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Description

A quick game to see if Everyone can find the 'hidden germs' in the kitchen

Resources

Counters Or Coins to hide in places, think tiddlywinks sized counters

Instructions

Everyone should split into small groups.
The size of the groups should depend on the size of your kitchen area. Each group should be able to fit comfortably in the area with plenty of space to move around.
The person leading the activity should tell everyone which areas are dangerous and out-of-action for this activity. They should also run through the safety rules they noted down before they began.
The person leading the activity shouldn’t tell anyone that the counters represent germs.
The first group should spend one minute in the kitchen area hunting for counters. They should try to remember where they found each one – the person leading the activity should keep track too.
After one minute, the person leading the game should count the counters. Everyone should put them back where they found them.
Each group should take it in turns to spend a minute collecting counters. The winning group is the one that collected the most counters.
Everyone should gather back together and chat about how they worked together. Perhaps some groups split up to tackle different zones of the kitchen, or used a process of elimination.
Everyone should chat about what the counters may represent. If no one gets it, the person leading the activity should reveal that the counters represented bacteria and were hidden in places bacteria are found.
Everyone should chat about how bacteria might end up multiplying in the areas they found the counters, and how they can prevent it from happening.
For more information to support the discussion, check out the our guidance on food safety.
Everyone should work together to collect all the counters and make sure the kitchen area’s clean again. It might not work for everyone to be in the space at the same time.

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