Fingerprints
Learning Intention: Identify key features in fingerprints and use that to match suspect and evidence prints.
Success Criteria
6. I can identify fingerprint patterns and match unknown fingerprints to samples.
Learning Tasks
Read the document explaining how to analyze fingerprints and then practice analyzing a fingerprint.
If you want to do your own fingerprints and analyze them, grab a fingerprint card and ink pad.
Now that you know how to identify the key features in fingerprints, now look at the fingerprint evidence and write your analysis of in your detective notebook under "Second Clue."
Do the gun & bullet activity if you haven't done as already.
Confirm your suspicions by the about 14-16 minute mark of Who Shot Mr Burns Part 2.
Homework
Email Ms Garlick the answer to the following question.
Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?
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Teacher Notes
The chromatography experiment does take a bit of time for the solvent to travel up the paper, so it is recommended that you look as another forensic or investigative activity while you wait.