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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Mold Terrarium

For Students 3rd - 8th
Exploratorium helps you to grow your own mold terrarium. Includes directions and an explanation for what you see growing on your food!
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Making Mold

For Students 3rd - 8th
Thinking Fountain, from the Science Museum of Minnesota, offers a project in word and picture. With everyday items, you can grow your own mold, both bread mold and penicillin!
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Mold

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides facts about mold, health concerns with mold in homes damaged by hurricanes, and mold prevention strategies.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Mold vs. Yeast

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the characteristics of mold and yeast and how they are different in terms of structure, where they are found, method of reproduction, and appearance.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Causes Growth of Bread Mold and How to Prevent It?

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread, factors that contribute to its growth, and how to prevent its growth. Includes an experiment for growing mold on bread.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Bread Mold Facts

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread and other surfaces, types of bread molds, health risks, and some benefits.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Black Bread Mold

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what black bread mold is, what it grows on, the conditions needed for growth, its method of reproduction, how to grow it, and how to prevent its growth.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Mold Madness

For Students K - 1st
Try this at-home science experiment to learn how to grow mold.