Materials and Equipment

Plastic tub or bucket Graduated cylinder (at least 100 mL) or empty 500 mL plastic bottle Tip: Use 3 if you are doing the three separate trials at the same time. Optional: Plastic wrap Packing tape Empty 500 mL plastic bottles, such as bottled water containers (7) Tip: Use 21 if you are doing your three separate trials all at the same time. A cap that fits all bottles Drill or a nail and a hammer Plastic tubing, approximately three times as long as the height of the plastic tub or bucket used. (For a 10 inch tall bucket, you will need 30 inches of tubing.) Elmer's super fast epoxy cement or a silicone sealant that works with plastics Permanent marker Measuring teaspoon (that can measure 1 tsp., tsp., and 1/8 tsp.) Sugar Measuring cup (that can measure 1 cup and cup) Warm water, typically 110F-115F, but consult the recommendations on your yeast package. Thermometer to measure water temperature Dry yeast, found in the baking aisle of the grocery store. Tip: Buying a whole jar is probably more economical than individual packets. Latex gloves Different antifungal medicines (3), each using a different type of antifungal agent. If it is not labeled on the front of the packaging, look under the "active ingredient" section on the back of the package to see what antifungal agent is being used in the medicine. Antifungal agents commonly found in nonprescription antifungal medicines are clotrimazole, terbinafine, tolnaftate, and undecylenic acid. Optional: Toothpicks Optional: Fork Lab notebook Graph paper