Special thanks to Bruce and Shelly Full, my parents, who helped with general organization to make this project possible, gave their unconditional support, offered help whenever they could, and provided transportation and supplies for me to work with. And also to my grandfather Jack Phu for his dedicated help with the construction of my model system. Thank you to my sister Vivian Full for her interest and support in what I am doing, which will hopefully encourage her to succeed in the future.

Thank you to Dr. Richard Pharis and Dr. Leon Kurepin of the University of Calgary for their help in verifying the accuracy of my research notes, and reading over my logbook information. I would also like to thank Dr. Edward Johnson, Dr. Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano and Dr. Abdulmajeed Mohamad of the University of Calgary for their guidance, Dr. Christopher Hunter and Dr. Rod Blais of the University of Calgary for their help on the statistical analysis, Jon Stone of McMaster University for sending the research papers to me, and all of the other professors that kindly offered their time and knowledge to help make this project successful. And to Angela Durand of the City of Calgary : Urban Forestry Department for providing information on community establishment dates.

Thanks to Kathleen Ang for her major unconditional support, allowing me to use her printer, and her help in obtaining resources. Also, thanks to Wesley Chu for his generous help to obtain resources, and Malcolm Stagg for his brief explanation of electronics so I was able to understand how to connect my solar panels. Thanks to Mr. Ward for general project guidance and for allowing me to borrow his Biology textbook.

Thanks to Solarbotics Ltd. for their discounts on my purchase for solar panels and for providing electrical wire to me free of charge, June Chen and my uncle Norman Phu for lending me their soldering irons, and Mr. Wrightson for lending me his multimeter, helping me decide on a project focus, and asking important questions for me to improve my project.

As well, thanks to Bradon Willms, Patrick Wu, Erika Schmidt and Irene Ao for beta testing the website. And of course, to Virtual Science Fair for providing this wonderful learning opportunity and for hosting this website.

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