It's been 40 days and 40 nights of lockdown, and although we home educate, life has been very different as we're usually out at study groups/meet ups/days out quite a bit through the week.
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| Jory redrew some microbes from memory - looks like we have Influenza, Staph and Vibrio! |
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| This morning we reminded ourselves that yeast is a very useful single celled microorganism and we made some dough ready for a special treat tomorrow! |
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| We enjoyed a walk in the valley park near our house... |
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| We collected mud samples for a microbe-related science experiment later that afternoon |
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| Jory scoops up the mud |
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| Everyone was keen to have a go |
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| Stopping for a little rest (they ran most of the way around) |
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| Mummy went down to the stream to collect water |
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| On our way back |
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| They couldn't resist the bike racks on the way back |
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| We picked dandelions from our neighbour's garden for a special lunch... |
Today, we enjoyed a 'prebiotic' lunch - i.e. foods that encourage the growth of the good bacteria in our gut and help keep us healthy.
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| These foods included: oat bread, cucumber, carrots, peppers, pumpkin seeds, apple, banana and a special 'treat' of fried dandelion flowers! (they weren't huge fans of the dandelion or seeds, but they enjoyed the rest) |
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| Tasty! |
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| Trying the pumpkin seeds |
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| Other prebiotic foods include cocoa and berries; we enjoyed a dark chocolate fondue with fresh berries for our pudding! |
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| They gazed longingly |
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| They were all quite keen! |
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| Showing off their dirty fingers and faces |
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| Ptolemy built a funny looking tower |
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| Zachary answered questions about viruses and bacteria |
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| Tahlia continued with the virus colouring |
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| Zachary spent a long time checking out the global stats on Coronavirus |
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| Jory coloured his bacteria |
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| We shared a prebiotic afternoon snack |
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| They played an online game called 'Germ Hunter' |
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| We made a Winogradsky column: a basic incubator for cultivating soil bacteria |
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| We added extra food for the bacteria - egg yolk (to add sulphur) and newspaper (to add carbon) |
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Crushing the boiled egg yolk
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| Making a mud 'milkshake' |
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| Tahlia 'grew' a sunflower |
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| Zachary really enjoyed setting up this project |
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| We put the finished column in the warm sunlight; over several weeks the different types of soil bacteria should move to their preferred environment within the column, separating into coloured layers for us to see |
Very interesting thank you so much love Jacqui xx
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