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Evaluation of the Carbon Cycle in our school
Organization(s):Maynard High School
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Grace Charron, Matthew Cloutier, Virginia Crossland, Elizabeth Freeman,
Alyssa Ray, Talal Siddiqui and Lily Weber
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:Valerie Cairns
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Report Type(s):U.S. Student Research Symposia (SRS)
Protocols:Carbon Cycle
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Date Submitted:06/01/2019
Consumption of electricity, pollution due to transportation and industrial manufacturing, and deforestation are major contributors to the human carbon footprint. To understand more about the Carbon Cycle in our area, we posed this question: how does the uptake of carbon by schoolyard vegetation compare to the emissions of carbon by the school? We set-up a site right outside of our school to estimate carbon content of the forest around us and investigate the electricity consumption of our school. We found that despite a large forest area near our school, it may not be enough to compensate the large amount of CO2 produced by our school system. We want to pursue our study to advocate for the protection of our wildlife.