mouldy bread hypothesis and conclusion
My hypothesis is the dark and moist environment will have the most mould, as mould thrives in those conditions. The room temperature environment will have the least mould because the lack of moisture will not help mould grow to become bigger.
What actually happened
The bread that moulded first was the ‘room temperature’ environment,
The second bread to mould was with ‘sunny and moist’ environment.
The ‘dark and moist’ and ‘sunny and dry’ did not mould at all.
Mould will grow on bread in room temperature and sunny and moist environments. It didn’t grow on the dark and moist and the sunny and dry environments.
What actually happened
The bread that moulded first was the ‘room temperature’ environment,
The second bread to mould was with ‘sunny and moist’ environment.
The ‘dark and moist’ and ‘sunny and dry’ did not mould at all.
Mould will grow on bread in room temperature and sunny and moist environments. It didn’t grow on the dark and moist and the sunny and dry environments.
Letter to the canteen
Dear canteen,
The year 6’s did an observation of the bread from your canteen and put them in 4 environments to see which one moulded the most. The environments were
1. Room temperature
2. Sunny and dry
3. Sunny and moist
4. Dark and moist
Here are the results -
Room temperature
Room temperature moulded the most out of all of them the one I least expected moulded in just 7 days. When I discovered how short it takes for it to mould I put my bread in different environment like the freezer. So probably don’t leave your bread out on the table as it won’t last as long as the others.
Sunny and dry
Sunny and dry didn’t mould at all even after the 14 days we tested it(as I tested at home) I tested it for 30 days and it still didn’t mould, I was out standed at how long it took to finally mould, it had a speck at 24 days the graph isn’t available below. So I would suggest leaving the bread near a window to make it not mould as fast.
Sunny and moist
Sunny and moist environment bread moulded second after room temperature. The bread was completely covered with mould with only a little bit non-moulded. I would suggest not making it moist even though you wouldn't make it moist.
Dark and moist
Dark and moist didn’t mould I didn’t test this at home but I was sure it wasn’t going to mould. This was my first guess for the most mould out of all of them. So I wouldn’t suggest making it moist but it may be ok in the dark so that would be a good place.
I would suggest to put the loaf of bread in a dark and dry environment or a sunny and dry area and don’t put the loaf of bread in a room temperature environment or sunny and moist environment.
Thanks for reading
The year 6’s did an observation of the bread from your canteen and put them in 4 environments to see which one moulded the most. The environments were
1. Room temperature
2. Sunny and dry
3. Sunny and moist
4. Dark and moist
Here are the results -
Room temperature
Room temperature moulded the most out of all of them the one I least expected moulded in just 7 days. When I discovered how short it takes for it to mould I put my bread in different environment like the freezer. So probably don’t leave your bread out on the table as it won’t last as long as the others.
Sunny and dry
Sunny and dry didn’t mould at all even after the 14 days we tested it(as I tested at home) I tested it for 30 days and it still didn’t mould, I was out standed at how long it took to finally mould, it had a speck at 24 days the graph isn’t available below. So I would suggest leaving the bread near a window to make it not mould as fast.
Sunny and moist
Sunny and moist environment bread moulded second after room temperature. The bread was completely covered with mould with only a little bit non-moulded. I would suggest not making it moist even though you wouldn't make it moist.
Dark and moist
Dark and moist didn’t mould I didn’t test this at home but I was sure it wasn’t going to mould. This was my first guess for the most mould out of all of them. So I wouldn’t suggest making it moist but it may be ok in the dark so that would be a good place.
I would suggest to put the loaf of bread in a dark and dry environment or a sunny and dry area and don’t put the loaf of bread in a room temperature environment or sunny and moist environment.
Thanks for reading