Growing Yeast
by Jennifer Coggins
Students explore the limiting factors of yeast over 2-3 days. The materials needed are yeast, sugar, water, ice, tea kettle, empty soda or water bottles, balloons, graduated cylinder, string, ruler, pipette, funnel. Students will conduct research, create a graph of their data, and more during this fun lesson!
Lesson Grade Level
6th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WnzytickdtPV5rBjbfkUlIcLGpb8UfGP/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Life Science L2: Organisms & Energy Mathematics Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT) Number and Operations—Fractions (NF) Measurement and Data (MD) Ratio and Proportion (RP) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Writing Speaking & Listening
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