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Washing Hands: Soap Washes Germs Away

  • Kindergarten
  • Physical and Health Education
  • 1 min 2 s
  • British Columbia
  • BCK-PH-05

A hand over a sink picks up germs, shown as small green dots, and water alone rinses off only some of them. Soap bubbles lift the rest, the rinse carries them down the drain, and the video ends on "Soap and water wash germs away."

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The question this lesson answers

Why do we wash our hands?

Our hands touch lots of things.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Why do we wash our hands?

Our hands touch lots of things.

Tiny germs get on our hands, too small to see.

Here, we show germs as little dots.

Some germs can make us feel sick.

Water alone washes off only some germs.

Soap helps lift germs off our skin.

Rub soap all over your hands.

Rinse the soap and germs away with water.

Now we have nice clean hands.

Soap and water wash germs away.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Kindergarten

Physical and Health Education, Healthy and active living: practices that promote health and well-beingBCK-PH-05

Previous: Sleep: Why Our Bodies Need RestNext: Naming Body Parts: Arms, Legs, Heart and Muscles

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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