08 January 2008


Today we set out to to determine whether or not certain spices hold antibiotic properties. Above, a petri dish containing a bay leaf and cinnamon was inoculated with bacteria. We will examine the results on Thursday. Other herbs and spices included chili powder, allspice, paprika, green tea, and basil. Later this week I'm going to be looking for a "guest blogger" to either write or podcast a summary of our results. Anyone interested?? Special thanks to James Doroghazi for helping with the setup of this lab.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonder how much bacteria will be in the petrey dishes when we check them?

Anonymous said...

Mr. Devoe are they doin awesomer labs then we did?! lol miss me yet?!!? hope youre having fun with the new 7th graders...


Erica S.

Chad DeVoe said...

Hi Erica! Well, I'm always adding to my arsenol of awesome labs. I found this one recently and didn't know about it last year. We did a lot of cool ones though.

Hope all is well.

Anonymous said...

hey mr.devoe
that lab was really fun and you are an AWESOME teacher! see you tommorrow!

signed anonymous

Chad DeVoe said...

Anonymous,

Thanks! Glad you liked the lab. The second 1/2 of the year is my favorite...lots of cool activities.