Talent 21 ProjectResearch & Experiment

Information

By- Donna Tran and Jasmine Tran

Background InformationAs students we can reduce our ecological footprint on our local environment by saving energy in

our homes. The more electricity we use, the more that power stations need to generate and most power stations run on fossil fuels. If every house hold replaced their standard light bulbs with CFLs we can save about the same amount of energy as a nuclear power plant in one year. If you lower

your home’s thermostat a few degrees; for every one-degree you change, your family can save about 5 percent on your home’s heating and cooling costs. CFLs do not just save energy, but also last 10

times longer than standard ones.  

My partner and I have decided that since Donna's house is greener than Jasmine’s, we came up with an idea that allows us to compare both of our homes. This topic will help us determined if

having CFL light bulbs are better than standard ones. It will also tell us how much money you save between them. We all know that CFL lights save more energy than standard ones, but our

experiment will show how much better it is. Even though CFL light bulbs aren’t better than solar panels, they are better than standard ones and our idea will show changing standard light bulbs to CFLs, can at least save some energy. Our parents will give us the electric bill whenever they get it.

When they get the electric bill we will record the data and the electric bill comes about every month.  

The experiment that we will perform is going to take a lot of work. For example, instead of just figuring out differences between the light bulbs, we will also be saving electricity. For this my partner

and I are going to be unplugging things that we're not using, turning off electronic items or lights that were left on and is not being used anymore. While doing this, we will be saving the money and even better the environment! Even though CFL light bulbs aren’t better than solar panels, they are better than standard ones and our idea will show changing standard light bulbs to CFLs, can at least

save some energy.  

Causes and EffectsHow will what you do change your local environment?

Causes Effects

If we use more electricity the more the power stations need to generate and most power stations run on fossil fuels

If every house hold replaced their standard light bulbs with CFLs

we can save about the same amount of energy as a nuclear power plant in one year

If you lower your home’s thermostat a few degrees

for every one-degree you change, your family can save about 5 percent on your home’s heating and cooling costs

If you change to CFL lights You will not just save energy but it will also last 10 times longer

5W’s and an H

Question Think about your topic and the background.

Who can help you?

My parents and my partner’s parents

What do you already know about this?

We know that CFL lights save more energy than standard light bulbs

Where are you doing this?

At my house and at my partner’s house

When will you do this?

We will record the data whenever the electric bill comes in the mail for both of us; which is about every month

Why is it a good idea?

This is a good idea because we can show that even though CFL lights aren’t better than solar panels, they are better than standard light bulbs, and changing standard ones to CFLs can save at least some energy

How will you do this?

We will record the difference between mine and my partner’s electric bill because Jasmine’s house has mostly standard light bulbs, and Donna’s house has mostly CFL lights. We will compare the data and see which house has saved the most energy

Resources CitedWhere did you get your information from? Put the name of the place where you got the information, the URL and date you found it on the Web, publisher, page numbers, etc.

1. 2. 3.

http://www.festive-lights.com/blog/2010/how-can-we-save-energy-in-our-homeshttp://www.tvakids.com/electricity/conservation.htmhttp://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/20things.htm

HypothesisWrite a hypothesis about how you think this change will help your environment and your ecological issue.

Question Conditional Statement

If, Then Statement

How can changing CFL lights help save electricity?

CFL lights might save electricity

If everyone changes to CFL lights, then we can make our houses more greener

Sample: Most commonly, hypotheses take three formats: 1. a question, "Does temperature affect fermentation?" 2. a conditional statement, "Temperature may affect fermentation." 3. an If, then statement, "If fermentation rate is related to temperature,

then increasing the temperature will increase gas production.

ExperimentDesign an experiment to test your hypothesis

1. Start with your solution. 2. Investigate your topic-conduct background research. 3. Identify the problem -figure out what you want to know or explain. 4. Form a hypothesis. 5. Create an experiment-determine how you will find data to learn what you want to know or explain. 6. Perform the experiment-collect data about your topic. 7. Write your report-give a review of your entire process from your background research to your experimental results. 8. Make a Web 2.0 Presentation regarding your hypothesis, research, experiment, data and conclusion.

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