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June 23rd, 2009

Kamau Hamilton, SETI Project Winner

New sounds coming up soon!


June 21st, 2009

The City of San Francisco Says My Kids’ Science Challenge Rocks!

Claire Dworsky, Water Quality Project Winner

I’m lucky to live in San Francisco, which is a great city that is surrounded by water on three sides. So people here really care about the environment. And they’re excited that I’m using science to find the real truth about what chemicals and bacteria can be found in both grass and synthetic turf soccer fields. Here are some pictures of the awards I received from our Mayor Gavin Newsom, and our Supervisor Bevan Dufty for winning the Kids Science Challenge, and for using science to find out answers that will help our city government to plan what is best for the environment in our city.090331-mayor-newsome-honor-certificate090505-boardofsupes-honor-certificate


June 21st, 2009

Plant Experiments are in Final Phase

Claire Dworsky, Water Quality Project Winner

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Carrots - turf, tap and grass water-fed

In February I started growing carrots from seed in peet that was soaked in synthetic turf runoff water, grass soccer field runoff water, and plain old San Francisco tap water. I wanted to see which plants would grow best from which water. Here it is late June already! I have just finished the third grade. And my plants are finishing their growing cycle. The results so far are: synthetic turf carrots - 9 inches tall. Tap water carrots - 6 inches tall. Grass water carrots - 5 inches tall.  Dr. Adina Paytan at UC Santa Cruz will examine the plants, their carrots, and the soil they have grown in. They have been watered every day with water from their type of field (or tap water.)  I was surprised that the synthetic turf carrots have grown faster and taller than the rest.


June 21st, 2009

My Science Project With Dr. Adina Paytan is On KGO-TV

Claire Dworsky, Water Quality Project Winner

It was very exciting to see me on TV explaining my project. You can see the video from KGO TV by clicking here.

I’m looking forward to accomplishing this big study.  My water samples are at Dr. Adina’s lab in UC Santa Cruz, and we are starting to get preliminary results from the first 10 samples.  I’ll let you know as soon as we get all of the results back.kgofilmsclaire-forweb


June 11th, 2009

Radio Disney

Lindsay Carnes, Skateboard Project Winner

My sister and I did a 30 minute spot for Radio Disney. They said it will be on Saturday morning. Sorry I don’t know what time but she did say it would be  early. We had a great time. She made it very easy for both of us. I think it was because she was great but it might be because I have done a lot of interviews. Either way I highly recommend it.