

Fab Forensics Workshops

Bring the CSI lab to your school!

Sticky note planning

Visit our schools page for a whole range of workshops for your school

Ri £500 Grant for Schools

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