🦠 Investigating Microbes in Our Classroom
Today, we became scientists investigating microbes! In our science lesson, we explored our classroom to find out which areas might be the “dirtiest” and where we could find the greatest number of bacteria.
We began by learning about good and harmful bacteria, including where bacteria can be found and how they can travel from one place to another. We then carefully collected samples from different areas around the classroom, thinking carefully about how to make sure our investigation was a fair test.
Our samples were placed onto agar jelly, which provides the ideal conditions for microbes to grow because it contains the nutrients and moisture they need. 🧫
Now comes the exciting part… we have to wait! Over the next few days, we should begin to see different cultures growing on our agar plates. We will then be able to observe and compare our results to see which areas of our classroom contained the most microbes.
We can’t wait to see what our investigation reveals! 🔬🦠