It's that time of year again....the time of year that germs love! Since the stomach bug, fifth disease, strep, the flu, and the common cold are making their rounds through the school and city, we thought this would be a good time to really teach our kiddos how to prevent the spread of germs! We spent last week learning what germs are and how they spread to make people sick. We learned how to catch the germs in tissues and our elbows, when that is more convenient. We learned the importance of throwing the germs away and washing them away. But....the concept of a germ is hard for a 4 or even 5 year old to understand....we can't SEE germs....our hands don't FEEL or LOOK dirty....cough and sneeze droplets dry pretty quickly....are germs real???? Well, let me tell you, two days after our apple experiment, we could see the effects of the germs. After a week, well, YUCK is the best way to describe it. The first two pictures are from only 2 days after our experiment. What is that red spot growing??? Yikes...we didn't have red on our experiment last year. 3 out of the 4 Pre-K classes did the experiment this year and we ALL had red spots. The 3rd picture is 1 week after the experiment.
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PortiaK
2/10/2017 12:32:18 pm
Sorry, looks like the link didn't come through. Here is what I would guess is causing the red growth.
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