EXPERIMENTS

fungi types such as foot fungus can be get ridden of using
household liquids .
Vinegar, Tea Tree Oil, Listerine, and Alcohol
helps stunt the fungi spores.
This can be related to the fungi and household experiment.

climatic graph.

climatic graph

• This is a photo of the fungi/moss/mould arranged in a column. The column is of the detergent & was taken before any drops of detergent was dropped.
  

method : experiment 1.

This experiment uses 2 types of fungi- penicillium & fusarium
& moss and mould

Which household liquid will kill fungi,moss & mould most effectively?
equipment-
tweezers
1 marker
1 container lid
1 eyedropper
1 measuring cup
4 types of fungi in 4 different portions
2.5ml of washing detergent for dishes
2.5ml of bleach
2.5ml of advanced floor cleaning liquid
2.5ml of dettol antiseptic

MEHTOD:
1. Gather the following equipment
2. Set out equipment , placing container lid on a flat surface
3. Using tweezers place each portion of penicillium onto the lid
4. Repeat step 3 to the fusarium, moss & mould portions
5. Label each column using the marker
6. Measure the washing detergent with the measuring cup(2.5ml)
7.Fill the eyedropper with washing detergent and squeeze onto the first column.
8. Repeat steps 6-8 to the other household liquids
9. Allow 15 mins and record observations
10. Allow another 15 mins and record any changes

-Penicillium fungi

-Fusarium fungi

MOSS & MOULD

Results:

During each 15minute intervals (there was 3 intervals in total)
The fungi types had shown the most discoloration and affect.
3 days later, spores were thriving off the fungi types. Around the edges of the
fungi, spores were still growing out of the fungi, hence dettol antiseptic isnt the
best option . Some fungus bits were harder then the rest .
The moss had completely dried out.
The mould had no effect, but did not thrive or grow.

photos of experiment 1 -dettol antiseptic

diagram 1(on left):
The four different types of fungi and moss are collected. Instead of a petri dish a clean cup lid was used instead.

diagram 2(second ):
2ml of Dettol was dropped on the fungi and moss. The photo was taken 15 mins after the dettol had been dropped. The penicillium fungi had been affected the most. The mould had no effect. The other fungi type started to show discolouration.

experiment 1.

Experiment 1:
equipment-
* eye dropper
*dettol
*container lid
*portion of mould
*portion of moss
*portion of fusarium(mould found on rotten bread)
* portion of penicillium mould (found on rotten bread)


independent variable : dettol antiseptic
dettol solution contains-
-chloroxylenol

2ml of dettol antiseptic