Experiments on Algae by Thornton Academy students

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Irving Backman, a Newton Centre, Mass., resident who graduated from Thornton in 1943, has given a science class financial support to provide him with data on algae as he researches the likelihood of using the plant to make biodiesel.

The Thornton Academy Environmental Research Collaborative is a science elective with 12 students. Students in the class are performing experiments to determine what the best conditions are for algae growth.The students have been working with chlorella vulgaris, growing it in small jars and then transferring it to two-gallon tanks.

The students, through their research, have determined that the algae grows better in tap water as opposed to distilled water, and grows better under compact fluorescent lights as opposed to incandescent lights.

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