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Project Overview
• “Growing Germs” activity– Swabbed areas around classroom and school– Grew on agar plates for one week– Returned to classroom with results
What kids learned…
• How easily bacteria and microbes spread
• Prevention of spread
• Basics of human immune system
What kids learned…
• How to keep self and those around us healthy– Stay home if ill– Cough/sneeze in elbow, not hands– Dispose of used tissue immediately– Daily exercise– Variety of fresh, healthy foods in diet
Challenges of outreach
– Obtaining responses from teachers
– Keeping 9-10 year olds calm
– Working with a child with OCD whose phobia is germs
Successes of outreach
– Science was made fun for students who previously were uninterested in the subject
– Kids made connections between science and everyday life
My favorite part was…
• “That I get to do more science and I love science because it’s a lot of fun!”
-Mary Kate
Acknowledgments
• Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thanks also to Martha Sellers, Kylie Perlinski, Gwen Jacobs, Duane Mooney, Edward Dratz, and all the teachers and students I worked with.