This activity focuses on getting students to think about bacteria, water quality and water treatment processes. Students develop and test their hypotheses about the "cleanliness" of three water samples prepared by the teacher. Then they...

In this inquiry activity, groups of students will generate investigable questions to explore the link between hygiene/cleanliness and bacteria growth/population. They will record their processes and reflections in a journal and present...

In this outdoor field study, young scholars will collect and identify as many types of macro invertebrates that they find in Lake Bemidji using an identification key. Additionally students will create investigable questions regarding the...

Kindergarten young scholars will be thrilled with this mini instructional activity unit that has them collecting flies in a fly trap, and observing them to learn about the functions of different parts of their bodies and how they groom...

Learn about the importance of hand washing and how to do it properly. Book includes audio narration in 18 additional languages with text in English.

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The Why Files have provided a site discussing topics pertaining to food cleanliness. Topics include: dining in, dining out, sanitary conditions, and origins of food.

This site from the Center for Disease Control provides an explanation of why it is important to wash your hands and the consequences if you don't. Also provides step-by-step directions of hand washing.