Elizabeth has always been fond of science. She enjoys getting her hands dirty and learning all about how the world turns. This year, for Peabody's science fair, she roped in her Dad! On paper, the idea of demonstrating energy efficiency through light bulbs looked simple on paper...
Elizabeth had to sit back to watch Dad cut the wood for her special box of electricity!
Elizabeth helped Nate install single gang boxes and fixtures!
The final product!
Just so you know...you should replace all of your incandescent bulbs in your home with CFL, or better yet, LED bulbs. You will save yourself a great deal of money, both on your energy bill and on replacing bulbs year after year.
Elizabeth practiced her speech very hard. It went a little something like this:
"The first bulb is an incandescent bulb and it uses 60 watts of energy and lasts 0.9 years. (Then she would switch it on!) Next is the CFL bulb and it uses 13.9 watts of energy and and lasts 13 years. (Turn on the second bulb.) The last bulb is an LED bulb and it uses 9 watts of energy and lasts 22.8 years. (Last bulb on!)"
The kids presented during the day to the entire school and again in the evening to the community. Elizabeth said that there were so many kids at her project that her incandescent bulb burned out!
Good job Elizabeth. We are so proud of you for being so brave and putting yourself out there to share your ideas with the whole school.
Next stop, NASA!
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