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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Germs and Handwashing

 Science is always so exciting isn't it? For germ month I targeted 7 areas in the school and swabbed them for germs, let them grow for a week in a Petri dish, and examined them under a microscope. The findings were kind of gross. 
handrail
desk top
drinking fountain
bathroom floor


classroom toilet

It makes you a believer in hand washing! I also had some special lotion that shows only under a black light. In the hello song I shook the kids hands, then showed them how easy it is to spread germs to others. Here's the crazy hand wash video that we have been watching.





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