Microbiology

Today Carla's mum and dad came to our class to talk about microbiology. Microbiology is small living things that cause diseases. We learnt: - Everywhere in your body can get cancer except you heart - Microbiology means small living things - Most diseases aren't that bad at all, like Malaria isn't that common in Australia - Diahorrea is worse than most people think and happens in poor countries - The worst disease is cancer according to Bruce - Cancer is when your organs and cells keep growing - There are good germs and bad germs. Good germs are found in most dairy products like yoghurt, cheese and in bread. Bad germs include bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. - White blood cells aren't white they are clear. - There are no cures for viruses - If you put together enough viruses they can make a tiny crystal.

In our experiment we predict that in a week that: - the germs might start eating the blood jelly (Jac) - Moss might grow (Anastasia) - All the different containers will grow different colour bacterias (Alexander) - The containers might grow into little tiny things like the viruses they showed us. (Carla)

Our class experiment Hands (4) Inside the shoe (9) Tables and chairs (3) Inside the cheek (7)