Use this worksheet to record you predictions, observations, and conclusions of your mold-growing experiment.
PROBLEM: What conditions make bread mold grow the fastest?HYPOTHESIS: Which conditions do you think will best promote mold growth?
Warm or cold? Moist or dry? State your hypothesis here.
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DATA: Use this space to create a data table for recording your observations
each day. Be sure to include drawings of the mold as it develops.
CONCLUSIONS: Explain what you learned from the experiment. Your conclusions
should answer the PROBLEM stated above.
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WHAT IF? What do you think would happen if you added a light source
to some additional samples? What if you further altered the moisture or temperature
levels?
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From Enviromysteries Breaking the Mold, mpt.org/breakingthemold/
copyright 2002 all rights reserved.