Gnarly Facts
Using your teeth to rip open plastic packages or chip bags can chip your teeth and transfers germs directly from the package into this part of your body.
What is your mouth?
This sticky, invisible film of bacteria constantly forms on your teeth and can cause cavities if not brushed away.
What is plaque?
To prevent spraying germs into the air, you should always cough or sneeze into this specific part of your arm. PLEASE DEMONSTRATE!
What is your elbow (or sleeve)?
Who is the tallest teacher in 1st period?
Who is Ms. Westyn!
Biting your nails or picking at your cuticles transfers bacteria into tiny rips in your skin, which can cause this painful, red condition around your nail bed.
What is an infection?
Apocrine sweat glands switch on during puberty, making this daily hygiene product along WITH SHOWERING WITH SOAP necessary to prevent underarm body odor.
What is deodorant (or antiperspirant)?
This type of tiny germ causes illnesses like the flu and the common cold, and it cannot be cured with antibiotics.
What is a virus?
What is coffee talk, lesson, study skills!
This sticky liquid is produced inside your nose to trap dirt, dust, and germs before they can make it into your lungs.
Mucus, snot!
Dentist recommend brushing and flossing your teeth how many times a day & for HOW LONG?!?
What is TWO times a day and brushing for 2 minutes!
Besides doorknobs, name two high-touch surfaces in a school building that teams should clean often during germ season.
What are desks, keyboards, water fountains, or pencil sharpeners? (Accept any two logical high-touch items).
What is the expectation at the start of lesson?
What is being ready by... stuff off desks except for paper and something to write with, attention to the teacher
If you catch a single sneeze with your bare hands instead of your elbow, your skin instantly traps up to this number of microscopic germs.
What is 100,000?
Instead of picking your nose with your fingers—which introduces new germs—you should use this paper product and throw it away immediately.
What is a tissue?
This highly contagious stomach virus is famously tough because it lacks a lipid envelope, allowing it to survive for days or weeks on hard surfaces like school desks, water fountains, and door handles; because common alcohol-based hand sanitizers cannot break down its protective shell, performing this specific action with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is the absolute best way to create friction, unstick the virus from your skin, and wash it down the drain.
What is washing your hands?
What are the currencies that are accepted at the ridge store?
What is ridge bucks!
Because your hands touch everything all day, the area underneath this specific part of your finger holds the highest concentration of germs on your entire hand.
What are your fingernails? (Or: Under the nails).
DEMONSTRATION STATION! Watch this video and then perform a demonstration of the activity for the class. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1zsazssvTng
Does Ashby approve???
To prevent passing a stomach bug to others, you should wash your hands with this combination for at least 20 seconds, as hand sanitizer doesn't work well against Norovirus.
What are soap and water?
What is the best thing about being in 1st period?