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Below are listed a number of science and energy activities for students, K-12. Each of them have a short description on this page and then a link to the actual activity. Some activity sheets will need to be downloaded or printed with your Web browser software. Some activities require help from an adult. Check first with your teacher or parent before doing a project.
Please note that because of lots of variables, we cannot guarantee that these
projects will work. Some have been tested, and others have been adapted from science
experiments and projects books.
 Joshua Areola Eight future scientists won 2008 Energy in Science Awards sponsored by the California Energy Commission. Their projects were selected from nearly 100 energy-related projects entered into the 2008 California State Science Fair.
Two awards of $500 were presented in the Senior Division. Logan Brabham (grade 11), Erica Fine (grade 10) and Michael Laity (grade 11) shared one award for their project, “The Potential for Vegetable-Oil-Based Fuels as a Substitute for Diesel.”
 Sarah Adams Sarah Adams (grade 11), received the second award for her project, “The Utilization of a Photobioreactor to Optimize the Growth Rate of Lipids in Microaga for Use in Biofuels.”
Awards of $250 were presented to four exceptional students in the Junior Division:
Natalya Dreszer
Travis Adams (grade 8) for his project, “Maximizing the Power Output of a Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module Through the Use of Solar Concentrators.”
Joshua Arreola (grade 8), for his project, “Let’s Heat Things Up! Making the Most Efficient Solar Hot Water Panel.”
Shyamal Buch (grade 7), for his project, “Live Green or Dye Hard: Analysis of Nanocrystal Dye-Senstitized Solar Cells Using New Low-Cost Robotic D-SCOPE.”
Natalya Dreszer (grade 6) for her project, “Algae to the Rescue! Bioremediation of Greenhouse Gases with Algae.”
2008 California State Science Fair- Special Awards Photographs
2007 California State Science Fair- Special Awards Photographs
Established in 1952, the California State Science Fair encourages students (grades 6-12) to learn about science by doing their own science fair projects, and to recognize them and their mentors for their efforts. In 2008, 953 participants from 359 schools throughout the State competed for awards totaling more than $60,000. In April 1990, the Fair was declared the Official Science Fair of the State of California as a result of Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 141. The State Science Fair is hosted by the California Science Center.
Congratulations to these students, who really wowed the judges with their energy projects.
For more information on the science fair and to view abstracts of the winners’ projects, visit http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/
For a really comprehensive list of
every science fair accessible through the World Wide Web,
both real and "virtual," go to
http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/.
Most science projects usually need the following:
- A project question (problem)
- A hypothesis
- An experiment that contains these parts:
- a control
- an independent variable
- a dependent variable
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