Fingerprinting & Analysis

History of Fingerprinting and Basics
How to analyze fingerprints. All of this vocabulary is required. Take notes and watch it again.


Home Scientist series: Straightforward information.
Iodine fuming.
Ninhydrin.
Superglue fuming.
Gentian Violet.
Acidified Peroxide.
Dusting.

LJMU Forensic Science Lecturer Phil Gilhooley demonstrates how to find and extract fingerprints from the scene of a crime.

To take fingerprints, use this card, and follow these instructions.
Video: How to take fingerprint cards.

Fingerprint activity.

Stoichiometry

This is a video that shows how to calculate gram formula mass, an absolutely necessary skill.

And here is a worksheet, with an answer key. Do the work without looking at the answers first. When you are done, check your work.

Fingerprinting

A brief history and intro.
Where do we get fingerprints?
What are latent prints?

Now use your texts and read pages 49 - 60.

Chem, now and in the future

This site has excellent tutorial videos.

DNA Fingerprinting

The week before the winter break we will be watching the series "Code of a killer"
Part 1
Part 2

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Wayne Williams - Atlanta Serial Killer

We will be examining the case of Wayne Williams. This video is a documentary that we will be watching in class.

Forensics - Hair

We will have a quiz on Monday.

We will be starting hair. This is the link to the chapter on hair, from our textbooks.

Notes for the unit are here:
2 per page color
6 per page black and white
Hair evidence vocabulary sheet