Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which gender has higher blood pressure, pulse, and body mass index. Methods/Materials I sent home student permission slips to all 30 5th/6th gr…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal for my project was to train bees to find key ingredients of methamphetamine. Methods/Materials I trained the bees to associate the smell of ammonia or Actifed (cold…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Osteoarthritis is the second leading cause of disability in the elderly in the United States. Cartilage injury often leads to osteoarthritis. When cartilage is injured, the…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to add the comparison of Brunneria borealis to an ongoing study of Iris oratoria and to test for the presence of pheromones. My hypothesis fo…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to evaluate if there is a correlation with thermographic assessment of vascular reactions among three distinct groups of participants using BM…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to try to increase eggshell thickness by adding parsley (Solanum malacoxylon) to my hens diet. Methods/Materials 24 laying hens, all 14 months old…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI MRI) is the current imaging modality of choice in the acute evaluation of ischemic stroke. Computed tomography perfusion (…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether adding a protein supplement(boiled hens egg) to the diet of a granivorous species of bird while it was breeding would influence the de…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this experiment was to further an understanding in protien digestion. Where does GFP get digested within the digestive tract of the C. elegans? I hypot…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals There are many types of birds which travel long distances to places were there is a lot of food and warmer weather. These are called migratory birds. Other birds typically s…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals One of my purposes was to find if there are more insects available to plovers as food in the fresh kelp in wet sand or in the dry kelp in the dry sand. My hypothesis was tha…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if environmental noises affect blood pressure. If they do, there might be a link between noise and stress. I believe that sounds…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine whether age affects the time it takes for cone cells to fatigue. When an image strikes the retina, cone cells absorb the colors…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if dog saliva has any effect on whether materials stain cloth or not. The scientific question I was trying to answer was: Does dog saliva set and cre…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out if different types of earthworms can regenerate more efficiently than other types, and if the medium an earthworm lives in has…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this project fingerprints from five families were compared umong themselves. If this is done, then it will prove that children inherrit their fingerprint styles from thei…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals to see the ability of my dog in picking out, and telling the difference between objects due to their sense of smell. Methods/Materials I take three different balls all with…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out if domestic cats would recognize all bird sounds as coming from potential prey or only ones that the cats were familiar with. Me…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Past Research has shown that DCG-IV, a group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist, presynaptically inhibits the activity of the CA3 region of the hippocampus.…
Zoology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Unlike most vertebrates, nocturnal geckos are born without any rods in their retinas, and must depend solely on their cones for nighttime vision. In daylight conditions, Hem…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals We did our project because we were interested in the eating habits of woodland birds. Methods/Materials We investigated the effects of location, environment, and seed type a…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My purpose is to determine if members of the same family have any fingerprint characteristics in common. Methods/Materials My methods were first to gather a sampling of fami…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to show that girls and boys at age eleven and twelve will have the same physical hand strength. I base this on data from government growth charts, hormonal d…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I would like to find out if there is an effect on the respiration rate of goldfish due to the color of light they are exposed to in their environment. I…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was a genetic experiment to determine if by crossing two totally different breeds of chicken, a Barred Plymouth Rock cock and a White Aracauna rumpless (no tail…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My original question was whether or not improving the fitness of one's heart would allow an Irish dancer to jump higher at the end of their dance, when they were tired. From…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover if horses have a preference as to which type of simple sugar they eat, if they will eat any at all. Methods/Materials My experime…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To find out how ants behavior and productivity is affected by beats,decible levels, and frequency level. Methods/Materials First, I prepared my six ant hills. Then, I put th…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The rate at which heart rate returns to resting level after exercise (heart rate recovery) is a good indicator of aerobic fitness. The effect of participation on school spor…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine whether the age of a subject has a significant effect on how quickly their eyes can adapt to the dim light in a darkened room and read a prepared…