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Elementary School
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4,
5,
6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Test the effects of the heavy metal copper (Cu) on an aquatic environment containing algae, worms, fish, and plants.
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A new, clean, biological way of extracting copper from ore (biolixiviation).
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Test the effects of the heavy metal copper (Cu) on an aquatic environment containing algae, worms, fish, and plants.
[E]
The Effects of Gold Mining on the Environment
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Are There Dangerous Levels of Lead in Local Soil?
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Comparing the Lead Content of Drinking Water in Various Schools
[P]
Water Pollution Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Metals
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Middle School
- Grades
7,
8,
9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Find out whether natural products, such as Dungeness crab shells and Nopal cactus gel, can filter out the metals, iron and copper, dissolved in water.
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Pros and cons of CANDU (CANada Deuterium Uranium) nuclear power generator, the way it works, its history, and its economical and environmental impact.
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High Resolution Uranium Mapping of School Sites in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, Palos Verdes, CA
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Test different Kinds of water for pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphates, coli form bacteria, iron and hardness.
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Determine if the absence of silicate or iron has a great restriction to diatoms (plankton) uptake of CO2 and thus hinder a viable solution to global warming.
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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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Test if mustard plants could be used for phytoremediation of Zinc.
[E]
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A Comparison of Two Potential Lead Bioremediating Plants
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The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Removing Lead from Floodwater Contaminated Wood
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Determine whether local soil contains dangerous levels of lead.
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Use a Color-based Test to Measure the Concentration of Iron in Water
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Using Daphnia to Monitor Water Toxicity
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Copper in the Santa Cruz Mountain Drinking Water
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Test for lead presence in different home products.
[E]
Find the level of copper in drinking water
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Are Copper Pipes a Significant Source of Copper in Drinking Water?
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Which middle school in your district has the best water quality by testing pH levels, total alkalinity, total hardness, iron levels, copper levels, nitrate levels, and nirtrite levels?
[E]
Water Pollution Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Metals
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High School
- Grades
10,
11,
12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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The Abilities of Water Weeds in Removing Heavy Metal Ions
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Corrosion of construction metals under simulated acid rain/fog conditions with high salinity
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The Effects of Upwelling, Eutrophication, and Trace Metals on the Bloom Dynamics of Pseudo-nitzschia
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Cleaning Water of Bacteria Via Silver
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Determine whether a water body contains the heavy metal copper.
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Investigate the effect of lobster shell chitin on filtering wastewater metallic ions.
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Quantify and compare soil uranium and radon concentrations at different school locations.
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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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Nasal Responses of Exposure to Ultrafine Iron Soot Particles in Mice
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Determine whether a water body contains the heavy metal copper.
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Test the affects of increased phytoplankton growth due to iron fertilization on the amount of dissolved oxygen below the water surface of an ocean environment.
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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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The Ability of Baccharis salicifolia (mule-fat) to Absorb Cadmium as an Effluent: Implications for Phytoremediation
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Lead Bullets Poisoned the Condors. Are Grizzly Bears Next?
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Find out if lead in soil could be phytoremediated using black mustard.
[E]
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How Much Mercury Are We Really Taking in?
[P]
Water Pollution Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Metals
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Environmental Sciences 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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