Micro-Organisms - Making Bread and Cheese

Part of the series Primary Lesson Starters

This short documentary for Year 6 pupils shows how micro-organisms can be beneficial in food production.

Using the making of bread and cheese as examples, it shows how bacteria is essential to the production of some foods.

The video ends with a question designed to begin a classroom discussion on micro-organisms.

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Duration: 5:00 minutes
Published: 20 January 2010
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Primary Lesson Starters

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Stages:

KS2 | Primary

Subjects:

Life processes and living things | Science

Support Materials

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Notes on each of the seven lesson starts, with details of the problem, the question it poses and extension activity

Science support notes by primary science adviser, John Stringer (Word 66 Kb)

The individual timing for each lesson starter

Timings (Word 55 Kb)

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