Jaralee Annice Metcalf did the experiment last month, just as flu season was starting. She and her students took five slices of plain white bread and touched one with dirty hands, one with hands ...

The experiment separated five pieces of bread into different Ziploc bags. Before each slice was stored, it was either rubbed on classroom laptops, passed around students with dirty hands, ...

But the slices touched by dirty hands and hand sanitizer were another story: Yellow and black mold had begun to take over the bread. The worst offender of them all was the slice wiped on the laptop.

Moldy bread shows kids the importance of washing their hands. A teacher and behavioral specialist showed children the importance of washing their hands by using bread and mold in a science experiment.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Elementary school students in Idaho received a lesson on the importance of hand washing after a teacher led a hand hygiene experiment involving bread. Teacher Jaralee Annice ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Just in time for flu season, a teacher in Idaho did a little experiment to show her students the importance of washing hands and sanitizing workspaces. Jaralee Annice ...

The bread that was rubbed on the classroom laptops had turned completely black. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW Indiana Welcome, Mickey ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A science experiment showed students in one Idaho classroom that importance of washing their hands. Teacher Dayna Robertson, 38, and behavioral specialist Jaralee Metcalf, 23 ...

The experiment separated five pieces of bread into different Ziploc bags. Before each slice was stored, it was either rubbed on classroom laptops, passed around students with dirty hands, ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- With flu season upon us, Ms. Robertson's class at Discovery Elementary in Idaho decided to use bread to see just how important it is to wash our hands. "Everybody touched it ...