Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The focus of my project was to investigate if two of the most widely used brands of fish feeds, Rangen and EWOS, are one of the major sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PC…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals As echinoderms, sea cucumbers share many characteristics with other species in their phylum, including the presence of ossicles. The objective of this experiment was to dist…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My research is to study the effects of Reactive Oxygen Species(ROS) and Oxidative Stress that affect our environment and everyday life. I harnessed the power of the natural…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals While shopping with my peers I have noticed their opinions of brand names and articles of clothing influence each other. I am interested in fashion, and I was curious to dis…
Physics & Astronomy
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine scientifically if percussing a watermelon predicts how sweet or ripe it is. I hypothesized that ripe watermelons transmitted a different sound…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This study's objective is to 1) Discover novel druggable sites absent in the crystal structure of aromatase by incorporating flexibility with molecular dynamics (MD) simulat…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Our main objective in doing this project is to spread awareness on pet obesity and get pets to lose weight, therefore giving them a better life without always being tired, a…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by accumulation of beta amyloid (Abeta) plaques in the brain and activation of caspase pathway leading to neuronal apoptosis. Curcu…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to study how temperature affects the maximum power produced by a photovoltaic. The performance of batteries decreases when the temperatu…
Environmental Science
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment's intent was to find the effect of biodiversity (more specifically species diversity as measured by the Simpsons Diversity Index) on the overall health of an…
Plant Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Plants are all around us and are essential to our survival, providing us with oxygen, food, medicine, and so much more. Despite years of research, there is still so much tha…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals We aimed to determine the effects of age, gender, and the plastic bag ban (with 10 cent fee per paper bag) on consumer bag choice at Santa Monica grocery stores by comparing…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to see how vibrational force affects the properties of dilatant fluids and how the effects can be implicated in new technology. Methods/Materi…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine which of three memory techniques, the loci method, rote memorization, and picture flash cards, is the most effective; and to determine if longer words are harde…
Physics & Astronomy
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if macro, micro, and nano scale diamagnetic materials can be self-assembled into three-dimensional structures using a magnetic field in a superpa…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Using graphene oxide to improve power output of a PEM fuel cell. Methods/Materials Graphene oxide was created using the Hummer's method and thin films were created on the po…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if common foods from Los Angeles grocery stores contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). I believe that many of the foods…
Mathematics & Software
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Computer languages such as Java can be used to code programs which simulate future generations of data based on a solid mathematical model, such as in the case of generating…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to determine if the color of birdseed would make a difference in how much birds would eat it. My hypothesis was that the color would affect how much the…
Physics & Astronomy
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment measured the effects of pressure, at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 meters underwater, on air contained in multiple containers of varying lengths, widths, and volumes.…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if children can perceive the difference between Duchenne (real) smiles and fake smiles in other children. Additional goals were to determine if there…
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build an environmental friendly carbon dioxide filter that is safe and economical for home use, as well as to determine its efficacy with d…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals American families lose an estimated $2,000 a year to food spoilage. Complex chemical reactions result in loss of taste and nutrients such as essential Vitamin C (Ascorbic Ac…
Environmental Science
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the quality of drinking water in Fresno and Clovis. Water is essential to the human body. all living organisms need it to survive. Furthermore the q…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined whether the local variables of temperature, humidity and barometric pressure influence the frequency of muon strikes at sea level. Methods/Materials…
Mathematics & Software
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal was to develop a novel test for accurately identifying duplicated content in a large text corpus and build an efficient program to detect duplicate content based on…
Microbiology (General)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives are to determine if oral bacteria will develop cross resistance to other mouthwashes and to antibiotics with repeated use of mouthwash and whether the resistan…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to increase efficiency of a microbial fuel cell. It is predicted that increased temperature and surface area will increase the voltage the microbial fuel ce…
Plant Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to measure the effects of eggshell on plant growth. My hypothesis was that the more eggshell added to the soil, the faster the plant would grow. Methods/M…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To interrogate whether ERK-related protein defects specific to synapses of the hippocampus are consistent across multiple mouse models of autism. Methods/Materials Hippocamp…