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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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Which microorganism works best in bioremediation, bacteria or mold?
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A new, clean, biological way of extracting copper from ore (biolixiviation).
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What is bioremediation?
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Bioremediation Impacts on Water Quality: Effects on Urban Runoff
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Determine the contribution of water hyacinths in nutrient purification and find the rate at which they reduce ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) levels in water.
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Which plant (Euphorbia, Blue Fescue, Umbrella Plant, or Kale) would decontaminate the most amount of zinc contamination from the soil
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A Comparison of Two Potential Lead Bioremediating Plants
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Bioremediation of Greenhouse Gasses with Algae
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The Effect of Eisenia fetida (Compost Worm) in Enhancing the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soil
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Investigate the factors affecting the process of bioremediation in an oil-contaminated water medium.
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Remove pesticides from farm run off water with plants and air.
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Using Plants to Remove Pesticides from Storm Water Run-Off
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Will oil-hungry bacteria clean up better the most oil spill in freshwater or salt water?
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Test if mustard plants could be used for phytoremediation of Zinc.
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What is bioremediation?
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Microbial Bioremediation of Oil Sands Tailings
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Can mycelium be used as a viable means of remediation of both tailings water and mature fine tailings?
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Test the hypothesis that if the concentration of naphthenic acid in water is increased, the Acorus americanus (rat root) will be stimulated.
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The Abilities of Water Weeds in Removing Heavy Metal Ions
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Mycorrhizal inoculated soybean plants as a means of phytoremediation in the Alberta Oil sands.
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Investigate bacteria found on oil spots by examining the effect of the presence of motor oil on the microbes and eventually determine if they possess bioremediation capability.
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Phytoremediation: Clean Up of Contaminated Soil Containing Selenium Using the Hyperaccumlator Plant, Brassica juncea
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Optimum Sodium Phosphate Concentration for Oil Bioremediation
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Which street trees (palm, pine, and oak) are most effective in removing atmospherical carbon dioxide and pollutant ozone.
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The Ability of Baccharis salicifolia (mule-fat) to Absorb Cadmium as an Effluent: Implications for Phytoremediation
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Determine if the Jade plant and the Chrysanthemum are efficient means of filtering the chemical Benzene from an enclosed, controlled environment under constrained environmental lighting conditions.
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Investigate the possible success of mulefat in large-scale phytoremediation projects.
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Determine the viability of 'green cleaning' using rhizofiltration by looking at the efficiency of an aquatic plant such as elodea canadensis in the removal of copper from polluted effluents across a broad range of contamination levels.
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Effects of zinc on the Indian Mustard Seed (Brassica juncea) and how good of a hyper-accumulator of zinc this plant species is.
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Determine if Pseudomonas putida bacteria can enhance the natural phytoremediation of oil-hydrocarbon contaminated soil by increasing the microbial population in the rhizosphere.
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Develop a test tube model of an oil spill in order to experiment with conditions needed for bioremediation.
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How nature eliminates crude oil that has been spilled?
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Find out if lead in soil could be phytoremediated using black mustard.
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A recipe for oil spill bioremediation
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Bioremediation vs. natural degradation
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Directed evolution of alkane degrading enzymes for improved activity on natural and high molecular weight substrates.
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What is bioremediation?
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Useful Links
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Environmental Sciences Fair Books
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The Orchid Grower
A Juvenile Science Adventure Novel About Orchids & Genetic Engineering
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