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Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS)
Post-16: Plant Project Starters
Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), these resources contain ideas for extended investigations into a range of plant topics such as growth, competition, enzyme activity and the ripening process. Also included are some practical activities investigating fungal growth. The projects are suitable for students working at post-16 level.
The materials contain ideas and also guidance on how to perform the suggested activities. Most contain information on methods and materials, although the idea is for students to develop their own investigations from these suggestions.
The topics covered include:
- Respiration changes during fruit ripening and storage
- Doubling and dabbling in duckweed
- Autolysis in yeast
- Investigating antimicrobials
- Inhibitory growth effects of conifers
- Antifungals: inhibition of fungal growth
- Ethene: plant growth and ripening
- Enzyme activity in fruits and vegetables
- Colour changes in ripening fruits and vegetables
- Catechol oxidase activity in fruits and vegetables
- Water potential during ripening and storage
- Sweet or sour? Sugars and acids in fruit ripening
- Sucrose and growth of root explants
- Investigating vernalisation and creating genetic crosses
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Investigating Antimicrobials
From Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), these materials encourage students to use disc diffusion tests to investigate antibacterial or anti-yeast properties. A wide range of products, both synthetic and natural, claim to have microbicidal properties. Students can...
Autolysis in Yeast
Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), this investigation looks at the autolysis, or cell death, of yeast. This is important, as many food production processes require the living yeast to be killed.
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Doubling and Dabbling in Duckweed
Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), the investigations suggested in this resource use duckweeds. These seem to be simple plants - small, green, and with no flowers. However, this simplicity makes them ideal experimental organisms for investigations into...
Respiration Changes During Fruit Ripening and Storage
This practical activity, from Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), investigates the process of respiration. Suggestions are given for looking at different fruits or vegetables and measuring the respiratory rate during the ripening process.
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| Subject(s) | Science, Biology, Practical work |
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| Age | 16-19 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www-dev.stem.org.uk/cx5qq |
