Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project was to find out if dogs, like humans, have a paw preference for their daily activities; and if dogs do indeed have a paw preference, does it corre…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if a radiometric thermography can detect Median Mononeuropathy in the articulation radiocarpalis and to establish the efficiency of the…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if child proof cleaning products, pill containers, and liquid medicines would really protect kids from successfully obtaining the substances in…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if Bantam Light Brahma chickens would prefer one color of crackeconrn over another. I believe that chickens will eat more orange and red corn tha…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Introduction- It has been recognized that when a person grows older, they experience a decline in muscle strength and stamina. To this day it is still unknown why this happe…
Zoology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals To test the potential effects of fluoride as derived from toothpaste on the fertilization and developmental process of sea urchins. Methods/Materials Forced the release of g…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To measure the effects of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, policy change that lowered the erythropoisis stimulating agent, ESA, utilization threshold fro…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Objective: To determine if changing environmental conditions influences the migratory behavior of ghost shrimp. Methods/Materials Methods: I studied the migratory behavior o…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The object is to determine if horses are magnetically oriented animals. Methods/Materials To study to prove the hypothesis, Google Earth satellite images were collected and…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals During the summer, I read an article in a magazine regarding our plant community, the most compromised plant community in the nation, coastal sage scrub. The article stated…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Do seagulls connect people with food? Methods/Materials Materials # Finger Foods # Recording Log # Camera # People (on some tests) # Brown bags # Watch Results on graph Conc…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I have had chickens for pets for two years, and the eggs they lay seem to have brighter, larger yolks than commercial eggs. I wondered why this was, and this is what led me…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out how geckos are able to walk on walls and ceilings, and if there are any materials that they can't stick to. Methods/Materials Several different…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The test provided and was based on the idea that increasing temperatures of aquatic environments affect fish's abilities to survive. To replicate their environment for the p…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to assist in the national search for the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, which is destroying domestic honeybee colonies. I sought to identify or…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project attempted to determine how temperature affects the metamorphosis of cold-blooded Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) larva (caterpillar) and pupae (chrysalis) to butt…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to study how four groups of mice habitats would affect their cognitive skills. I also sought to determine what, and how much they would learn in…
Mammalian Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals After researching a medication based on herbal components called osteophase, I have decided to conduct an experiment concerning the impact of osteophase and its herbal compo…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find the difference between an athlete's lungs and those of a non-athlete. I wanted to test the effect that staying active has on one's body,…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The San Dieguito Lagoon is a newly restored wetland with recently created homes for waterfowl. Many millions of dollars have been spent to return this lagoon region back int…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if a horse's stride length is affected by its shoulder angle or height. Methods/Materials This experiment included measurements…
Mammalian Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if lead from a hunter's bullet is absorbed in condor, bear, and human digestive fluids. Methods/Materials To represent typical…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A week-long snorkeling field-trip to Catalina began my keen interest in Marine Biology. A family friend is working on a study regarding tagged Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca).…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project determines, with the supplementation of numerical data, ants# capacity to acquire new knowledge by attempting to train them to memorize the layout of a miniatur…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science project was to determine which type of light bulb (black, incandescent, flourescent or infrared) changes mealworms to pupa the fastest. Based o…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether fish can be conditioned to recognize when they are going to be fed. Question: Do goldfish respond to certain conditioned…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of pre-induction gratings in perception of the McCollough Effect, and to establish where in the visual cortex the Eff…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Which turn is the most efficient for the transition between Backstroke to Breaststroke: the "Dropdown" turn, the "Swivel" turn, of the "Flip" turn? Methods/Materials Materia…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's Disease can only be diagnosed clinically by documenting the presence of dementia. The Alzheimer#s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) has become the de facto #gold-s…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of regeneration in earthworms is to find out whether specific severed segments will affect the different regenerative processes in either half of the worm, and…