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NAME:GarrettMaternick
GRADELEVEL:4UNIT:ChemistryLESSON:Fingerprinting
BCPSINDICATOR:1.0SkillsandPractices
A. ConstructingKnowledge
a. Raisequestionsabouttheworldaroundthemandbewillingtoseekanswerstosomeof
thembymakingcarfulobservationsandtryingthingsout.
B. ApplyingEvidenceandReasoning
a. SeekbetterreasonsforbelievingsomethingotherthanEverybodyknowsthatorI
justdontknowanddiscountsuchreasonswhengivenbyothers.
C. CommunicatingScientificInformation
a. Recognizethatclearcommunicationisanessentialpartofdoingsciencebecauseit
enablesscientiststoinformothersabouttheirwork,exposetheirideastocriticismby
otherscientists,andstayinformedaboutscientificdiscoveriesaroundtheworld.
ClassroomManagement:Iwillmaintaincontrolandstudentfocusbyhavingcontinuousworkthroughout
theperiod.Inaddition,whenIneedtoexplaininstructionandcapturetheattentionoftheclass,Iwillblow
intomyharmonica.Thisshouldgivemeeverystudentsundividedattention.
LESSONOBJECTIVE:Studentswillbeabletoreadandperformaninvestigationinordertoexplorethe
processoffingerprintingasamethodofidentification.
LESSON
COMPONENTS
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TIMELEFT
SUGGESTED
SUGGESTED
TIME
OUTCOME/FOCUS
INLESSON
ACTIVITIES
REQUIRED
QUESTION
(Total55min)
Warmup:Video
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=7ohDwGPeqgE
I.Engagement:
Howcanyouusethe
fingerprintingprocessto
identifyaculprit?
Howadetectiveuses
fingerprints.
&
Readingaminiscenario
thatsuggeststhe
possibilityofusing
fingerprintingtosolvea
mystery.
Briefclassdiscussion
followingthereading.
10
45
Fingerprintloops,
whorls,andarches.
II.Exploration:
Everyonehasaunique
fingerprint.
Fingerprintscannotbe
removed.
Activity9C,D,&E:
Studentwillconduct
theirownfingerprint
investigationusingink.
Studentswillcompare
theirprintstotheones
foundinhandout9B.
Studentsanalyze
thumbprintsandrecord
theirobservations.
Studentswillwork
quietlytogetherto
practicethumbprint
analysisand
identification.
10
35
10
(5foreach)
25
Studentswillreadabout
fingerprintsandtheir
propertiesfor
identification.(Included
inengagement)
III.Explanation:
Understanding
fingerprinting
Activity9F:Studentswill
workindependentlyto
explainhowtheywere
abletomatchthe
thumbprints.
Activity9G:Studentswill
workindependentlyto
suggesthowJasmine
couldhaveused
fingerprintingtosolver
herlemonadestand
mystery.
ClassDiscussion:How
canJasminedifferentiate
theculpritfromother
peoplewhomayhave
madelemonadefor
themselves?
Questionsfromthe
teacherwillinclude:
IV.Extension:
(SameasExploration)
Baseduponwhatyou
knowfromthemystery,
whatitemsshould
Jasmineexaminefor
fingerprints?
Couldthesefingerprints
matchmorethanone
person?
25
(510for
discussion&15
20for
extensionw/s)
(Completedin
Explain)
Studentswill
handinactivity
9Fattheendof
class.
HowcouldJasminegeta
samplefingerprintfrom
eachsuspect?
Ifthereisextratime
availablethentheclass
willcompletean
additionalhandouton
matchingfingerprint
types.Thehandoutis
calledFingerprint
Challenge
V.Evaluation:
Student
FingerprintingProperties
andIdentification
processes.
Studentcanbeevaluated
basedonthecompletion
ofactivity9F.
Accommodations/Modifications
Student 1:
Preferential Seating
Connor
1 on 1 time
Proximity
Student 2:
Charles
Group work.
Reading
Hands on activities
Student 3:
Michael