fairfolio
Saved Projects

Which Organic Materials Accelerate Algae Growth

CSEF · 2010 Microbiology

Vincent P. Strykers · Fairmont Elementary School, Sanger, Fresno County

Overview

Objectives/Goals Determine which organic materials such as horse manure or willow leaves can accelerate the growth of oedogonium (green algae). Methods/Materials Place organic materials in water for 5 days. Take water from the organic materials and place it in algae cultures. Test spectral transmittance using spectrophotometer. Allow algae to grow for 7 days. Test spectral transmittance again. Record difference in transmittance from first test. Results Banana peels accelerated algae growth the most in organic materials group. Willow and sycamore leaves accelerated growth the most in the tree leaves group. Conclusions/Discussion Organic materials accelerated algae growth more than tree leaves. Eggshells and horse manure almost accelerated algae growth as much as the banana peels. Organic materials would be the best option for production of biofuel rather than tree leaves.

Summary statement

How different organic materials can accelerate algae, which can be used for biofuel.

Help received

Used Mr. Whittington's spectrophotmer (teacher from sanger high school)

Competition history

  • CSEF 2010 Microbiology · Entry J1736

Resources

Related projects

Closest projects by meaning, across every fair and year in the corpus.

Browse more like this

Source: California Science & Engineering Fair public projects

Save projects to your library

Sign in with Google to keep track of projects you find interesting, organized into folders. An account also raises your daily allowance for “Has this been done?”, and lets you create a key for the MCP server with a much higher limit than anonymous use. Browsing stays public.

Continue with Google