Scientist: Colm Kelleher
Scientist: Colm Kelleher
Step 1: Watch the video!
Step 1: Watch the video!
Step 2: Do the challenge! Use the worksheets and resources below to help with your experiment.
Step 2: Do the challenge! Use the worksheets and resources below to help with your experiment.
Step 3: Submit your findings below.
Step 3: Submit your findings below.
Step 4: Come back next week or try a past challenge!
Step 4: Come back next week or try a past challenge!
You can also try this experiment with any food you can make into a paste or liquid! We suggest trying it with milk or fruit juice.
You can also try this experiment with any food you can make into a paste or liquid! We suggest trying it with milk or fruit juice.
Just use the 2:1 ratio (4 spoonfuls of food, 2 spoonfuls of water), feed it everyday and record your observations!
We want to know what you discovered when you did the challenge!
We want to know what you discovered when you did the challenge!
Click on the picture above to share your data, pictures, and questions from this week's experiment.
Click on the picture above to share your data, pictures, and questions from this week's experiment.
We'll feature the research and questions you share!
We'll feature the research and questions you share!
That means other scientists can learn from your work!
That means other scientists can learn from your work!
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Scroll down to learn more! ↓↓
Use your ecosystem to bake bread:
Use your ecosystem to bake bread:
As you might have heard, yeast is an important ingredient in bread -- the same bubbles you might have seen in your ecosystem are responsible for the light and airy texture of bread. In fact, if you used flour like me, you can use your home-grown ecosystem to make a kind of bread called sourdough. If you’re interested in trying this, click on the picture above!
This Week's Challenge Datasheet
This Week's Challenge Datasheet