Forensic Investigation: Fingerprints (and Footprints!)
by Katrina Darg
Students will learn how fingerprints are used to solve crimes. Students will then take their own prints, examine patterns within their prints, and compare/contrast the percentages for each type of print pattern within the class grouping with the accepted percentages for each pattern.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gvzK6oG5NQcKlGCGWzMJ8GXvnA2KW84h/edit?u…Related Content
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