Proper Hand Washing

Ingredients:

Water

Pepper

Soap

Directions:

1.       First, grab a plate and fill it with water

2.       Pour pepper into the water

3.       Explain to your kids that the pepper represents germs

4.       Tell them to place their finger into the water

5.       When they take their finger out of the water, have them look at it and see how many “germs” (pepper) are on their finger.

6.       Have them dip that same finger into some soap and swirl it around

7.       After they dip their finger into the soap, have them put that finger back into the water and watch how the pepper flakes “run” away from the soap and go to the edge of the plate

8.       Have them look at their finger again and notice how there’s barely any “germs” (pepper) on their finger

9.       Explain to them that this experiment mimics how germs are removed from hands when we use soap.