1. What was your favorite part of the experiment?
My favorite part of the experiment was doing the setup for it. I enjoyed the process of melting down the agar, pouring it into each dish, waiting for it to dry, and then adding the E. Coli, or in our case, Bacillus Cereus. I just thought that the process was a lot of fun, even though a few mistakes were made along the way.
2. What did you find challenging?
What was most challenging for me was making sure that all the little pieces that fit into our experiment came together. What I mean by that is, there were so many different things that we had to keep track of, such as getting the process of adding the bacteria to the agar just right, to questioning whether or not the apples would actually show a change in decomposition rate. All these little things that we had to sort out got a little jumbled together throughout the whole experiment process but it all came together, one way or another, in the end.
3. What could you have personally done to improve your work?
I think that I could have personally been more focused on making sure that everything came together. There were a lot of questions that arose throughout the whole experiment process that led to a bit of a sense of confusion about what needed to be done and when.
4. Is there anything about your experience that I should be aware of?
I'm just glad that despite all of the errors made along the way that our results reflect what we assumed in our hypothesis!
