Fingerprinting at home!!

Important Dates and Information
Please remember to return report card envelopes.
Please remember to sign up for parent-teacher conferences, if you have not already done so.
Writing - step #3, mind mapping your story, is due for Monday.
PD Friday - no school. 
Field trip on Wednesday.

Classroom Learning
In Science, we learned about fingerprints and how it connects to investigation and evidence. We learned that identical twins have the same DNA, but different fingerprints. Fingerprints are developed before you are born. There are 4 types of finger print patterns: plain arch, tented arch, whorl, and loop. Today, we practiced taking our finger prints, and analyzing them for patterns. Then Ms. Rohrbacher lifted a fingerprint off of a lid, using powder paint to dust over the finger print. The fine powder sticks to the oils and residues left behind. Then clear tape was placed over the finger and transferred to paper.

HOMEWORK!
At home, fingerprint one family member using the method (pencil and paper) that we used today in class. With permission of your parents, dust for finger around the house and see if you can lift a fingerprint off of an object and transfer it to paper.

Materials:
-baby powder or cocoa powder 
-clear packing tape (maybe scotch tape?)
-paper