Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if the use of electronic devices before bed affects the quality of your sleep. I also hope to find an amount of time you can use elec…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether the experiences and prior knowledge was superior to the better physical attributes of younger dogs at a series of test…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to use red and green filters to improve red and green shade distinction in red/green color deficient individuals. The hypothesis was that…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Globally, near shore reefs are being affected by warming oceans, which can cause widespread coral bleaching. The mechanisms of coral bleaching are well understood but less is known about how…
Animal Sciences
Mosquitoes are the main transmitter of pathogens including: Urban Yellow Fever, West Nile, and Zika viruses. Due to rising temperatures, these diseases, once confined to tropical climates, h…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of different colored lights on zebra fish fecundity. Methods/Materials To test the effects of different color light tr…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project investigated whether or not gastric mucous with chemically raised pHs would better protect the stomach's lining from gastric acid damage and mass loss, as a pot…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Our physical world consists of chemicals; many are safe, but some are harmful. Chemicals that we ingest need to be closely monitored. Bisphenol-A (BPA) is used in plastics and has been inves…
Animal Sciences
Molting is the process in which an organism sheds its skin, exoskeleton, fur, or feathers. In arthropods, molting arises at least in part from neurohormone release. Previous studies have exp…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test the effects on learning/memory and locomotion of a mutation of the gene D-Alpha 7 (Da7) (specifically the P-Delta-EY6 allele - PDEY6),…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Amphibian populations are currently experiencing a global decline, with 43% of all species listed as a threatened species.. Increased habitat fragmentation has been shown to increase the dev…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals MIT researchers stimulated gamma waves in mice brains with flashing lights to trigger microglia to clean up beta amyloid plaques (the cause of Alzheimer's Disease). The ligh…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Textiles have become the second most polluting industry in the environment, after petroleum. As a $772 billion field, businesses will need to find green, alternative solutions, due to the 2.…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of these studies is to determine potential control methods for spinose ear ticks on dairies. The studies include observations on when the animals become infest…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals We set out to determine the energetic cost for the Southern Sea Otter foraging in Moss Landing Harbor channel, a location with increased boat disturbance. This entailed answ…
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Amino acids are essential to the human diet. However, little is known about how the body senses and perceives amino acids. To study chemosensory and gustatory systems on a smaller, simpler s…
Animal Sciences
Copper mining is a crucial component of the overall Chilean economy. It generates high volumes of mining tails with signi?cant environmental risk and potential impacts on ecosystems. Most of…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Bulrush aphids, Schizaphis scirpi, colonize on leaves of cattail, Typha latifolia, while another Schizaphis species, S. acori, is usually found on leaves of calamus, Acorus calamus. Since th…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether meditation or mobile games are more effective in activating calming brain waves. Methods/Materials 40 subjects, a Muse me…
Animal Sciences
The main goal of this project is promoting conservation of Río Negro (Black River) fish diversity by helping people to know and identify local species. A practical and users-friendly tool wa…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This study was conducted to expand the minute section of human knowledge that is dedicated to the ocean and marine life. Using the data collected, the behavioral patterns of…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Fish have been used as the test subject in many scientific psychological studies. They are used as a base of animal behavioral research. The objective of our project is to d…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
One unique feature of Asian Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), one species of Weaver Ants, is their capability of weaving leaf bags in trees. It has long been believed that those leaf bags…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal/objectives in this project was to have all of my test subject's improve their average kilometer per hour speeds by introducing new mechanics that are focused on line…
Animal Sciences
The purpose of Hopping Down the Bunny Trail: Spatial Distribution of Lepus americanus Tracks is to test if Lepus americanus tracks are distributed randomly in a survey area. This year, the p…
Zoology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure the length of the worms, reproduction, mass, and the nutrients in the soil. Methods/Materials Worms, soil, ruler, soil test kit, fo…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals If the temperature of the sea water where the development process takes place is warmer, then there is higher possibility of sea urchin embryos going through each stage of g…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective for this is to discover which temperature of water combined with which strength of magnet would increase the rate of regeneration in planarian. Methods/Materia…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test how tumbling backward or forward affects a gymnast's tumbling height (the distance between their back and the floor while flipping). M…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how horses would react to different objects and to find the "Horseanality" of each horse according to the Parelli "Horseanality" type. Methods/Materi…