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Many homeschool science curriculums have kids make agar plates form scratch. Having make thousands of them in my university and work life, I don't think its a useful skill. Knowing HOW they are made manually is important, but I don't see value in making the actual plates. So, we read over the manual method and supplement with these plates. They are sterile and exactly what is needed. We were able to test lots of surfaces and discuss bacterial diversity and that "lots" of bacteria does not actually mean they are harmful.

I bought a testing kit for some experiments at home. The package arrived as described and the petri dishes were triple shrink wrapped, which was a nice touch. However, I encountered a problem when the agar started melting after only 18 hours of inoculation. I had placed the dishes upside down in a consistent 82° environment, but nothing could grow because after 36 hours, everything had melted.Updated: After 52 hours, I have some expected bacterial growth. A lot of the liquid was moisture buildup and NOT AGAR MELTING.I would recommend this kit!

Used for science fair project all Petri dishes arrived in excellent condition.

i got it for my friends project and it worked and looked super cool and was not hard to use

I purchased this kit for my daughter’s science fair project comparing bacteria from cats and rats. It looked like it had everything we needed, but when we opened the box, the agar petri dishes were wrapped in plastic that was visibly wet, and liquid was dripping everywhere. Since I don’t know much about agar, I asked a science teacher friend, who told me it should be a solid, gel-like substance—like smooth gelatin. A little condensation is normal, but this was way beyond that. The agar was completely unusable, so we had to return the kit and find something else. Very disappointed!

I brought to elementary school science class to teach kids importance of keeping hands clean. We used for bacteria cultures. Agar worked so well, we were able to culture bacteria’s in their hands. Plastic pretties so light kids can easily handle. Kit insert has many other experiment ideas if you feel short on that. There were plenty of material in it to get culture around the class. All enjoyed and learned, mission accomplished!

I bought other ones without success! This one you go straight to making your kids project!

Came pretty much empty and if it wasn’t empty it was pure liquid!! Just threw the whole package as there was so much liquid all over!!