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Fingerprinting

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Young scholars discover the basics of fingerprinting and how it identifies a person. They create their own fingerprints and compare them to classmate's to determine that no two people have the same identity because of fingerprints. Then they compare the fingerprinting process to DNA fingerprinting.

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fingerprints, identity, dna, deoxyribonucleic acid

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dna, fingerprints, identity, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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