Fingerprint Analysis NO PREP Lesson (PearDeck G-Slides & Editable Exit Ticket!)

This resource is a NO-PREP LESSON designed to introduce the topic of fingerprinting for students in a forensic science course. This lesson introduces students to the following concepts: what makes fingerprints individual evidence, how fingerprints are made, and the THREE levels of detail that forensic scientists look for when analyzing fingerprints. Students get practice identifying the general pattern of a fingerprint (arch, loop, or whorl), labeling minutiae (bifurcations, hooks, islands, etc), and determining ridge count from a given print.

Run the lesson in instructor-paced mode with Pear Deck to check student understanding and give them informal feedback, OR choose to distribute the slides in student-paced mode and let students check their own understanding using the built-in answer slides.

At the end of the lesson, give students an opportunity to show you what they learned by giving them a Google Form Quiz/Exit Ticket. If you choose to make it a quiz, the points and feedback have already been set up. You can also choose to modify the questions on the Google Form.

This resource includes:

• Fingerprint Analysis Lesson PearDeck (21 Google Slides)
• Level 1: Fingerprint Pattern Flowchart (Google Slide)
• Level 2: Fingerprint Minutiae (Google Slide)
• Fingerprint Details Quiz / Exit Ticket (Google Form)