Sunday, May 14, 2023

Fungi week 5

For week 5, we enjoyed a visit from two Science Club Special Guests!

- check on our fermenting Beet Kvass (and I got some advice from Jamie and decided to invest in a bit of fermenting equipment for better results)

- review Kings Play Chess On Fine Grains of Sand with set of 7 nesting boxes

- review the questions scientists ask to decide if something is even in the Fungi Kingdom

- look at the three Phyla in the Kingdom Fungi Chart from ETC Montessori

    Zygomycota
    Green zygon, pair; mykes, fungus

    Basidiomycota
    Green basidion, small base; mykes, fungus

    Ascomycota
    Green askos, bladder; mykes, fungus

- talk with Chris Barnes & Jamie White, two students from the SIU Fermentation Studies program

Chris shared about his research project, which deals with capturing & culturing wild local cave yeast. It was fascinating and the children had tons of questions! And I'd like to offer my most sincere congratulations to Jamie! She was on the front page of our local paper this weekend!

Long, winding road: Jamie White is the first female graduate of SIU's fermentation program


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