Types of Fingerprints

Summary
This lesson introduces students to the types of fingerprints.

Objectives
• To be able to describe what a fingerprint is.

• To be able to identify types of fingerprints.

• To be able to understand the uniqueness of fingerprints.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Fingerprint identification is the process of comparing the friction ridge impression of a known print to an unknown one to see if they match. No two finger prints are ever exactly alike- not even fingerprints that are taken from the same finger and printed one right after the other. They will be similar but not exactly the same. Fingerprint identification compares prints and matches them based on their similarity to the known print.

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