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Re: petri dish fun
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Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:33:46 -0800
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You might take a look at the Klutz Press Book we did 25 years ago that  
has a kit and the same activities you're talking about doing.
Charles
On Mar 6, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Daniels, Alissa wrote:

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> So we're doing a program on handwashing, and I'd like to try growing  
> out some petri dishes with samples from pre and post-washed hands. I  
> don't have a proper incubator and am not willing/able to buy one,  
> and am looking for alternatives--a warm window, a toaster oven, the  
> top of a toaster oven.... Anything else that will give me some  
> measure of success.
>
> Any other tips or suggestions are also welcome, as I haven't done  
> this since my freshman year of college (ie, a while ago) when we ran  
> around with Q-tips and swabbed bathrooms, keyboards and anything  
> else we could get at...
>
> thanks,
> AD
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> Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager
> Boston Children's Museum
> 617-426-6500 x342
> www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org
> The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds  
> new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's  
> funny..."   --Isaac Asimov
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