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    Hypothesis

    Shoe smell does indicate bacteria. If a


    shoe is old and smelly, the agar plate
    will show bacterial growth. If the shoe
    is new, there will not be bacterial
    growth on the agar plate
    Key Words
    Bacteria Small single-celled organisms
    Petri Dish A circular dish used to grow
    bacteria
    Agar A jelly substance usually made
    from red seaweed that acts as
    food for bacter
    Colony A collection of bacteria
    Research
    Feet Background:Feet are an important part of your body. You use them to stand
    up, walk around, or run a race. Your feet work so hard that sometimes they get
    sweaty and stinky.

    Why shoes smell: Bacteria is the reason they start to smell. Bacteria are small
    single celled organisms that make your feet smell. They like dark and damp places
    like sneakers. When they have dark and damp places they multiply. They multiply
    when they eat your dead skin cells and the oils on your feet. After they eat they
    remove the waste from themselves by making organic acids. The organic acids is
    what gives the bad smell.
    Procedure and Material
    Get 3 pairs of new shoes and get 3 pairs of old shoes. Then you get 6 agar plates

    and 6 swabs. Next, swab each shoe and rub onto agar plate. Label each agar

    plate cover with name of shoe (new #1, New #2, New #3, Old #1, Old #2 and Old

    #3) and date. After that, you put them in a dry and dark place because bacteria

    like dark and dry places to mimic a shoe. Wait 4-5 days and observe which sample

    has bacteria colonies.


    Results
    The old shoe plates were heavily coated in bacterial cultures (They grew
    day by day). The new shoe plates were not covered in bacterial cultures at
    all.
    Conclusion
    My hypothesis was what I expected would happen. My hypothesis was that the
    old shoes (which already had odor) would have bacteria growth on the agar
    plate samples, but the new shoes would not because they did not smell
    (showing there was no bacteria there in the first place). I could improve the
    experiment by learning how to determine which bacteria is growing in the shoe
    and how to get rid of that bacteria to get rid of the smell and save the shoe and
    money.
    Introduction
    Foot and sneaker odor is a big problem for many people. The purpose of this
    experiment is to determine if there are more bacteria in old sneakers or new
    sneakers. People should care about this experiment because there are many
    bacterias that can cause odor in the sneaker and in your feet. If we can identify if
    there are bacteria in old sneakers or new sneakers than we can make something
    that gets rid of odor in the sneakers. This can save money because then you do
    not have to buy new sneakers every time they smell.
    Start of Experiment

    New Sneakers Old Sneakers

    Date: 2/1/2024
    End of Experiment

    New Sneakers
    Old Sneakers

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