GEMS Fingerprinting

Katie Knoll & Bobby Valadez

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    Students may look down at their hands and wonder about the lines embedded on their fingertips.  Fingerprinting is an
excellent way for students to learn and practice observation and classification skills, while gaining an appreciation for the
uniqueness of the individual since no two prints are alike.  In this unit students will explore fingerprints and act as criminalists to solve a mystery.  They will make and classify their own prints using the standard classification system or their own creative classification method.  This lesson is cross-curricular, with applications in history, art, math, literature and science.