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This resource comes from a large collection of paper-based PGCE Science teaching materials at FoE
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It was a silent night, only interrupted by the sound of breaking glass and a scream erupting from the building. In the morning, the first evidence of the break-in is a broken window – but there’s a body, a pen next to it, and a footprint in the soil outside the window. A large thumbprint is found on a window handle. It is time to call the Forensic Science team!
It was a silent night, only interrupted by the sound of breaking glass and a scream erupting from the building. In the morning, the first evidence of the break-in is a broken window – but there’s a body, a pen next to it, and a footprint in the soil outside the window. A large thumbprint is found on a window handle. It is time to call the Forensic Science team!


Name of the forensic scientist: ____________________________________________
Name of the forensic scientist: ____________________________________________<br />
 
Clue Sheet
Clue Sheet
No two people in the world have exactly the same fingerprints. Each fingerprint could have patterns such as:
No two people in the world have exactly the same fingerprints. Each fingerprint could have patterns such as:
Look at your own fingerprints using the hand lens. Now use the evidence on the opposite page to help solve the crime.
Look at your own fingerprints using the hand lens. Now use the evidence on the opposite page to help solve the crime.