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Bacteria: Tiny Neighbors Everywhere | Educational Kids’ Song
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What lives in soil, water, food, and on our bodies but is usually too small to see? This curious kids’ song introduces bacteria as tiny single-celled organisms, explores how certain bacteria help make yogurt, and explains how washing with soap and water reduces the spread of microbes.
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Bacteria
Bacteria are single-celled organisms without a cell nucleus. Many are useful or harmless; only some cause disease.
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Microorganisms
Microorganisms are organisms usually too small to see without a microscope, such as bacteria and yeasts. They are not all single-celled or disease-causing.
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Lactic fermentation
Lactic fermentation converts pyruvate into lactate, allowing a cell to keep obtaining energy by breaking down glucose without using oxygen. Yogurt bacteria use this process.
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Text from the recording’s subtitles.
Song lyrics
Was verbirgt die Erde auf meiner Hand?
Aus dem Garten komm ich hungrig heim
Joghurt und Obst warten auf dem Tisch
Doch dunkle Erde klebt noch auf der Haut
Unterm Mikroskop sind Bakterien im Tropfen
Jedes ist eine Zelle, fürs Auge zu klein
Bakterien sind winzige lebende Zellen
Manche helfen, manche können schaden
Viele leben einfach um uns herum
Entdeck ihre Welt, statt alle zu fürchten
Vergrößert: Punkte, Stäbchen und Bögen
Sie leben in Erde, Wasser, Essen, auf und in uns
Bestimmte Bakterien machen Milch zu Joghurt
Diesen Wandel nennt man Fermentation
Von ungewaschener Hand gelangen manche aufs Obst
Bakterien sind winzige lebende Zellen
Manche helfen, manche können schaden
Viele leben einfach um uns herum
Entdeck ihre Welt, statt alle zu fürchten
Wasser und Seife schäumen auf den Händen
Der Schaum spült Schmutz und manche Keime fort
So gehen weniger weiter; nicht alle verschwinden
Bakterien sind winzige lebende Zellen
Manche helfen, manche können schaden
Viele leben einfach um uns herum
Entdeck ihre Welt, statt alle zu fürchten
Mit sauberen Händen mach ich meinen Snack
Language version lyrics
What hides in the soil on my hand?
Back from the garden, my stomach starts growling
Yogurt and fruit are waiting on the table
But dark earthy streaks still mark my skin
In a drop, the microscope shows bacteria
Each is one living cell, too small for eyes alone
Bacteria — tiny living cells
Some can help, and some may cause harm
Many simply live all around us
See their hidden world; don't fear them all
Magnified: dots, rods, and bending shapes
They live in soil and water, on us, in us
Certain bacteria turn milk into yogurt
That change is called fermentation
From unwashed hands, others can reach the fruit
Bacteria — tiny living cells
Some can help, and some may cause harm
Many simply live all around us
See their hidden world; don't fear them all
Soap and water bubble on my hands
Foam rinses dirt and some microbes away
Fewer can spread, though not all disappear
Bacteria — tiny living cells
Some can help, and some may cause harm
Many simply live all around us
See their hidden world; don't fear them all
With clean hands, I make my colorful snack
Keep discovering
▶2:40Audio language: EnglishSongs
What lives in soil, water, food, and on our bodies but is usually too small to see? This curious kids’ song introduces bacteria as tiny single-celled organisms, explores how certain bacteria help make yogurt, and explains how washing with soap and water reduces the spread of microbes.
▶3:05Audio language: EnglishSongs
Follow used handwashing water from a household drain into the sewer network and a treatment plant, then onward to a river that may reach the sea. This lively children’s song introduces screens, settling particles, helpful microorganisms, and the important fact that treated wastewater is not drinking water.
▶2:19Audio language: EnglishSongs
Follow Ola’s cheese-sandwich bite on an imaginary camera trip into her stomach. See how muscle movements mix the food, while gastric juice and enzymes help break it down before small portions move on to the small intestine.
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