ISEF · 2018
What's All the Buzz About?
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the extent that colors, location, and/or smells affect how bees locate food. Three tests were conducted using a regular, white popup table, cl…
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ISEF · 2018
Which Egg-Laying Substrate Do Crickets Prefer?
Animal Sciences
I chose to experiment with cricket reproduction because I have a lot of reptiles and amphibians to feed, and it would be less expensive to breed my own crickets rather than buy them every we…
ISEF · 2018
Who Is the Mice's King? Key Factors for Regulation of Social Hierarchy on C57BL/6 Mice
Animal Sciences Second Award
Clear social hierarchy is critical in maintaining a stable population. The social hierarchy of rodent population has been reported, but the underlying mechanism and the key regulating factor…
ISEF · 2018
Wnt6 in Progenitor Maintenance During Hematopoiesis: A Potential Biomarker for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Animal Sciences
Hematopoiesis, or blood cell development, is a strictly regulated process and the maintenance of blood progenitors requires various pathways in cells within a microenvironment. Deregulation…
CSEF · 2018
Wnt6 in Progenitor Maintenance During Hematopoiesis: A Potential Biomarker for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Hematopoiesis, or blood cell development, is a strictly regulated process and the maintenance of blood progenitors requires various pathways in cells. Deregulation of these…
ISEF · 2018
Worm Amnesia: The Effect of Taurine, Glucose, and Caffeine on Dugesia dorotocephala
Animal Sciences
Energy drinks are known for having negative health effects with a potential consequence of cardiac arrest if consumed in large amounts. The experimentation aims at finding whether or not com…
ISEF · 2018
Yogyakarta Beaches Mapping Based on Sea Turtle Nesting Beach Characteristics
Animal Sciences
Sea turtles are vulnerable species based on IUCN Red List. Several areas in Yogyakarta were noted as nesting ground for the sea turtle. Sea turtle nesting beach have certain characteristics…
CSEF · 2017
A Magnetic Surfboard: Will Sharks Be Lured or Perturbed?
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to create a 2ft high-density surfboard that repels leopard sharks using rare earth neodymium magnets. Methods/Materials 14 Neodymium magnets o…
ISEF · 2017
Analyzing the Effects of Herbal Supplements on the Heart Rate of Crayfish While under the Influence of Caffeine
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether if crayfish were given caffeine to simulate tachycardia would garlic and motherwort extracts regulate the heart rate and change their b…
ISEF · 2017
Analyzing the Role of Intralipid in the Treatment of Beta-Adrenergic Blocker Overdose in Daphnia magna
Animal Sciences
Beta-adrenergic blockers (beta-blockers) are extensively used to treat a variety of cardiovascular disorders from hypertension, arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, and angina. The rapidly g…
CSEF · 2017
Animal Magnetism: A Study of the Effect of Magnetism on Planarian Regeneration Rate
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine if magnetism has an effect on the rate/speed of regeneration of planarians, and whether or not magnetism does have an effect on the re…
CSEF · 2017
Ant Talk
Zoology
Objectives/Goals By conducting an experiment using natural sugar and artificial sugar substitutes, determine whether ants have the ability to communicate the quality of a food source through…
CSEF · 2017
Are Fish Safe to Eat? Part 2
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This science project aims to determine the presence of external and internal parasites on randomly selected fish samples from San Diego and San Pedro Fish markets and identi…
ISEF · 2017
Association Floral of the Nectar Thief Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Its Degree of Dispersion in Magallanes, Chile
Animal Sciences
Bombus terrestris is a exotic Pollinator introduced with commercial purposes , and in the last years has colonized and invaded a large part of Chile and Argentina. The first report in the na…
ISEF · 2017
A Study of the Behavior of Mus musculus in the Presence of Ultrasonic Frequencies to Test the Possible Viability of Ultrasonic Frequencies as a way to Reduce Wildlife Hazards on Roadways
Animal Sciences
Have you ever been on a highway late in the evening where nocturnal creatures begin to come out? Or even early mornings when the temperature is still cool enough for big animals to scavenge?…
ISEF · 2017
Avian Gut Passage Time
Animal Sciences
The Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) was accidentally brought to Guam post-World War II, where it managed to extirpate numerous native species and substantially decrease the numbers of o…
ISEF · 2017
Biocontrol of the Taeniopoda reticulata (Locust) Plague Using the Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Animal Sciences
An assessment is made of the effect of biological control using the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, on the Taeniopoda reticulata, Fabricius (1978) locust plague when introduc…
CSEF · 2017
Black Gold: Study of Worm Castings as Fertilizer
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see if worm castings could be an effective non-chemical fertilizer that is safe to use around children and pets. I wanted to compare diff…
ISEF · 2017
Blue Light Effect Study: Impact on Drosophila's Cognitive Ability and Gender Ratios
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Blue light is emitted from all electronic devices. Connections between multiple health problems such as circadian rhythm disorders, eye strain, and even macular degeneration correlated with…
CSEF · 2017
Break a Leg! A Study of the Correlation between Bone Mineral Density and Compressive Strength of Various Mammalian Bones
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals All animals within the Vertebrata subphylum develop a skeleton that is essential to life. Unfortunately, bones can fracture under heavy pressure or forceful hits. This proje…
CSEF · 2017
Bromelain Feed Supplement: Effects on Feed Conversion Rates in Poultry
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to analyze if bromelain, which is an enzyme, has the ability to improve the feed conversion rates in Buff Orpington chickens. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2017
Can I Have Some of That? Group Foraging in Coral Reef Fishes across Multiple Islands in the Western Caribbean
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Group foraging in coral reef fishes has been studied for many years, but the focus has mostly been on the benefits of participation to individual fish. Less is known about t…
CSEF · 2017
Can Juvenile Crayfish Combat Schistosomiasis?
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals QUESTION: Can juvenile crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, control population levels of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata? PURPOSE: This experiment tested the ability of juvenile c…
CSEF · 2017
Can You Hear Me Now?
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether people can localize sound better with one ear or two. Methods/Materials Each test subject was placed in the center of a r…
ISEF · 2017
Catch Size of Anadara tuberculosa (Black Cockle), at Charco Azul Mangrove in the Bay of Chame and Recommendations for Their Sustainable Management
Animal Sciences
The catch size of Anadara tuberculosa is key to establish its condition and state of exploitation at the Chame mangroves. There are many families at El Espave community, in Chame, that depen…
CSEF · 2017
Characterization of the Osteochondral Interface by Digital Volumetric Imaging: A 3-D Study of Osteoarthritis
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Osteochondral (OC) interface is composed of the subchondral plate (ScP), the attached articularcartilage (AC), and the calcified cartilage between. Histology has suggest…
CSEF · 2017
Color through a Dog's Eyes
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find if dogs can distinguish the difference between three primary colors. Methods/Materials Blue, Red & Yellow Felt (all the same size), various food & p…
CSEF · 2017
Comparing Changes in Local Sea Star Populations
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Sea star populations, recently hit by sea star wasting syndrome, have been declining at my local tidepools, and throughout the West Coast. Water temperature is rising, and r…
CSEF · 2017
Comparing the Effectiveness of Various Aloe Vera Solution Levels on the Regeneration Rate of Planaria
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if aloe vera can increase the regeneration rates in planaria. This is beneficial to determine how much aloe vera is needed to…
ISEF · 2017
Comparison of ELISA to RIA as Predictors of Parturition in Goats
Animal Sciences
This continuation project is new research in goat reproductive physiology by using blood plasma to accurately predict parturition. The long term purpose of this project is to create a “Goat…