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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 286804" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Marg, I think that would make an AWESOME childrens' book. </p><p></p><p>I believe you are referring to jello, or gelatin. It isn't called jelly here. In the US jelly is the fruit based stuff you smear onto toast, or use to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with. It is made with fruit juice and is usually created with pectin.</p><p></p><p>What you are referring to is sold under the brand name Jello, also under Royal, or even the Walmart house brand. A standard recipe is to use 1 cup boiling water (8oz) and then 1 cup cold or ice water. It can be made with about 1/2 or 1/3 cup of water total.</p><p></p><p>This would give the consistency needed for your experience. I would say use 1/4 cup boiling water to dissolve the gelatin. Stir for 2 minutes until you don't see any undissolved crystals. Then toss in 1-2 ice cubes (maybe 3 if you have small ice cubes) and stir until ice has almost melted. If the ice melts all the way while you stir, fine. If the ice stops melting then pick out the small bits that didn't melt and give a stir to the gelatin. Then pour it into the containers.</p><p></p><p>The small gladware or ziploc "disposable" food containers would be a good choice for this. </p><p></p><p>Another way to show the spread of germs is to make up a bunch of rice. Put food coloring into the water. Ideally you would make a couple of batches of rice, using a different food color in each. If you can only make 1 batch, stir liquid food color in after you separate the rice into several ziploc bags (at least quart size bags). Make sure the colors are vivid and will show up on any surfaces you have. Yellow is not a good color to use because it can be hard to see.</p><p>Have each child stick their hands into a bag of rice (1 hand at a time if using quart size bags, 2 hands are OK in gallon size bags) and mush the rice around. It should get all over their hands. Each child should have a different color. Or groups of kids if it is in a Sunday School type setting.</p><p></p><p>DO NOT LET THE CHILDREN WASH THE RICE OFF OF THEIR HANDS. THEY DON'T NEED BIG CLUMPS OF RICE CAKED ALL OVER THEIR HANDS, BUT THEY DO NEED TO HAVE SOME RICE AND RICE STARCH ON THEIR HANDS.</p><p></p><p>Then have kids spend about 5 minutes going around the house (or yard or playground) with the colored rice on their hands. I used butcher paper from a big roll taped up on my walls to help in clean up. Kids went from the bathroom where I put the rice on them down the hall to the door to the yard. Outside they had to each move 4 items on the porch or pick up 4 items and put tehm on the porch.</p><p></p><p>Then we used the hose to wash hands off. </p><p></p><p>I had each child look at the items they handled outside. Then at the doorknob, and on the walls in the house and all over the bathroom. Even had tehm looking at the big white tshirts I put on them to keep food color off their clothing.</p><p></p><p>The kids went from "There is nothing on my hands and you are being an idiot" to "EEEUUUWWW!! That is gross!! I had NO IDEA there was so much icky germy stuff and that it spread like that!"</p><p></p><p>Even the group of 4 year olds I did this with clued in. They became far more finicky about handwashing. </p><p></p><p>I had the children take down the butcher paper and wipe off any surface they touched. We used baby wipes to clean it up because I had them handy. When they got the colored rice and starch on them it was easy to grab a new one instead of smearing the gunk around.</p><p></p><p>It would be handy to first ask the kids what they expected the gelatin filled dishes to grow. Then do the rice experiment and ask the kids to tell you what that taught them. Then they could examine the things they thought the gelatin experiment would show and decide if they wanted to change what they thought would happen.</p><p></p><p>THEN you go and examine the gelatin dishes a week or so later. Remind the kids what they first thought would happen. Then remind them of what they thought would happen with the gelatin dishes after they saw the rice experiment. </p><p></p><p>Then ask them which guesses were close, which (if any) were right on the money, and which were totally incorrect.</p><p></p><p>It would make kids, esp older kids, really SEE what happens when they walk around with icky hands.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps someone. The rice thing really opened Wiz and Jess and thank you to why they should wash hands after using the bathroom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 286804, member: 1233"] Marg, I think that would make an AWESOME childrens' book. I believe you are referring to jello, or gelatin. It isn't called jelly here. In the US jelly is the fruit based stuff you smear onto toast, or use to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with. It is made with fruit juice and is usually created with pectin. What you are referring to is sold under the brand name Jello, also under Royal, or even the Walmart house brand. A standard recipe is to use 1 cup boiling water (8oz) and then 1 cup cold or ice water. It can be made with about 1/2 or 1/3 cup of water total. This would give the consistency needed for your experience. I would say use 1/4 cup boiling water to dissolve the gelatin. Stir for 2 minutes until you don't see any undissolved crystals. Then toss in 1-2 ice cubes (maybe 3 if you have small ice cubes) and stir until ice has almost melted. If the ice melts all the way while you stir, fine. If the ice stops melting then pick out the small bits that didn't melt and give a stir to the gelatin. Then pour it into the containers. The small gladware or ziploc "disposable" food containers would be a good choice for this. Another way to show the spread of germs is to make up a bunch of rice. Put food coloring into the water. Ideally you would make a couple of batches of rice, using a different food color in each. If you can only make 1 batch, stir liquid food color in after you separate the rice into several ziploc bags (at least quart size bags). Make sure the colors are vivid and will show up on any surfaces you have. Yellow is not a good color to use because it can be hard to see. Have each child stick their hands into a bag of rice (1 hand at a time if using quart size bags, 2 hands are OK in gallon size bags) and mush the rice around. It should get all over their hands. Each child should have a different color. Or groups of kids if it is in a Sunday School type setting. DO NOT LET THE CHILDREN WASH THE RICE OFF OF THEIR HANDS. THEY DON'T NEED BIG CLUMPS OF RICE CAKED ALL OVER THEIR HANDS, BUT THEY DO NEED TO HAVE SOME RICE AND RICE STARCH ON THEIR HANDS. Then have kids spend about 5 minutes going around the house (or yard or playground) with the colored rice on their hands. I used butcher paper from a big roll taped up on my walls to help in clean up. Kids went from the bathroom where I put the rice on them down the hall to the door to the yard. Outside they had to each move 4 items on the porch or pick up 4 items and put tehm on the porch. Then we used the hose to wash hands off. I had each child look at the items they handled outside. Then at the doorknob, and on the walls in the house and all over the bathroom. Even had tehm looking at the big white tshirts I put on them to keep food color off their clothing. The kids went from "There is nothing on my hands and you are being an idiot" to "EEEUUUWWW!! That is gross!! I had NO IDEA there was so much icky germy stuff and that it spread like that!" Even the group of 4 year olds I did this with clued in. They became far more finicky about handwashing. I had the children take down the butcher paper and wipe off any surface they touched. We used baby wipes to clean it up because I had them handy. When they got the colored rice and starch on them it was easy to grab a new one instead of smearing the gunk around. It would be handy to first ask the kids what they expected the gelatin filled dishes to grow. Then do the rice experiment and ask the kids to tell you what that taught them. Then they could examine the things they thought the gelatin experiment would show and decide if they wanted to change what they thought would happen. THEN you go and examine the gelatin dishes a week or so later. Remind the kids what they first thought would happen. Then remind them of what they thought would happen with the gelatin dishes after they saw the rice experiment. Then ask them which guesses were close, which (if any) were right on the money, and which were totally incorrect. It would make kids, esp older kids, really SEE what happens when they walk around with icky hands. Hope this helps someone. The rice thing really opened Wiz and Jess and thank you to why they should wash hands after using the bathroom. [/QUOTE]
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