Basic Fingerprint                

Materials:

Paper, Pencil, Tape, and your hand

Students can learn about the eight types of patterns (better known as the Henry system)..provided below.

Purpose: An educational way to get students interested in their own uniqueness and about the different types of patterns in fingerprints. This is a very inexpensive lesson that can be taught to students of practically any age. This type of experience can really be memorable to students as they are the focus of the activity, and what is more interesting than learning about yourself?

TPE's Addressed: 2:Monitoring student learning during instruction; 3: Interpretation and use of assessments; 4: making content accessible; 5: Student engagement; 6: developmentally appropriate teaching practices