Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Making Mold

For Students 3rd - 8th
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!
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Fungus Among Us

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Bread Mold Facts

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what bread mold is, what causes it to grow on bread and other surfaces, types of bread molds, health risks, and some benefits.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: What Causes Growth of Bread Mold and How to Prevent It?

For Students 4th - 8th
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.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Black Bread Mold

For Students 4th - 8th
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.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Fungi

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Mold Madness

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial from Bill Nye introduces the difference between mold and plants through a mold growing contest on pieces of bread.