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This section highlights to students that not all microbes are harmful by examining beneficial microbes. This lesson aims to explore the various ways and means by which we utilise certain organisms for our benefit with examples from the food industry.
This lesson highlights useful microbes needed in food production and digestion. In the activity, Yeast Races, students observe first-hand how microbes can be put to good use in the food industry by observing how yeast makes dough rise through the process of fermentation.
Activities include: