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Germs: Learning Not to Share

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Students have cinnamon sprinkled onto their hands and walk around the room touching objects within their reach. Students observe all of the objects containing cinnamon fingerprints to visualize where and how germs are spread.

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contagions, germs, science
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K - 1st
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Science
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