{"id":915,"date":"2023-03-17T22:04:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T22:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2023-03-17T22:15:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T22:15:12","slug":"science-fair-entry-moss-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/2023\/03\/17\/science-fair-entry-moss-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Fair Entry Moss Filters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 1,105<\/span><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/tunnel-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-917\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desktops-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/incense-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><br>How do filters affect air quality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can we measure reductions of Particulate Matter (PM) using natural materials as filters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>The Hypothesis<\/strong>: &#8220;I believe that the moss will absorb the most PM when compared to a wool, silk and industrial filter. To do this experiment I used particulate sensors and directed air over them and through a filter. This meant building filters and designing and building a testing unit.<br>In order to bring up the levels of PM as the air entered the tube, I lit incense. Data shows what we expect to see: the greatest average difference (or reduction) between the top and bottom sensors was with the moss filter.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png 576w, https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in the full report or want to contact the youth: coordinator@cleanairplan.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Grade 8 Candidate has been invited to attend the National 2023 Science Fair competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank-you to the North West Regional Science Fair Team of Organizers, Donors, Participants, Parents and Visitors. Those kids got a lot of attention, mentorship, inspiration and reward for their work and interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1,105 How do filters affect air quality? Can we measure reductions of Particulate Matter (PM) using natural materials as filters? The Hypothesis: &#8220;I believe that the moss will absorb the most PM when compared to a wool, silk and industrial filter. To do this experiment I used particulate sensors and directed air over them and through a filter. This meant building filters and designing and building a testing unit.In order to bring up the levels of PM as the air entered the tube, I lit incense. Data shows what we expect to see: the greatest average difference (or reduction) between the top and bottom sensors was with the moss filter.&#8221; If you are interested in the full report or want to contact the youth: coordinator@cleanairplan.ca This Grade 8 Candidate has been invited to attend the National 2023 Science Fair competition. Thank-you to the North West Regional Science Fair Team of Organizers, Donors, Participants, Parents and Visitors. Those kids got a lot of attention, mentorship, inspiration and reward for their work and interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,12,9,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bvld-ams-airshed","category-home-air-filters","category-purple-air","category-airqualitysensors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanairplan.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}