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How does yeast make bread rise? Discover kitchen chemistry magic in this educational homeschool STEM episode all about tiny living bakers.
Tucked inside every packet of baker's yeast is an army of invisible fungus chefs taking a long nap. When you stir them into warm water with a pinch of sugar, billions of tiny microscopic bakers wake up hungry, feasting on sweet snacks and blowing out millions of carbon dioxide gas bubbles like microscopic balloons.
Flour mixes with water to build a stretchy, rubber-band net called gluten. This squishy web traps all the gas bubbles inside the dough…
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