#SCUChallenge 95 - Fantastic Fingerprints!

Fingerprints are the impressions left by the tiny ridges of skin on your fingers. These ridges help us feel things and grip objects. No two people have identical fingerprints, but fingerprint patterns tend to run in families. I wonder if you can spot any patterns in your family's finger prints? These patterns often look like whirls, loops, or arches. 

When you touch a surface, your fingers leave prints of sweat and oil behind. Sometimes, the police use these unique prints left at many crime scenes, to identify who has been there. The scientific study of fingerprints is called dermatoglyphics ('derma' means skin and 'glyphics' means carving). This challenge helps you to create some finger prints to look at.

You can download the full challenge here: https://bit.ly/SCUChallenge95

To claim your credits, please complete and return a Sheffield CU Home Learning Challenge Reflection Diary which can be found here: https://bit.ly/SheffCUReflectionDiary

Once you have completed all the challenges, email your reflection diary along with evidence of your completed activity to cu@sheffield.gov.uk (photos/videos etc.) and we'll award CU credits. We can't wait to see your work - please send us a picture along with your reflection diary and feel free to share photos/videos on Facebook and Twitter! #SCUChallenges