B13 : Spread Soap, Not Germs


Students Deepthy Jeeva
School IND - Appleby College - Oakville, Ontario
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 8
Group Group 3 - Health Sciences II
Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to determine which hand washing technique is the most effective to clean a person's hand. There were four techniques that were tested, they were, washing with water, washing with soap and water, cleaning with hand sanitizer, and cleaning with soap and hand sanitizer. A product called Glo Germ Gel which is artificial germs that were put onto the participant's hands. They rubbed it in nicely and the techniques were tested to see which had the most germs and which had the least.