| If you're looking for an interesting science fair | | | | that he'd been growing in that particular petri dish. |
| project, then you may want to read more about | | | | The rest is history! |
| bread mold science fair projects that you can do. | | | | Now that you know a little more about bread mold, |
| They are easy and inexpensive to do but also allow | | | | you can use the ideas below to help you find |
| you to follow all the steps of the scientific method. | | | | potential bread mold science fair projects. |
| It helps to first understand a little about mold. Mold is | | | | Does sodium have an effect on the growth of bread |
| another word for fungi whose bodies gather and | | | | mold? |
| congeal together to form cottony vegetative bodies. | | | | How and why does mold form on bread? |
| Not all mold is cottony, however. Types of slimy | | | | Is bread mold harmful to the human body if |
| mold are more like amoeba than their cottony | | | | consumed? Why? |
| cousins and leave a moister, slicker mass on the | | | | What are the optimal conditions for growing bread |
| molded surface. However when it comes to bread, | | | | mold? Why? |
| you will most always see the drier, threadlike mold. | | | | Does light have an effect on the growth of bread |
| Mold commonly grows on bread faster in warm, dark, | | | | mold? If so, what kind? |
| moist conditions. However, mold can grow in light, | | | | Do certain types of breads mold faster than others? |
| and some molds can even grow on frozen foods. | | | | How to grow bread mold… |
| Molds grow in varying conditions, at varying speeds, | | | | Take a cotton swab and collect some dust. Wipe the |
| in every color you can think of. | | | | dust over the bread slices you want to experiment |
| Not just a disgusting addition to old food, mold can | | | | with. Place them in a bag with a few drops of water |
| be beneficial in many ways. One of the most | | | | and seal the bag so the slices don't dry out. |
| common ways mold is used positively is to make | | | | Now you know a little more about bread mold and |
| antibiotics such as penicillin. In 1928, Alexander Fleming | | | | the types of experiments you can do. You may have |
| accidentally discovered penicillin when he found mold | | | | an idea of what you'd like to try as a project. Simply |
| growing on a discarded petri dish. The mold itself was | | | | by asking questions about things that interest you, |
| not the miracle. Fleming discovered that the mold | | | | you can come up with great bread mold science fair |
| that had grown had killed the Staphylococcus aureus | | | | projects that can be fun to do! |