bacterialfeeding

Bacteria Feeding

1. Collect the following equipment:
1 sponge each
1 tray between 3
Sweet fragments

2. Scatter the broken up sweets onto the tray

3. I will come around with the baking soda solution. Dip your sponge in the solution, and put it on your tray.

4. Squeeze the liquid-filled sponge onto the tray.

5. Listen to the sound of the liquid breaking down the solids. Wait a few minutes.

6. Soak the liquid back up into the sponge.

1. Clean everything up, and answer the questions. Look back in your notes to help.


What do the sponges represent?


What does the liquid represent?
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What do the smashed up lollies represent?
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What shape are the bacteria we're using?

What are the three steps in bacterial feeding?

Bacteria Feeding

1. Collect the following equipment:
1 sponge each
1 tray between 3
Sweet fragments

2. Scatter the broken up sweets onto the tray

3. I will come around with the baking soda solution. Dip your sponge in the solution, and put it on your tray.

4. Squeeze the liquid-filled sponge onto the tray.

5. Listen to the sound of the liquid breaking down the solids. Wait a few minutes.

6. Soak the liquid back up into the sponge.

2. Clean everything up, and answer the questions. Look back in your notes to help.


What do the sponges represent?


What does the liquid represent?
_

What do the smashed up lollies represent?
_

What shape are the bacteria we're using?

What are the three steps in bacterial feeding?