The hypothesis is that meat thawed in the microwave oven will show the least bacteria contamination.

You will prepare Petri dishes with agar, cut out cubes of irradiated chicken meat, thaw the meat in different ways, and measure the size of the bacteria growth in the Petri dish.

You will need 3 agar Petri dishes, 3 disinfected swabs, a bottle of disinfected water, a sterilized chopping board, a sterilized knife, a refrigerator with freezer, a microwave oven, a piece of irradiated chicken part, 3 beakers, and a marker pen.

The results showed that the meat thawed using the microwave had the least amount of bacteria contamination, followed by the meat thawed in the fridge. The meat thawed at room temperature had the most bacteria contamination.

This science project is interesting because it shows how different thawing methods can affect the amount of bacteria in meat.

Experiment variations to consider include using different types of food and using other thawing methods, such as thawing the meat in a container filled with water or in a disinfected plastic bag.

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