Question: How will the different stores affect the

amount of bacteria?
Materials:

Agar
6 petri dishes
6 Stores
6 Swabs (Q-Tips)
Light from the sun or a lamp
Water
Ziplock bags
Poster Board
Transparency Paper
Background Research:
Forever 21
Clothing Store
568 Broadway (btwn Houston & Prince St.), New York, NY 10012
Directions (212) 941-5949 @forever21 forever21.com
8.2/10 Based on 295 votes People like this place
Total Visitors 3,172
Total Check-ins 4,352


Urban Outfitters
Clothing Store
628 Broadway (btwn Bleecker & E Houston St.), New York, NY 10012
Directions (212) 475-0009 @urbanoutfitters urbanoutfitters.com/urban/index.jsp
9.0/10 Based on 909 votes Lots of people like this place
Total Visitors 8,178
Total Check- ins 11,851
H&M
Clothing Store, Women's Store, and Men's Store
558 Broadway (btwn Prince St. & Spring St.), New York, NY 10012
Directions (855) 466-7467 @hmusa facebook.com/hm
8.0/10 Based on 683 votes Lots of people like this place
Total Visitors 6,882
Total Check-ins 9,499
American Eagle Outfitters
Clothing Store
599 Broadway (at W Houston St), New York, NY 10012
Directions (212) 941-9785 @aeo ae.com
8.4/10 Based on 256 votes People like this place
Total Visitors 2,351
Total Check-ins 4,134


Women's Store and Boutique
518 Broadway (Spring and Broome), New York, NY 10012
Directions (646) 707-3119 @brandyusa brandymelvilleusa.com
8.5/10Based on 279 votes Lots of people like this place
Total Visitors 2,281
Total Check-ins 3,252

Shoe Store
560 Broadway (btwn Prince & Spring), New York, NY 10012
Directions (212) 966-1099
9.1/10 Based on 479 votes Lots of people like this place
Total Visitors 4,980
Total Check-ins 8,342











Hypothesis:
If the 6 different stores, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Converse, American Eagle,
Brandy Melville, and H&Ms bacterias grow, then Urban Outfitters will have the most
bacteria because we know that bacteria grows from the dirtiest places, and the more
visitors there are in the store, the more dirty the place will be which leads the store to
have more bacteria, and through our background research, we found out that the total
visitors in Urban Outfitters is 8,178 which is the most visitors from all the stores that we
chose to research on while we predict that Brandy Melville will have the least bacteria
since from our background research, Brandy Melville total visitors is 2,281, which is the
least visitors from all the stores that we chose to research on.













Materials:

Agar
6 petri dishes
6 Stores
6 Swabs (Q-Tips)
Light from the sun or a lamp
Water
Ziplock bags
Poster Board
Transparency Paper



Procedure
Step 1: Gather all materials.
Step 2: Put agar in each of the 6 petri dishes. (Our kit comes
with agar in the petri dishes.)
Step 3: Pick 6 stores that are very well known.
Step 4: Go to each of the 6 stores. Take a swab/ Q-Tips and put
it in water.
Step 5: Swab the floor with the swabs/ Q-Tips and LIGHTLY
draw a squiggly line in the agar.
Step 6: Close the lid of the petri dishes and label the name of the
store on a piece of paper and tape it on the petri dish.
Step 7: Take a zipper-lock bag or Ziplock bag for each petri dish
and put the petri dish inside the Ziplock bag. Remember: NEVER
OPEN THE ZIPLOCK BAG!

Step 8: Put the petri dishes in a 98 degrees place. We didnt
have a 98 degrees place so we put the petri dishes in a box and
put a tiny lamp over it. The lamp will help the bacterias to grow
since the light from the lamp will make the temperature around
98 degrees. We also put the box outside where the sun is since
the temperature outside is around 98 degrees and the sun will
give heat which will help the bacterias grow.
Step 9: Draw the bacteria that is growing
Step 10: Take data and take pictures of each petri dish
everyday.