STEM Investigations: Is Yeast Alive?
Product Details & Documents
What makes something living?.
- Aligned to NGSS
- Disciplinary core ideas: PS1.A; LS1.B; LS1.C; ETS1.B; ETS1.C
- Performance expectations: 2-PS1-1; 3-LS1-1; MS-LS1-7; MS-ETS1-3
- Cross cutting concepts: patterns, energy and matter
- Engineering practices: planning and carrying out investigations; developing and using models; analyzing and interpreting data
There are certain characteristics that the scientific community uses to determine whether something could be considered living. On first observation, yeast does not look like a typical living thing. In this activity, students will hypothesize about yeast and then test to see if their hypothesis is correct. Using this information they will be able to come to a conclusion to the question of whether yeast is alive. Kit contains enough materials for 15 groups.
Delivery information: Teacher’s guide and student study guide copy masters are included.
Caution: Warning: CHOKING HAZARD
Children under eight yeras can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons. Adult supervision required. Keep uninflated balloons away from children. Discard broken balloons at once.
Documents
STEM Investigation Kit for Yeast.pdf
Additional Product Details
Specifications
- Description:Is Yeast Alive?
- No. of lab groups:15
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