Name:
Science 8
Block:
“Handshake” Activity
1. Please carefully take a cup of the mystery liquid and a pipette – do not spill
and do not touch!
2. Circulate in the classroom and “shake hands” 7 other classmates by putting
one pipette full of liquid into their cup.
3. Write down who you “shook hands with” (put your liquid into their cup)
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Student Name
4. Return to your desk when you are finished.
5. Dip the filter strip into your cup to absorb some of the liquid.
6. I will call you up one by one to test your filter for “infection.”
7. Of _________ students _________ became “infected.”
8. How many people do you think were initially “infected?” _________
9. How many people were actually “infected?” __________
10.Can you figure out where the “pathogen” originated from based on who
you came in contact with?
11.Who was “patient zero?”
12.What did you learn from this activity?