Yeasty Science: Weekly Science Project Idea and Home Science Activity Spotlight
In this week's spotlight: a microbiology-themed family science experiment and science fair project. What conditions cause yeasts to be most active during fermentation? You and your students can find out by growing yeasts in different conditions and then using balloons to trap the gas released by the yeasts during fermentation so that you can measure it.
- Yeasty Beasties (full Science Buddies Project Idea)
- Single-Celled Science: Yeasty Beasties (science activity at Scientific American)
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