Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to validate the ability of blood proteins TRMP1 and Clusterin to serve as minimally invasive biomarkers for diagnosis of Acute rejection in renal and cardia…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether 1 gram of bacteroidetes, 0.5 gram of bacteroidetes, or no bacteroidetes causes the most weight loss. My hypothesis…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My Ojective was to learn if desert tortoises prefer iceberg lettuce over spinach and/or romaine. Methods/Materials In this experiment i used two desert torioises, a desertli…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I came across a recent article that said a chimpanzee was able to comprehend muffled speech. I researched and found out about a parrot that was also able to identify muffled…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if chickens see color. Methods/Materials Method- Step 1: paint three different feeding areas;one red, one blue, and one green Step 2: set up th…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I play in the marching band where we use a Dr Beat when we rehearse our field shows. A Dr Beat is a loud speaker that is connected to a metronome. The beats from the metrono…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if Tree Frog behavior could help predict Earthquake activity. My hypothesis was that the frogs would climb above mid-tank and be active before or af…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I began my project by selecting twenty-six areas to collect vegetation samples. In each of these areas I measured a square yard and cut the grass (elk are grazers and eat gr…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if plant extracts can be used to modify the behavior of German cockroaches, Blatella germanica. Methods/Materials A two-choice…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals Copepods are essential food sources for captive marine animals. However, due to their slow reproductive rate in laboratories, copepods are not a viable food source for some…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The question I posed is will fingerprint patterns show similarity between siblings? After working with fingerprints for several weeks, when creating a title, a crime scene q…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals Parasitoid wasps are natural predators that are a great alternative to pesticides. Scientists are currently releasing a parasitoid wasp, Psyttalia humilis, to combat the oli…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to be able to determine if the flamingo exhibit at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo needs heaters covering the area during the colder months due to wha…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The specific aim of this project was to evaluate hand-grip strength (HGS) and hand steadiness (HS)after exercise as markers of physical activity. Methods/Materials After pro…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which soil type earthworms like best. By understanding the relationship between earthworms and soil, we can improve the growth of plants, flowers…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Objective:The purpose of my science project is to compare which calcium feed produces the strongest egg shell in egg laying chickens. Hypothesis:The inherited egg shell calc…
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…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project, is to determine the pre and post exercise pulse, respiration, total protein, and hematocrit in horses ridden in a 90 minute riding lesson. Meth…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research was exploring the correlation among toeprints and fingerprints. The first aspect was to explore the relationship between pairs of correspondin…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Because of the Mojave fringe-toed lizard#s strict habitat requirements (sand with scrub hummocks [Aeolian specialists]), many separated populations are in threat from human…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals I live on a busy intersection, Brookhurst and Hazard, in Garden Grove, California. There is a lot of traffic passing by all the time. I did an experiment for my school scien…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if there is a difference in peak flow between Filipino children and adolescents and the Caucasian standard reference chart. Methods/M…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is about finding what hay horses prefer. I believe that if I put a horse in an arena for five minutes and watch him eat three different hays, oat hay, grass hay,…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Objective The objective is to detect if age can affect how much a cat#s eyes contract when exposed to light. Methods/Materials Procedure/Materials I waited for night to fall…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To find how underwater sound affects fish feeding habits. Our hypothesizes were for the single frequency sound tests, we thought that the higher frequency sounds would affec…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Is color important to a hummingbird when choosing food sources? Methods/Materials Materials: 5 hummingbird feeders, sugar, water, non-toxic tasteless food color, journal, ca…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I will attempt to show that fingerprint patterns show similarities in family members. Methods/Materials The materials I used in my scientific experiment are fourteen human s…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to understand how different types of food affect mice's weight. Methods/Materials 1. Prepare 4 mice cages with toys, shredded paper for bedding an…
Zoology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Light-footed Clapper Rail is an endangered bird that inhabits Western coastal marshes. Light-footed Clapper Rails are shy animals and difficult to monitor for behavior a…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The term concussion or MTBI, mild traumatic brain injury is defined as a head injury with temporary loss of brain function which can cause a variety of long term symptoms, e…