Description

Overview:

This activity helps students to understand both alcoholic fermentation and the engineering design process. In the first two parts of this activity, students learn about alcoholic fermentation and test for alcoholic fermentation by assessing CO2 production by live yeast cells in sugar water vs. two controls. The third part of this activity presents the bioengineering design challenge where students work to find the optimum sucrose concentration and temperature to maximize rapid CO2 production. Structured questions guide the students through the basic engineering steps. This activity helps students meet the Next Generation Science Standards.

Subject:

Life Science

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, Career / Technical

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author:

Ingrid Waldron, Jennifer Doherty

Provider:

Serendip Studio

Provider Set:

Minds-On Activities for Teaching Biology

Date Added:

11/05/2014