Documentation and Resources

Hospital Heist

Hospital Heist provides a way to get students engaged with forensic science, allowing them to spend a day as a forensic scientist investigating a crime.

Fingerprint Analysis

 

Left on the doorknob the CEO’s office was the culprits fingerprint! In this sessions students will learn all about fingerprint analysis which includes looking at the different types of fingerprints (loops, whorls, arches), comparing fingerprints, and learning to lift a fingerprint from a doorknob to rule out suspect(s) from the Hospital Heist case. Careful, this session can get messy!

 

Lesson Plan Fingerprints – Click Here to Download

Fingerprinting Presentation – Click Here to Download

Fingerprint Challenge with Answers – Click Here to Download

Fingerprint Technician Requirements – Click Here to Download

 

On the student section of this page students can begin to look at different types of fingerprints, take a quiz to test their knowledge about fingerprint analysis, and try the fingerprint challenge found on this page (without the answers)!