This is a great way to link Science and Art! Get the children inspired by shapes and textures found in cells and bacteria growth by showing examples of petri dishes. Then get them to glue small materials such as beads, pipe cleaners, cotton buds, straws and felt into science petri dishes. Make sure they think about how they could manipulate these materials to look like a growth of bacteria and living organisms. Then come up with some names…perhaps - Blueblob Jellyspongus…