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Elementary School
- Grades
4,
5,
6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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What kind of ice melting products work the fastest and damage plant life the least?
[P]
[P]
Are There Dangerous Levels of Lead in Local Soil?
[E]
Can You Create an "Antifreeze" out of Frost Hardy Plants?
[E]
The Effect of Deicer Salt on the Growth of Barley
[P]
The Effect of Fertilizer on the Hatching Rate of African Dwarf Frogs
[E]
Effect of 1940's Land Use On Arsenic Levels in The Soil Today
[P]
The Effect of Antifreeze Type and Concentration on Soybean Growth
[P]
Determine the effect of detergents on plant growth
[P]
[P]
[P]
How different deicers affect the survival of plants and animals?
[P]
[P]
[P]
[P]
[P]
What is the effect of various fertilizers on radish plants?
[P]
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Middle School
- Grades
7,
8,
9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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The Effects of Everyday Chemicals on Grass and Plants
[E]
Are 'Green' Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional Detergents?
[E]
Which plant (Euphorbia, Blue Fescue, Umbrella Plant, or Kale) would decontaminate the most amount of zinc contamination from the soil
[E]
Use photolysis to test for foreign chemicals in our soil, food and water supply
[E]
Compact Flourescent Lamps or Carelessly Fouling Landfills?
[E]
Comparing Different Soil Types in Transporting Toxic Chemicals
[E]
The Effect of Deicer on the Movement of Earthworms
[P]
Effect of Chlorine Concentration on the Germination of Soybeans
[P]
Determine how long pesticide will remain toxic in different soils and in different environments.
[E]
Is Soil at Old Gas Station Sites Contaminated by Petroleum Components?
[E]
[E]
Determine whether local soil contains dangerous levels of lead.
[E]
Determine how limiting the amount of water applied to soil will affect the nitrification process from the over-use of nitrogen-based fertilizers.
[E]
Absorption of pollutants and pesticides in different soil types.
[E]
[E]
[P]
Determine the effect of detergents on plant growth.
[P]
Determine the efficacy of water-absorbing polymers in absorbing liquid contaminants in soil.
[E]
Does temperature affect the rate of soil nitrification and denitrification?
[P]
Find a biotic alternative to road salt
[P]
The Effects of Tobacco on Land Hermit Crabs
[E]
High Resolution Uranium Mapping of School Sites in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, Palos Verdes, CA
[E]
Investigate how well natural materials absorb pesticides and herbicides from soil.
[E]
Compare the effects of a variety of additives on the vitrification of hazardous materials.
[P]
Identify and Quantifying Soil Pollutants
[E]
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High School
- Grades
10,
11,
12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Phytoremediation: Clean Up of Contaminated Soil Containing Selenium Using the Hyperaccumlator Plant, Brassica juncea
[E]
Determine how quickly different pollutants would travel through different soils.
[E]
Quantify and compare soil uranium and radon concentrations at different school locations.
[E]
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
[R]
Environmental Sciences Resources
[R]
Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
[R]
Safety Resources
[R]
[R]
Environmental Sciences Fair Books
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The Orchid Grower
A Juvenile Science Adventure Novel About Orchids & Genetic Engineering
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