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College Royal 2008 |
| College Royal is the
largest university open house event of its kind North America. Each March,
the University of Guelph opens its doors to the general public in a
campus-wide open house that attracts over 30 000 visitors every year. During
College Royal 2008 a demo was setup to show how plants take CO2 out of the
environment. This demo was an interactive display where general public
especially children learned about the photosynthesis, global warming and
bio-fuels. People participated in the discussions on environment and
asked questions about different issues related to global warning and
bio-fuels.
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Photosynthesis display to show how plants take CO2 out of the environment
and fix it during photosynthesis. Plants are enclosed in a Plexiglas
chamber. When light is turned on the plant leaves start photosynthesizing.
This process takes CO2 out of the box and fix it in the leaves which result
a continuous CO2 drop in the chamber measured by Infra Red Gas Analyzer. The
results are projected on the screen.
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© 2008 Dr. MJ. Iqbal,
Department of Plant Agriculture, University of
Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
For any comments or suggestions please e-mail :
iqbal@uoguelph.ca |
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