Activity

Growing fungi on bread

In this activity, students design a simple investigation to explore the conditions that encourage fungal growth.

Fungi in the lab

How do you grow fungi in the lab? How do you make sure that you don’t grow all sorts of fungi when you wanted to only study one. Dr Peter Buchanan talks us through this important scientific procedure.

Rights: The University of Waikato

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

  • design a simple investigation

  • describe a range of experimental conditions to test

  • describe and record their observations.

Download the Word file for:

  • introduction/background notes

  • what you need

  • what to do

  • extension ideas.

Published: 30 April 2009