Experiment #2: MicrobesMicrobes are tiny living creatures too small to see without a microscope and are everywhere including water. Microbes include bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae. The students were asked to choose some objects in the classroom they wanted to swab for bacteria. This included a staff member’s phone, a students hand, the classroom door, the classroom television and more. The students then took these swabs and rubbed them on petri dishes full of agar. Agar gives us the ability to see these microbes with our naked eyes. Here are two examples from the student's experiment: