Footprint Analysis

Using a shoe print collected at the crime scene, your students will be able to determine critical information about the criminal! Students will analyze and compare shoe castings.

Students will perform a lab to compare height with shoe size and stride length.

After taking castings of their own footprints, students will use both a casting of the evidence shoe print and a photograph of an additional shoe print found at the scene of the crime to determine individual characteristics about the shoeprints of a suspect or suspects.

As in all Lyle and Louise modules, this kit is geared to high school and undergraduate courses and is matched to National Science Education Standards.

Included

• 6 true to size castings of the evidence footprint for each group
• 6 photos of additional shoe print taken from the crime scene
• 6 bags of dental stone (stronger and hardens more quickly than plaster)
• 6 sets of shoe data records from SoleMate (Forensic evidence company Foster + Freeman’s footwear data)
• Fully illustrated teacher’s manual with technique background

Required but not included

• Yardstick or meter stick for each group
• Water
• Computer with Internet access for each group

Storage Conditions

This item can be shipped and stored at room temperature.