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
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students create a polling station, using student-made buttons, a circuit, and coding a Micro:Bit, to discover and report current student trends.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will create an engineering notebook that documents their progress through the engineering design process as it applies to their choice of project, either creating a toy from “trash” or a