{"id":14155,"date":"2026-10-06T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=14155"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:30:55","slug":"a-slice-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/10\/06\/a-slice-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"A slice of science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2026\/10\/06\/a-slice-of-science\/img_9309\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,824\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9309\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-300x206.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-1024x703.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-1024x703.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-1024x703.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309-768x527.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2026\/10\/06150128\/IMG_9309.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Mr Young took a short break from his secondment on Tuesday 5th October to be Head Teacher for the day and, during his classroom visits, he spotted something rather unusual\u2026 b<\/span>read hanging up in sandwich bags!<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, it wasn\u2019t anyone\u2019s packed lunch! Instead, Primary 4\/5 young scientists were carrying out an investigation into germs, hand hygiene and mould growth.<\/p>\n<p>The children tested:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A control slice \u2013 untouched<\/li>\n<li>Dirty hands \u2013 handled without washing hands<\/li>\n<li>Clean hands \u2013 handled after washing hands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They also compared fresh bread with ultra-processed bread to see whether the type of bread made a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The class made their hypothesis: <em>bread handled by dirty hands will develop the most mould.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now the experiment begins: the children will be watching, observing and recording their findings over the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Young took a short break from his secondment on Tuesday 5th October to be Head Teacher for the day and, during his classroom visits, he spotted something rather unusual\u2026 bread hanging up in sandwich bags! 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