Friday, March 5, 2010

More detail please?

Yes, so....

What I'm going to be doing is observing fungal and/or mold growth on different organic materials. I won't go into bacteria because I'll need a microscope and I'm sorry if I'm not dedicated enough to buy one because they're like hundreds of dollars at least..... so I take the cheapo method using a good old-fashioned magnifying glass and instinct. And, cough cough, of course, cough, "scientific investigation", cough cough.

So I'll be using materials like bread, meat, fruit and veg, cheese, and whatever else I deem appropriate, and compare fungal growth in different places i.e. in a cupboard, outdoors, sitting on a benchtop/desk, etc. Will probably have to buy petri dishes or something because I don't want fungi all over my place. The experiment will probably go for one or two weeks, and then repeated once to verify the results (I don't think more than one repeat is necessary, considering its going for one to two weeks already). I'll come up with more details as I do more research, so stay tuned.

1 comment:

  1. SURABHI!! if you need a microscope i have one :) and no it was not hundred of dollars. but it works well enough. i think. unless my lil bro broke it...
    anywho your idea sounds pretty cool. good luck!
    i shall come back to comment i hope :D
    bye!

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