This is our very first project in Science! I bet you can’t guess what it’s about by the title of this blog post. You can?  You think it’s about pathogens? Well, you’d be right.

Our first keystone main project was an agar Petri dish. We swabbed some things around the school and then swabbed the Petri dish. Agar is a type of nutrient rich algae, which allows massive colonies of bacteria to grow on it. We mad a slide show documenting its growth.

We also took pictures of leaves, baby starfish, and creek water.

For the second keystone, we learned about the innate and adaptive immune system and how they work.

For the main assignment, we had to make character cards about the cells of the immune system. Here’s some of mine.

For the third keystone, we got to research the benefits of vaccines. For the main assignment, we had to make an infographic poster about a myth surrounding vaccines. Mine is here.

For the finish line, elementary school kids from Eastview drew some pictures of what they thought germs looked like, and we had to incorporate their artwork into a poster. This poster would be hung up in elementary schools in North Vancouver. Mine in bellow.

The hardest part of this project, for me, was probably the finish line. The drawings weren’t coloured in too well, so I had to outline the drawings and colour them in. This made the sketches look less messy.

I enjoyed the second keystone. It was interesting learning about the immune system and how it worked. It was also very fun to make the character cards. I liked drawing and making them talk and giving them little personalities. The first keystone was also very fun. We got to do lots of hands on things with cells, like looking under the microscope and doing the experiment with agar.

Over all, this was a great project to do, and I liked it a lot.

Alright, goodbye!