The popularity of forensic science in schools continues to grow alongside the proportion of prime time scheduling devoted to CSI television shows. Yet the understanding of how forensic tests are used in narrowing down a field of possible suspects to the point where just one can be arrested or taken to trial is far less well understood. Students fall for the imagined glamour and glory of mapping blood splatters with no awareness of the role of ICT and computing in the logging and analysis of the data generated in the laboratory. The CSI Schools Project has grown from the realisation that ICT specialists and science education practitioners have a lot to offer one another. By piggy-backing on the popularity of forensic science, databases can be made enticing enough to hold the attention of reluctant learners, and ICT can be thoroughly embedded within the curriculum as a tool that enables higher cognitive skills to develop. Practical activities give the opportunity for students to develop hypotheses and can help put knowledge into context to enhance the learning experience. In this article, the authors describe an engaging and inspiring STEM activity that showcases the power of databases and cloud computing.