Who's Coming to Lunch: A Study of Mold Growth

Third graders keep a journal and record the growth of their plant everyday over a two week period. With an observation written down for everyday of the week, they draw a picture of their plant in their journal on Monday and Friday...

In this charting the growth of the milkweed plant worksheet, students use the data given to complete the growth chart, then answer 5 questions about the information in the chart.

What better way to learn about plant life than by creating a class garden? Young botanists start with a brief discussion about radishes before planting seeds and watching them grow. To determine the importance of water, sunlight, and...

If any of the limiting factors in an environment change, both animal and plant populations also change. The video explains two different models of growth and the impact of limiting factors. It highlights the carrying capacity of an...

Math and science come alive in this career-related lesson on sanitation. Along the way, learners explore bacterial growth rates using exponential notation and graphs. A link to a very brief, but vivid video shows just how quickly these...

Learners examine fungi and where it comes from.  In this mold instructional activity students determine the percentage of fruit juice in a fruit then identify the different types of mold.

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.

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.

Seventh graders discuss the importance of being able to represent scientific data in the form of graphs. They comprehend the differences between a bar graph and a line graph. Students identify the type of data with which each graph...

Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread and other surfaces, types of bread molds, health risks, and some benefits.