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🎈 Yeast Balloon Experiment

Watch living cells make gas!

🌍 Choose Your Language / Elige tu idioma

See science words in your home language!

📖 Science Words in Spanish

YeastLevadura
BalloonGlobo
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)Dióxido de carbono
SugarAzúcar
WaterAgua
Living cellsCélulas vivas
RespirationRespiración
EnergyEnergía
GasGas
ExperimentExperimento

📖 Science Words in Chinese

Yeast酵母 (jiàomǔ)
Balloon气球 (qìqiú)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn)
Sugar糖 (táng)
Water水 (shuǐ)
Living cells活细胞 (huó xìbāo)
Respiration呼吸作用 (hūxī zuòyòng)
Energy能量 (néngliàng)
Gas气体 (qìtǐ)
Experiment实验 (shíyàn)

📖 Science Words in Arabic

Yeastخميرة (khamira)
Balloonبالون (balun)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)ثاني أكسيد الكربون (thani uksid al-karbon)
Sugarسكر (sukkar)
Waterماء (ma')
Living cellsخلايا حية (khalaya hayya)
Respirationتنفس خلوي (tanaffus khalawi)
Energyطاقة (taqa)
Gasغاز (ghaz)
Experimentتجربة (tajriba)

📖 Science Words in Somali

YeastKhamiirka
BalloonBalloon
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)Kaarboon laba oksijiinta
SugarSonkor
WaterBiyo
Living cellsUnugyada nool
RespirationNeefsashada unugyada
EnergyTamar
GasGaas
ExperimentTijaabo

📖 Science Words in Amharic

Yeastእርሾ (irsho)
Balloonፊኛ (finya)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)ካርቦን ዳይኦክሳይድ (carbon dioxide)
Sugarስኳር (sukuar)
Waterውሃ (wiha)
Living cellsህያው ህዋሶች (hiyawi hiwasoch)
Respirationየህዋስ እስትንፋስ (yehiwas istinfas)
Energyጉልበት (gulibet)
Gasጋዝ (gaz)
Experimentሙከራ (mukera)

📖 Science Words in Dinka

YeastKɔnɔm
BalloonWalɔu
Carbon dioxidePiɛu ye thok
SugarKuɔn mith
WaterPiɛu
Living cellsRan wɛt
RespirationYic piɛu
EnergyMac
GasPiɛu alŋic
ExperimentTem loŋ

📖 Science Words in Khmer

Yeastដំបែ (dombae)
Balloonប៉េកពោង (Pek pong)
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)កាបោនឌីអុកស៊ីត (carbon dioxide)
Sugarស្ករ (skor)
Waterទឹក (teuk)
Living cellsកោសិការស់ (koseka roh)
Respirationការដកដង្ហើមកោសិកា (kar dak dangheum koseka)
Energyថាមពល (thamopol)
Gasឧស្ម័ន (osman)
Experimentការពិសោធន៍ (kar pisot)

📖 Science Words in Swahili

YeastHamira
BalloonPuto
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)Kaboni dioksaidi
SugarSukari
WaterMaji
Living cellsSeli hai
RespirationKupumua kwa seli
EnergyNishati
GasGesi
ExperimentJaribio

🔬 What is this experiment?

Question: Do yeast cells make gas?

You will mix yeast with sugar water. Then you will watch what happens.

If yeast are alive, they will eat the sugar. They will make gas come out.

The gas will fill up a balloon!

🧫 What is yeast?

🧪 What you need:

📝 Steps - Do this:

Step 1

Label your bottles:

Bottle #1: Write "SUGAR WATER"

Bottle #2: Write "PLAIN WATER"

Step 2

Make Bottle #1 (Sugar Water):

Put warm water in bottle (fill halfway).

Add 1 spoon of sugar. Shake it.

Add 1 spoon of yeast. Shake it gently.

Step 3

Make Bottle #2 (Plain Water):

Put warm water in bottle (fill halfway).

NO sugar! Just add 1 spoon of yeast.

Shake it gently.

Step 4

Put balloons on top:

Stretch balloon over Bottle #1.

Stretch balloon over Bottle #2.

Make sure balloons fit tight!

Step 5

Wait and watch:

Set bottles in a warm place.

Watch for 60 minutes.

Write down what you see every 10 minutes.

📊 Write what you see:

Look at your balloons. Are they getting bigger? Write what happens!

Time SUGAR WATER Bottle PLAIN WATER Bottle
Start (0 min)
10 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes (end)

🤔 Think about it:

  1. Which balloon got bigger? Why?
  2. Why did we use plain water with no sugar?
  3. What gas filled up the balloon?
  4. Where did the gas come from?
  5. Is yeast alive? How do you know?

💡 What you learned:

Sugar water balloon got BIG! Why?


Plain water balloon stayed FLAT. Why?

🍞 Real Life Connection:

This is how we make bread!

Bakers put yeast in bread dough.

Yeast eats sugar in the dough.

Yeast makes CO₂ bubbles.

Bubbles make bread fluffy and soft!