The Great Germy Potato Experiment!

For school we have been talking about germs - what they look like, how they are transferred, what we can do to keep ourselves from getting germs, etc. The kids have really enjoyed it so far and we have another week to go! For a science experiment - we decided to see what germs would do to a potato. Take a look:

Here we are starting out with the sliced potatoes - they will never be the same again!

We decided that Grady probably had the germiest germs - so he rubbed all his germs on the innocent potato and then we labeled and bagged it up!

The next potato Grady washed his hands with soap and water and went at another potato, labeled and bagged it up!

Ellison's turn - the third potato, Ellison used hand sanitizer to germ-free her hands. Labeled and bagged.


The last potato slice, Ellison washed her hands with soap and water and then also used sanitizer.

Here we are predicting what will be the cleanest and which one will be the dirtiest! We shall see! I know you all are sitting on the edge of your seats wanting to know the outcome!

Here is a quick shot of Grady working on school. (for those that haven't seen our school room!)