Alabama Learning Exchange
Observation of Yeast Growth
Middle schoolers build an apparatus to look at how yeast cells grow by converting food to energy. They observe yeast both with and without food and see how yeast produces carbon dioxide.
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Bio Topics: To Show the Effects of Temperature on Fermentation by Yeast
In this classroom lab experiment, students measure the effects of temperature on yeast growth and reproduction.
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Bio Topics: To Monitor the Progress of Fermentation of Different Sugars by Yeast
In this classroom lab experiment students measure progress of sugar fermentation by yeast using a hydrometer.
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Bio Topics: Demonstrate the Effect of Temperature on Fermentation by Yeast
Using grape juice as the yeast's food, this lab experiment allows students to test the effect of temperature on yeast fermentation.
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Bio Topics: Direct Observation of Yeast Population Growth
In this classroom lab experiment, students mimic optimal growth conditions for yeast, and with the help of a microscope, observe and record results using a cell counting method.