Super Scientist Sheree

Sheree Brinch came to visit. She is a microbiologist with 'Plant and Food Research.' Sheree studies small, living things.

Sheree showed us the special gear that she wears at work to keep safe. It is important to protect your eyes and to keep your feet covered.

She talked to about good microbes which are our friends. They are in all things.

There are good microbes in all these foods.

Bad microbes sometimes give us a sore throat or a sore tummy.

Her work includes helping farmers with keeping their crops healthy, thinking of ways to sort out water shortages and keeping plants healthy.

Sheree and the other scientists at her work developed the Zespri.

She showed us a picture of roots and we talked about why these are so important.

Our experiment included wiping our finger onto a special jelly inside a petrie dish.

Oscar drew his initial onto the petrie dish.

Sheree then took the dishes away and put them in an incubator.

Here is Brendon's microbes which have grown over night.

For safety reasons we had to keep them in zipped plastic bags.

We shared our findings in groups.

The black paper made it easier for us to see our results.

We couldn't believe how quickly the microbes grew!

At the end of the session Sheree took away all the petrie dishes to dispose of them.

Thank you Sheree for talking to us about your work as a scientist and for helping us to carry out such an interesting experiment.
Caitlin was delighted to have her Aunty at school.
We are now enjoying writing about your interesting visit!