After a crime has been committed, the evidence left behind can identify a potential culprit, although a single piece of evidence is not usually enough to convict someone. Even in this age of DNA, fingerprints and blood stains are still important at helping to identify a criminal. In this experiment, your students will learn to detect and analyze fingerprints and then use these techniques to solve a classroom crime.

Students can explore the use of fingerprint evidence in the field of Forensic Science.  The kit enables them to create personal ink prints using our Fingerprint Report Cards™, identify key patterns, and practice dusting for prints.  They can also compare classroom fingerprints to detected crime scene evidence.  The kit is a great way to introduce biometric identification or create a classroom crime scene.

• Group Size: 10 Lab Groups
• Storage: Room Temperature
• Time Required: 50 minutes

The kit includes:

• Instructions,
• Fingerprint Brushes,
• Magnifying lens,
• Fingerprint cards,
• Black dusting powder,
• Grey dye dusting powder,
• Fingerprint lifters.

Additional required equipment & materials (not supplied with the kit):

• Safety Goggles
• Disposable Gloves
• Scissors
• Paper Towels
• Pens
• Various objects for evidence prints (with a smooth surface and uniform in colour - e.g. glass beakers, jars or bottles, or plastic and metal objects).