Artefact Reflection
The item in the pictures shows bacteria growing on two agar plates. One plate shows bacteria growing on a plate that has antibacterial products and one plate shows bacteria growing on a plate that has antibiotics on it. The right plate shows bacteria growing on a plate that has antibacterial products on it and the left one shows bacteria growing on an antibiotic plate. Based on these pictures, you can see how well antibiotics and antibacterial products work against bacteria. These pictures are from the evolution unit when we were learning about how bacteria evolve and how antibacterial and antibiotic products work against it. It is significant to me because every year people get sick and doctors may prescribe antibiotics to help get rid of the bacteria
affecting you. Thus to see how these products work against bacteria in our body, is really useful. I learnt that bacteria won’t grow and the products will work but then after a while bacteria grows resistant to the products and then multiples. Based on this we can tell how antibacterial products work against bacteria in our body as well as how some bacteria can withstand the antibiotics.
You can apply this knowledge to real life because bacteria is around us every day and we all get sick. When we get sick and the doctor prescribes antibiotics, the doctor always tells us to finish all of the pills and so based on what knowledge we have we know why. It can help you understand the unit better because it shows how bacteria that can resist the antibiotic/antibacterial products, will grow when placed in those environments rather than bacteria that cannot grow. This explains evolution because certain traits may help animals but animals that don’t have that survival trait will die out. So you can see how some bacteria have the ability to grow on antibiotics meaning they have a trait that helps them survive. This trait will pass on to their offspring leading to an increased number of bacteria that can withstand the antibiotics. The unit of evolution is based on what traits organisms have and how it may ormay not help them survive.
affecting you. Thus to see how these products work against bacteria in our body, is really useful. I learnt that bacteria won’t grow and the products will work but then after a while bacteria grows resistant to the products and then multiples. Based on this we can tell how antibacterial products work against bacteria in our body as well as how some bacteria can withstand the antibiotics.
You can apply this knowledge to real life because bacteria is around us every day and we all get sick. When we get sick and the doctor prescribes antibiotics, the doctor always tells us to finish all of the pills and so based on what knowledge we have we know why. It can help you understand the unit better because it shows how bacteria that can resist the antibiotic/antibacterial products, will grow when placed in those environments rather than bacteria that cannot grow. This explains evolution because certain traits may help animals but animals that don’t have that survival trait will die out. So you can see how some bacteria have the ability to grow on antibiotics meaning they have a trait that helps them survive. This trait will pass on to their offspring leading to an increased number of bacteria that can withstand the antibiotics. The unit of evolution is based on what traits organisms have and how it may ormay not help them survive.