Health Inspector

You may have noticed the short little cups of "jello" the kids came home with today.  They are actually not jello, they are science experiments compliments of our guest today, Kim King.  Kim is a health inspector and these little cups were homemade petri dishes.  We swabbed the bathroom and areas of the kitchen and are going to grow up the bacteria.  The cups need to be covered with saran wrap or put in a sandwich baggie and put in a warm, dark place.  In 5-7 days they should be able to see the bacteria or mold growing in the auger.

Teacher Kim shared the tools she uses in her job, talked to us about keeping our hand clean when we cook food, and not spreading germs.  She also did a fun experiment with the children where they tried to determine what the flavor of a jelly bean was and if they could distinguish Sprite from 7-Up.  We had a few experts in the group.

I also sent home a permission slip and some fun worksheets about hand washing and germs.  If you didn't get the permission slip, let me know and I can email you a copy or make sure you get one next week.  Some of the children were very interested and knowledgeable about germs.  There is a great website if they would like to learn more.  http://fightbac.org/kids  There is a free pdf book, presentations, coloring/activity pages, videos and even several video games to teach the children more about preventing food borne illnesses.