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Lesson 2 Fingerprints

Suggested Learning and Teaching Activities

Learning Outcome: Students shall be able to

know how to identify the fingerprints;

collect the fingerprints; and

carry out the steps in analyzing and comparing fingerprints.

Pre-lesson Reading (Fingerprint Basics

Lesson Flo! Teacher "otes

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Teaching

Resources

Brainstorming

(5 min.)

Ask Ss what will be the first thing the

police officers search for when they

arrie at the scene of a robbery.

!"ngagement#

"ncourage Ss to answer critically.

"mphasize that there are proper steps in

analysing and comparing fingerprints.

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Actiity '.

*ingerprints basics

(+ min.)

Ss finish ,S '. (Assess students-

understanding on fingerprint basics).

eiew ma/or concepts about fingerprint

basics. !"$planation#

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Actiity '.'

%ractice the

identification skills(+ min.)

Ss e$amine the gien fingerprint of ,S

'.' with magnifying glass. !"$ploration#

Ss use &able of ,S '.' to help identifyseparate fingerprint ridgeline details.

Ss locate and label at least 1 positions of

ridgeline details on the gien fingerprint.

!"$ploration#

2heck the answers. !"aluation#

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magnifying glass

Actiity '.0

3ake a fingerprint

Ss make a patent print. (4int Ss are

encouraged to hae a trial on a piece of

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(05 min.) paper before making a print on the

worksheet.) !"$ploration#

Ss make a latent print.

Ss calculate the population percentage ofeach pattern of the fingerprints among

their group members.

Ss use &able of ,S '.' to help identify

separate fingerprint ridgeline details of

one of their fingerprints.

Ss list out the names of the ridgeline

details they found on the fingerprint.

!"laboration#

7roup discussions.

'B pencil

white papers

tape

fine iron powder handkerchief

glass microscope

slide

Actiity '.6

&ry out the steps in

analyzing and

comparing

fingerprints

(0+ min.)

8iscuss with Ss the steps in analysing

and comparing fingerprints.

!"$planation#

Ss finish the case study.!"aluation#

Ss summarise and present their findings.

Ss discuss the followup 9uestions.

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3agnifying

glass

2olour pens

A0 papers

Remar%s:Ss stands for :Students.

Re*erences

. Saferstein . ('++ersey %earson "ducation? @nc.

'. ainis .7. ('++). Fingerprints: Crime-Solving Science Experiments. =>

"nslow publishers? @nc.

0. Beres 8.B. ('++C). Dusted and Busted!: he Science o Fingerprinting. =D

Scholastic @nc.6. 4ouck 3.3. ('++C). Forensic Science: "odern "ethods o Solving Crime. 2A

%raeger %ublishers.

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