Bread Experiment

Thinking like a Scientist

• Fair Testing
• Mould/How it Grows?/Where it Grows?What does it grow on? Why it grows?
• Experimenting
• What is Mould? Funge Family.
• Can you eat it?

Hypothesis:

Room 4 thinks that the mould in the bush outside with water will grow the fastest because it gets really damp outside.

On top of the cupboard/ with water

Window/ with water

Fridge/ with water

Tote Tray/ with water

In the bush / with water

Inside a desk/ with water

Underneath the sink/ with water

On top of the fridge. / with water

How much water? Measure and rule a line on the bag

Method:

1. Everyone washes their hands
2. Pass the bread around and touch it (not squish) for only six seconds
3. Everyone touches it ONCE
4. We fill up half of the bags with water up to the measured line.
5. Mr Harman Places the bread in the bags
6. We put the bags in each of the spots.
7. One bag is wet/one is dry at each spot.

Results Table:

	After 5 days	After 7 Days	After 2 weeks
Outside Stella	Eaten by a bushman	Eaten by a bushman	Eaten by a bushman
Outside Harry	Eaten by a bushman	Eaten by a bushman	Eaten by a bushman
Inside a Desk Ryan	No mould	No mould	No mould
Inside a Desk Maddie	Lots of brown dots.	Quite a bit of yellow mould	Yellow and a small patch of black mould
On top of Cupboard Mike	No mould	No mould	No mould
On top of Cupboard Miranda	Liquid with LOADS of mould	Watery lots of red mould/green	Watery lots of red mould/green
In Fridge Luke	Crusty and Stale	No mould but wet	No mould but a little frozen
In Fridge Lilly	cold/no mould	Cold and soggy/no mould	Frozen solid/no mould
In Beck’s tote tray Maxine	Squishy small brown dots	Lots of yellow mould	Squishy Yellow and Brown Mould
In Beck’s Tote Tray Damion	Squishy but no mould	1 spot of greeny/black mould	90% covered in green
Underneath Sink Raymond	No mould	No mould	60% covered in green mould
Underneath Sink Korra	Black and Purple Mould	Yellow purple green black mould	Lots of Black, red and purple mould
Control Steven	No-mould	none	none
Window Nick	Small brown dots	No mould bag is slightly moist	Small patches of green mould
Window Megan	No mould Soaking wet	Yellow and green mould	Thick amounts of yellow and green mould
On top of Fridge Alfred	No mould	Normal bag is slightly moist	Slight green mould
On top of fridge Kayley	Squished with loads of brown mould	Paste with green and yellow mould	Paste with green and yellow mould

Analysis:

We think that the bread that grew the most mould was because it was in a dark, cold and damp place. We think that the bread that grew no mould because it was stored in a cool dry place.

Action:

We think that we will not leave our food in dark, damp places because it will grow lots of yuck black, green and purple mould. Keep your bread in the fridge.