Investigate how fungi grows - Year 6 and P7 lesson plan

Fungi investigation

Description

Linking to the topics living things and animals and biological systems, this fun, lesson pack is aimed at year 6 and P7. Pupils will find out that yeast is in fact a fungi and will plan and carry out their own controlled investigation to answer the question, What does yeast need to grow?

This pack includes:

A differentiated lesson plan with an explanation of the science behind the investigation
A PowerPoint presentation
Instructions to create a spore print.

Simple to resource! The items you will need:

sugar
salt
yeast
zip lock bags or balloons

Year groups

Year 6

Topics

Living things and habitats

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