CSEF · 2015
The Quest for the Easy Peeling Egg
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine how the age of an egg affects how well it peels. My hypothesis is: the older the egg, the easier it will peel. Methods/Material…
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CSEF · 2015
Therapy Paws
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to see if Therapy Dogs have a paw preference of left or right paws, because according to our research, right pawed dogs have higher success rates in trainin…
CSEF · 2015
The Role Model Effect: Optimizing Blood Macrophage Signal Transduction in a Novel Treatment Method for Leukemia
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Leukemia is notoriously difficult to detect and to treat. The current leading treatments, radiation and chemotherapy, are either indiscriminate in inducing general cell deat…
CSEF · 2015
Think Before You Drink: A Closer Look at Vitamin Water
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My purpose of this experiment was to find out if Vitamin Water is unhealthy for you, and how if it dehydrates the body in relation to Coke, and other drinks. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2015
Tracking Ancient Ancestry though DNA
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to reveal through DNA that our human spices arose over 100,000 years ago in Africa from a single founding population and that every single human being can t…
CSEF · 2015
Transgenerational Inheritance of Nutritional Programming of Longevity & Fecundity after Postnatal Dietary Manipulations
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Unhealthy diets are one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which lead to 16 million premature deaths per year; maternal and childhood malnutrition alo…
CSEF · 2015
Utilizing a Fluorescent Hsp22 Pathway to Discover Lifespan-Extending Genes in the Drosophila melanogaster
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to genetically engineer a line of flies that are capable of highlighting the genes responsible for extending lifespan in the Drosophila melanogaster#s #Hsp2…
CSEF · 2015
Variations in Heart Rate Pre- and Post-Exercise: Human vs. Equine
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out whether a horse or it's rider's heart rate would be most affected after jumping a course of jumps. Methods/Materials Stethoscope, Stopwatch, Course o…
CSEF · 2014
Abundance and Diversity of Aquatic Insects Colonizing Different Leaf Species: Does Leaf Matter MATTER?
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how different leaf species affect the abundance and diversity of aquatic insects that colonize them, and whether different leaf…
CSEF · 2014
Acceleration vs. Cell Regeneration
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see how acceleration, G-forces, affect the cellular regeneration of a fresh water planarian. Methods/Materials 60 planarians were divided into two groups…
CSEF · 2014
Allergies et Pulsus Rate in Effectu: A Study of Food Allergies and Their Effect on Pulse Rate
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Many Americans suffer from food allergies, including my mom, my sister, and myself. Allergy testing usually means needles and pain and is very difficult for children. We fou…
CSEF · 2014
A Microfluidic Device for Blood Separation and Cell Morphology Analysis Using Acoustic Microstreaming
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a fully integrated microfluidic device that can be used to automatically separate human blood cells and perform cell morphology s…
CSEF · 2014
An Echocardiographic Assessment of an Athlete's and Non-Athlete's Heart
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the comparison between an athletes heart and non-athletes heart using echocardiographic and electrocardiographic readings. I hyp…
CSEF · 2014
A Novel Breast Cancer Detection Algorithm Using Point Region Growing Segmentation and Pseudo-Zernike Moments
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Mammography has been one of the most reliable methods for early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. However, mammography misses about 17% and up to 30% of breast cance…
CSEF · 2014
Artificial Sweeteners: The Effects of Sucralose and Saccharin on the Dietary and Metabolic Habits of Mus musculus
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To record and observe the dietary and metabolic affects of artificial sweeteners such as Saccharin and Sucralose on the common mouse (Mus Musculus). Methods/Materials Materi…
CSEF · 2014
Biomarkers in Risk Prediction Model (RPM) Predicting Recurrence in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals DCIS is heterogeneous without clear prognostic indicators for recurrence defined in terms of DCIS or IC. While the Van Nuys Prognostic Index (VNPI) has been used clinically…
CSEF · 2014
Bird Biodiversity in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In this project, I monitored the biodiversity and abundance of birds in four different habitats (meadow, river-meadow, river-redwood, and redwood) in Henry Cowell Redwoods S…
CSEF · 2014
Blink and Run: Flashlight Fish
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Questions: When do flashlight fish light up the most and what may cause it? Hypothesis: I believe the flashlight fish will light up the most during a feed as flashlight fish…
CSEF · 2014
Breeding Season of the Cephaloscyllium ventriosum or Pacific Swell Shark in Captivity
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The question to be answered is what is the breeding season of the Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. The main objective was to record a definite breeding season of the California s…
CSEF · 2014
Can Ant Pheromones Communicate Food Quality?
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine whether trail pheromones used by Argentine Ants can communicate the quality of a food source. Methods/Materials Solutions varying in sugar concentrations were p…
CSEF · 2014
Can the Human Eye See above 60 FPS?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective in this experiment is to see if the high frame rate monitors of today are really worth it to gamers and if people can tell the difference. The main point of thi…
CSEF · 2014
Can Tree Frog Behavior be Used as an Earthquake Indicator to Save Lives in Developing Countries?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective in Frogs and Quakes III, is to build on the past two years of projects and see if tree frog behavior could be used as a cost-effective earthquake early warning…
CSEF · 2014
Color Genetics of the Netherland Dwarf Rabbit
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the accuracy of "The Rabbit Register" computer program's calculation of offspring produced from a chestnut to black otter breeding…
CSEF · 2014
Compositional Differences in Protein Content in Milk from rBST-Treated and non-rBST-Treated Dairy Cows
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to determine differences in chemical composition in milk from cows treated with rBST and cows not treated with rBST after the pasteurization proce…
CSEF · 2014
Differences in Gene Expression Underlie Convergence in Bioluminescent Squid Photophores
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A fundamental problem in zoology is how convergent evolution works at the molecular level. Euprymna scolopes and Uroteuthis edulis are distantly related species of biolumine…
CSEF · 2014
Differentiation of Human Adipose Stem Cells to Osteocytes and Chondrocytes
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was conducted to test the efficiency of human adipose stem cell (hASCs) differentiation into chondrocytes and osteocytes. HASCs were used to differentiate into ch…
CSEF · 2014
Do Ants Have a Sweet Tooth?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My science fair project was to see if ants preferred artificial or natural sugars. The sugars that were used were saccharin (artificial), brown (natural/non-artificial), asp…
CSEF · 2014
Doggy MP3
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals For this project we hope we can find out what type of music dog's will prefer. We would also like to find out a way to stop separation anxiety in dogs by using one of the mo…
CSEF · 2014
Domestic Felines' vs. Domestic Canines' Intellectual Capability to Comprehend Learning Specific Movements on Command
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In our experiment, we will test numerous canines and felines using different tests, research information on their brain waves, and research companionship with humans to see…
CSEF · 2014
Do You See What I See? Testing the Peripheral Vision of People with and without Dyslexia
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My initial investigative question was to ask "Do people with dyslexia have better peripheral vision than people without this learning difference?" I wanted to test the perip…