Students in a biology class were discussing outbreaks of food-borne illness. Modern practices of refrigeration are aimed at curbing (limiting) these bacteria. They wanted to know exactly what happened to bacterial colony growth at varying temperatures. The teacher explained that scientists study bacteria in the laboratory by counting colonies that grow on plates filled with agar, which is a nutrient substance. “Design” an appropriate experiment that would test the effect of temperature on bacterial growth. You would have a period of 5 days to conduct an experiment.