Ready to uncover hidden clues like a real forensic scientist?

In this DIY hands-on experiment, you’ll learn how to reveal invisible fingerprints! By dusting and lifting prints your own fingerprints, you’ll explore the fascinating science behind forensic investigation. Hopefully, you will also discover how unique patterns can help identify individuals (as we catch a culprit in our video tutorial!).

This tutorial is part of our “Lab-In-A-Box” series. We are bust packaging and donating physical kits to students, so we’ve created this online version so that any young scientist can jump in and investigate using materials you already have at home.