Down To Earth Climate Change

Science Mentors Program
Through our Science Mentors Program, graduate and undergraduate students from UCR are paired with K-12 students from RUSD to work on unique science fair projects. RUSD students will have the opportunity to use UCR's laboratory resources to investigate climate science research questions and present there findings at local and regional science fairs. Check out our current projects below!

Project Title	Grade Level	UCR Mentor
Developing a toolkit to track oxygen depletion in past oceans	Poly High School	Noah Planavsky
Rainfall and exotic California grasslands	North High School	Priya Balasubramaniam
The albedo of varying roof types	King High School	Kenny Ryan & Corrie Neighbors
The influence of climate change on California stream flow	North High School	Lucas Joel
Making hay in the deep ocean: Carbon sequestration in the deep ocean	King High School	Lindsay Saum
Insulating Riverside from global warming	Ramona High School	Monia Akter
Carbon sequestration by conversion of recycled concrete to calcium carbonate	King High School	Jeremy Owens
Effective watering methods	Gage Middle School	Sarah French, Magali Lopez and Anais Monay
Marine eutrophication is not progressing at a snail's pace	Pachappa Elementary School	Ashkaan Fahimipour
Ocean acidification	Ramona High School	Megan Rohrssen
Dissolved oxygen in water	Ramona High School	Breanna Harris
Changing rainfall and the eutrophication of waterways	Ramona High School	Matt Wolak
Contaminants in stormwater runoff due to increased rainfall	Pachappa Elementary School	Laurel Dodgens
Breaking down toxins with local fungi	Pachappa Elementary School	Gerald Claghorn

Science Mentors Program