How dirty is Lake Michigan?

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Why it worked

The video taps into a common curiosity about local environments and presents a simple, visual experiment to answer the question. The unexpected positive result (cleanliness) provides a satisfying and shareable conclusion.

Summary

The video tests the cleanliness of Lake Michigan by taking water samples with swabs, adding them to a nutrient broth, and incubating them for 24 hours. The results show that the lake is clean.

Structure

1Collecting water samples from Lake Michigan
2Adding samples to nutrient broth
3Incubating the samples
4Revealing the results: Lake Michigan is clean

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How dirty is Lake Michigan? Got a nice dunk right there One more for good measure Swab is added to a nutrient broth This gives the bacteria food More bacteria food and a surface to form colonies Incubate at 35C for 24 hours Enjoy the finest literature (mine!) while you wait Annnnnd that's enough of that Rejoice! She is clean