What was surprising, or what would you have done differently? What I found surprising during our air quality experiments was that even though LAX airport seems a promising place for increased air pollution due to the large amount of planes entering and leaving, our research did not lead to LAX having the worst air quality. Due to our sudden surprise, Dockweiler Beach was the most affected and air polluted local area with an average AQI level of 23.1, which is highly elevated than the average AQI level of 16.3 from LAX airport.-Ofelia Through this project, it was surprising to see how much research there is in relationship with air pollution, but the general public, and myself previously, lacked knowledge on this matter. -Maria I believe that we would have added more to our project given more time and will continue adding to our project. We hope to ask the public in our community for their opinions on the topic of air quality in order for us to have a clear idea of what they might think. We plan to continue working on and updating all of our technology.
Is there anything else that you want to share with judges? Sadly I think one of the biggest challenges was finding the time to complete our project. Between delaying in receiving funding to waiting for supplies to arrive it was difficult to fit all that we wanted to into the time we had. Testing at different sites in order to collect valuable data for our research was a challenge. However, I feel that this entire team has grown as far as leadership and communication goes. Despite the fact that we are all in different grades, we were able to get the task done efficiently and even bonded. I am very thankful for the opportunity we have had to be a part of Girls Build LA.- Marlene