Science Museum of Minnesota
Thinking Fountain: Making Mold
Thinking Fountain, from the Science Museum of Minnesota, offers a project in word and picture. With everyday items, you can grow your own mold, both bread mold and penicillin!
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Fungus Among Us
Fungi grow from spores and fungi spores are present almost everywhere. Molds and other fungi grow in damp places. In this lesson students will grow and observe bread mold and other kinds of common fungi. Student sheets are provided in...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Bread Mold Facts
Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread and other surfaces, types of bread molds, health risks, and some benefits.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Causes Growth of Bread Mold and How to Prevent It?
Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread, factors that contribute to its growth, and how to prevent its growth. Includes an experiment for growing mold on bread.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Black Bread Mold
Explains what black bread mold is, what it grows on, the conditions needed for growth, its method of reproduction, how to grow it, and how to prevent its growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Fungi
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ever notice blue-green mold growing on a loaf of bread? Do you like your pizza with mushrooms? Has a physician ever prescribed an antibiotic for you? Learn more...
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Mold Madness
This tutorial from Bill Nye introduces the difference between mold and plants through a mold growing contest on pieces of bread.