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Scientist: Dr. Anne Souders (2nd grade)

I decided to do a science project about watts and electricity. This is my website about my topic.

I went around my house and measured some electrical appliances such as a garage door opener, a fish pump, and a computer. I was especially interested in how much electricity the appliances used at night. I measured the amount of electricity using a Kill-A-Watt.

As you can see the garage door opener took the most electricity when it was not being used.

Table 1. Electricity Used (in watts)

Appliance	Night	Day
Garage Door Opener	30	570
Fish Pump	6	6
TV	4	128
CD Clock Radio	2	3
Computer CPU	1	115
Answering Machine	1	1
Night Light	1	1
Computer Monitor	0	35
Nintendo Charger	0	2
Cell Phone Charger	0	1
40W Lamp	0	38
Phone	0	3
Yard Light Transformer	0	79
Water Heater	0	58
Fish Tank Light	0	17