Year 3/4 went on an exciting adventure to explore the world of micro organisms at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. We investigated the micro organisms on our hands. This involved placing a sample on agar jelly and waiting to see what micro organisms grew. Lizzie from the Science Lab e-mailed our results the following week. This is what they looked like:

In class, we have also been conducting our own micro organism investigations. We used a special gel to find out how many micro organisms were present on our hands, even after we had washed them!

This demonstrated the importance of washing hands properly, using a good hand washing technique. This is extremely important to stop the spread of Swine Flu.

We all had a fabulous time and can't wait to do more science experiments!