Determine the effects of water on latent prints.

• Take a drinking glass and handle it, making sure to leave fingerprint impressions on it.

• Immerse the glass in water for several hours.

• After a significant length of time, visually examine the glass and see if you can still see your fingerprints.

• Attempt this in a variety of conditions such as hot water, cold water, soapy water, or salt water.

• Keep notes on your results under each condition.

• Hypothesize reasons for similar and dissimilar results under the varying conditions.

Write a paper describing your experience as well as your results from this experiment.

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