Penicillin Research

Hi Year 5 girls,
Here are some links to help you research the scientists that helped to discover penicillin:


Howard Florey
http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/florey/story.htm
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ho/Howard_Walter_Florey 
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/nobel/florey.htm

Ernst Chain
http://www.scienceheroes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=149
http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-Biographies/Chain-Ernst-Boris.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmchai.html 


Alexander Fleming
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fleming_alexander.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmflem.html 
http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=a_fleming

What is penicillin?

This movie was made by a high school student. He did a pretty good job!

Mould attacks an apple! Watch carefully...

Different styles of making bread

Yeast needed:

 

No yeast needed:

What does yeast look like?

This is what one yeast cell looks like:

 And thousands together under a microscope: