Germaphobe?

So, I had to do another at-home microbiology experiment, and this is seriously grossing me out! The experiment is called "Wash Your Hands!" Basically, I split the agar nutrient dish in two, labeling one side "before" and one "after". I pressed four unwashed fingers into the before side, then washed my hands like I normally do and pressed those four fingers into the "after" side. Here's a picture.

There is freaking MOLD growing on the after side!! How? How? How? SICK!

I also realized I forgot to blog the end product of my last one. So again, here is day two.

And here is day six. Don't judge. I'm sure all of your houses have these lovely little microbes as well. (For your information, we are much better about washing our little scrubby head more often.) This one happened to be staphylococci. It can be pretty dangerous but it also lives on our skin most of the time. You would think that after this class I would be more of a germaphobe, but I'm still good.

Anyway, happy Sunday!