Questioning,+Check+Microbes

__Name of Session:When 99.9% Clean is Not Enough__

__Session Leaders:__ Joy and Audrey

__Length of Session:__ Part 1 (Day 5): 45 minutes Part 2 (Day 6):15 minutes

__Learning Goals for DVI Fellows:__ The learner will: · Draw connections between microbes and the diseases that they cause (Part 1). · Understand the importance of proper hand-washing and other hygienic practices (Part 1 and 2). · Realize that the classroom environment is covered with potentially toxic microbes (Part 2).

__Summary of Activities:__ __Materials Required:__ Giant Microbes Bacteria plates Antibiotic soap Sanitizing Hand Wash <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cotton Swabs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">GloGerm <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">UV light (hand-held)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">__Session Overview:__ //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Engage //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fellows will be introduced to microbes, using the Giant Microbes as a visual.The relationship between microorganisms and disease will be discussed (Part 1).

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Explore //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fellows will touch bacteria plates before and after cleaning their hands with either antibiotic soap or a sanitizing hand wash.These plates will be allowed to grow over the next several days, and fellows will be able to explore the microbes found on their hands.Fellows will also be given swabs that they can use to explore the microbes found on objects in the classroom (e.g. phone, doorknob, purses, desks, chair, garbage can, etc.) (Part 1).

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Explain //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fellows will discuss the effectiveness of antibiotic handwashes and talk about why it is important to wash their hands regularly.They will relate the microbes in their environment to the diseases that they have discussed.The spread of disease and the domination of microbes in or environment will also be discussed (Part 1).

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Elaborate // · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">GloGerm cream will be used to enable fellows to see how well (or how poorly) they wash their hands (Part 1).

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">At a later date, fellows will make and record observations regarding their bacterial plates. They will compare the bacteria transferred from their hands before and after the use of antimicrobial washes and determine which objects in the classroom environment had high levels of microbes as indicated by the growth on the agar plates (Part 2).

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