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Yeast Experiment Sheet

This document outlines an experiment to test how different temperatures affect yeast growth. Students will add yeast to four glasses of water at different temperatures (cold, boiling, warm) and measure foam thickness over time. The variables altered are temperature and exposure to air. Other variables that could be changed include sugar concentration, yeast amount, or water volumes. Yeast cells produce carbon dioxide when breaking down sugar, allowing them to use it as an energy source. Yeast is used in bread making because the carbon dioxide it produces causes dough to rise.

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Yeast Experiment Sheet

This document outlines an experiment to test how different temperatures affect yeast growth. Students will add yeast to four glasses of water at different temperatures (cold, boiling, warm) and measure foam thickness over time. The variables altered are temperature and exposure to air. Other variables that could be changed include sugar concentration, yeast amount, or water volumes. Yeast cells produce carbon dioxide when breaking down sugar, allowing them to use it as an energy source. Yeast is used in bread making because the carbon dioxide it produces causes dough to rise.

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Group name______________________________Date______________

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Assessment criterion C
Targets:
 I can test some conditions that can affect the yeast growth.
 I can identify What variables might you be able to change in this experiment.
 I can conclude the type of respiration in each condition.

Materials Needed:

 Four large glasses


 four sachets of Baker’s yeast
 sugar, tap water at room temperature
 tap water at body temperature
 tap water; boiled and left to cool for a few minutes
 cling film
 a marker
 a pen
 a tablespoon.

Strategy:

Before you begin the lab, here are a few things you and your group need to think about.
 Which environment promotes the most yeast growth?
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 What is the chemical process occurring in each glass during the experiment?
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Your hypothesis:
What do you predict (expect) to happen in your investigation (the relation between
temperature and the rate of chemical reaction inside yeast? 
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Experiment:  

You and your group will conduct a series of controlled experiments. Before you conduct your
experiment, make sure to define your variables and your constants.
Instructions:

1. Take four glasses and add a spoonful of sugar to each one.


2. Add the same volume of water to each glass. To the first glass, you should add
cold water. To the second glass, boiling water. To the third and fourth glasses,
you should add warm water.
3. Add a sachet of baker’s yeast and measure the level of water for each glass.
4. Cover one of your warm water-filled glasses with cling film.
5. After five minutes, measure the thickness of the foam in each glass.
6. After five more minutes, measure the thickness of the foam again.

Altering variables
You have now conducted the experiment, which had several different variables. Variables are
parts of an experiment that can be kept the same or changed in order to test different outcomes.
In the yeast experiment, you performed two separate tests at the same time, what are the two
variables you altered?
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Now, can you think of other variables to be altered and why?
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Extension
What do yeast cells produce that enables them to use the sugar?
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Why is yeast used in bread making?
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