Summary Look at the "fingerprints" of the remaining two suspects in The Honey Mystery and compare to prints found at the scene of the crime, to identify who stole the honey. Science content Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7) Lessons activity is in Forensics: The Honey Mystery 3 (Fingerprinting) Materials Worksheet (attached) Procedure This is the last activity of the Honey Mystery. Students compare the "fingerprints" of the left paw of each cat (as the investigators determined that someone picked up the honey jar with their left hand). See the worksheet. Identify whether each print is an arch, loop or whorl. Then look at the prints found on the honey jar (this can be given as a separate piece of paper to stick onto the worksheet). identify which cat made the prints on the jar. For our case, it was the black cat that stole the honey. Attached documents fingerprint_worksheet.pdf Grades taught Gr K Gr 1 Gr 4 Gr 5
