Grade Category:4-6

Team Size:1

Subject Area:Earth/Energy/Environmental

Project Type:Experimental

Language:English

Summary:

We are producing too much greenhouse gases! What can we do? Well my project can help. I am doing this project to calculate and show the fuel consumption from commuting from home, to school, to work, and back. Before I started this experiment, I thought thatusing a small-medium sized car will reduce fuel consumption than using a SUV or a large car. I also think that carpooling by using one car would also reduce fuel consumption when compared to using two cars. The materials used in this project include a pencil, apiece of paper, a clipboard, a car, a car odometer, a calculator, and mapquest. To know how much fuel we consume, I recorded the distance by using the odometer in the car while commuting from mom's work, school, and dad's work. I also had to record the distance by using the odometer in the car while commuting from home to dad's work for 3 days. Then I calculated the averages for the recorded data. After that, I would check the average distances by using Mapquest. Search the fuel consumption for the car used in the experiment. Then I searched for the fuel consumption for SUVs or large cars. Use the information and research. Finally, search for the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and add that to your conclusion.

Software Tools used in the experiment:Webpage Software

Hardware tools used:Scanner

Source of Idea:My mom gave me choices. I picked this because I thought I could learn a lot and I did.

Special Skills used:HTML

Source used for images:Google Images

Awards won for this experiment: An Honourable Mention in my school's science fair.