Double+Dippin'

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Title
Double Dippin'

Problem Scenario
Just about everyone, if not everyone, doesn't want to get sick. This project will help people not get sick by proving whether or not double dipping will put bacteria into the dip.

Broad Question
Will double dipping transfer bacteria in to the dip.

Specific Question
Will dipping a chip into dip, biting into it, then dipping it again, transfer bacteria to the dip

Hypothesis
I think that double dipping will transfer a fair amount of bacteria to the dip.

Independent Variable:
Amount of time the chip stays in the mouth and the dip.

General Plan
I plan to take a pair of fake teeth then cover them in a colored dy. I will then simulate biting into a chip with a human mouth analog, then dip the chip into the dip

Experimental Design
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Resources and Budget Table

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All Raw Data
5 out of the 7 cups had the bacteria anilog in them while the other 2 had nothing

Results
5 out of the 7 cups had the bacteria anilog in them while the other 2 had nothing

Double dipping does add bacteria but only a few microbes.

Benefit to Community and/or Science
It will help people from getting sick by having them not double dip.

Background Research
The Mythbusters have shown that the dip it self, already contains bacteria but double dipping only adds a few more microbes of bacteria. Other sites have told the same.