For both the subunits, basic knowledge on biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics is required at the level the module is written for. The activities in this subunit 1 introduce students to the following concepts and ideas:

  • Properties of fingerprints and the fact that fingerprints are unique
  • Techniques to identify fingerprints
  • Techniques to take fingerprints (both from a suspect and from a crime scene)
  • Properties of the human body and ways to use this in identifying a criminal
  • Relation between step distance and length of a person
  • Basic rules about statistics