1. By: Kylie Simkins and Mara Buerkle
Micro Organisms
By: Kylie Simkins and Mara Buerkle

2. What are microbes?

3. Microbes…
Are living things that are so small that you have to use a microscope to see them.
Are the oldest Earth form of life

4. Where do microbes live?
Microbes live in the air you breathe, the food you eat, the water you drink, and they live on your skin and inside your bodies.

5. Microbes live everywhere!

7. Microbes have good effects and bad effects on humans.
They can help us or make us terribly sick.
Good Microbes
Bad Microbes

8. Positive and Negative Effects:

9. How to avoid and treat negative effects…
Wash your hands and keep clean
Wash your fruit before you eat it
Don’t touch everything you see in public
Don’t sneeze into your hands
Don’t share drinks and food with others
Don’t eat raw meat or eggs

10. Some main positive effects microbes have on food are …
Helps preserve food
Helps bring nutrients to food
Has probiotics that can help digestion
Helps ferment food

11. Effects on food:

12. Fun Fact
Microbes eat away pollution and produces over half the oxygen we breathe.

13. Now you know all about microbes!

14. Credits:
Slide 2- scientist :
Slide 3- microbe:
Slide 4- microbes:
Slide 5- hands:
Slide 5- food:
Slide 5- water:
Slide 5- body:
Slide 5- air:
Slide 7- bad microbes:
Slide 7- good microbes:
Slide 9- washing hands:
Slide 12- world:
Slide12- happy microbes:
Slide 13- microbes: