NAME: Paul hamilton

DATE: February 25, 2021

LAB NUMBER: #10

TOPIC: Respiration

SKILL ASSESSED: PD

PROBLEM: a baker notices that when he makes dough on a sunny day, it rises faster than on a rainy day.

Plan and design a lab to test this claim.

Criteria
Statement of hypothesis
Dough made on a sunny day rises faster than dough made on a rainy day

Aim
to investigate if Dough made on a sunny day rises faster than dough made on a rainy day

Apparatus and material

Water, wheat flour, pan, yeast, sugar, salt, eggs, mixing bowl
Methods/procedures
1. Add 25 g of flour to a beaker and then add 1 g of sugar.

SHOW FULLSCREEN

2.Take 30 cm3 of the yeast suspension in a 50 cm3 measuring cylinder. Add the yeast suspension to the
flour and sugar. Stir with a spatula or glass rod until a smooth paste, which can be poured, has been
obtained.

3. Pour the paste into a 250 cm3 measuring cylinder. Take great care not to let the paste touch the
sides – this is very important.

4. Note the volume of paste in the cylinder. Place the cylinder in one of the water baths. Record the
temperature and note the volume of paste every two minutes for about 30 minutes. A results table is
useful here.

5.Plot a graph to show how the volume of the dough increases with time. Plotting the results from
groups, with the water baths at different temperatures, on the same graph will allow comparison of
results.

Constant variable
 Yeast respiration rate
 Dough expansion, AKA rising
 Dough or bread texture
 Dough pore size, AKA bubble size
 Taste

Manipulated variable
 Sugar level
 Rise time
 Temperature
 Water content