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Build Your Own Algae Bioreactor
GROWTH KIT
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DO NOT Drink the algae
Adult supervision advised
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Try adding a light for added growth when it’s dark
Did you know? Rainwater contains food that the algae needs to grow
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Parts
Algae starter - provided
Recycled clear plastic bottle with cap
Colour chart sticker - provided
Rainwater
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What are algae?
Algae are tiny living things that live in water, such as in rivers and in the sea. They can grow very quickly. There are lots of different types of algae. They can be very small and you sometimes need a microscope to see them.
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Uses of algae
ALGAE
Clean air
Pollution Cosmetics Water
Food
Fuel
As living things, they need air and sunlight to make their food. Algae make the air cleaner because they take in pollution. You can use algae to make fertiliser*, foods, fuel and face creams. *fertiliser is a thing that makes plants grow faster
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1. Add algae
DO NOT Drink the Algae
Put the starter algae into the recycled bottle. We will only need a little because the algae will grow.
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2. Add rainwater School / Tinsley Forum
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Add rainwater to the starter algae. Fill up the bottle to the line.
Top Tip! Try adding a light for added growth when it’s dark
Adult supervision advised
Did you know? Rainwater contains food that the algae needs to grow
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3. Shake
Place the cap back onto the bottle and tighten. Shake the bottle with the cap on to mix the algae starter and the rainwater.
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4. Add colour chart
Place the colour chart sticker on the bottle. Remove the cap from the bottle.
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5. Leave in sunlight
DO NOT Drink the Algae
Place the bottle in an area with lots of sunlight, this is required for the algae to grow.
Top Tip! Try adding a light for added growth when its dark
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6. Shake every day School / Tinsley Forum
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Every morning and afternoon shake the bottle with the cap on to mix the Top tightly Tip! Try adding a light addedoff growth algae. Remember to take the forcap when it’s dark afterwards.
Adult supervision advised
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7. Watch it grow
1 day
1 week
2 weeks
Watch the algae grow! The liquid will become a darker green as more algae grow. Check its progress against the colour chart.
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8. Add to tank
After two weeks, the algae have grown as much as possible in the small bottle. They need more space! Your algae will be added to a big tank so that it can grow more.
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Growth chart
Day
Some algae >>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of algae
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Each day make a mark on the green that you can see in your algae bottle. Watch it grow as it becomes a darker green! The green becomes darker because algae grow by multiplying. There will be much more algae in the bottle at the end of the two weeks.
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This document has been produced by the Greening Tinsley Live Project group 2018, SSoA Rebecca Smith Bhavana Brindavan Caroline Green Elin Keyser Farah Alsaied Ahmad Fenella Snudden Jennifer MacFadyen Kezhu Chen Melissa Kirkpatrick Sarah Abdellatif Travis Mills Tom Parker William Bellefontaine Winnie Law Xiaoquin Zhang
Project Mentor Mark Parsons
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