We started a study on mold yesterday.

We talked about what mold is & where we find it.  We talked about the fact that it grows but is not a plant, but a fungus. And unlike plants which use seeds, mold uses spores.

  Spores from fungus grow by living on something else.  The air is filled with mold spores, but we can’t see or smell them.  Spores travel through the air until they find the right conditions to grow in. 

We then took two jars and placed various food items inside each, some the same, some different. We also moistened some and not others. We placed them in different locations and will continue to check on them for the next week or two.

We want to find out the right conditions for growing mold, does it need to be dark, light, dry, moist, etc.

Here are a couple sites with great info Granny's Garden and How Food Gets Rotten