Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals We are trying to prove that gender has influence over the intelligence level in mice. We believe that male mice will be smarter based on the fact that they may have evolved…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to better understand joint cracking. This experiment analyzes differences between the sexes, which joints are involved, what percent of people are…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to identify the most reliable and cost effective solution which will reduce nitrates, nitrites, and phosphates in poultry manure. Methods/Mate…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To study the prevalence of plaque rupture, plaque erosion, and fibrocalcific nodule in culprit lesions defined by optical coherence tomography in male and female patients pr…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to see if synthetic pheromone can cause mating disruption in the Indian meal moth. Methods/Materials Pupae were separated into glass tubes…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if chickens were blind to purple, or if it is an old family myth, and they stay away from it due to natural instinct from purple things being poisono…
Zoology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Determine the role that mitochondria plays in Drosophila melanogaster lifespan Methods/Materials Flies and Daily Care: This experiment uses flies with mitochondria that are…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals If I lay out different colored towels on the beach and put food on each of them I predict that Seagulls are attracted to color and they are attracted to the bright color blu…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment tested a method of differentiating male and female Market Squids based on the squids' mantle to arm length ratio. Methods/Materials One hundred and fifty thr…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine side dominance for subjects and better understand how the body and brain work together. Methods/Materials 1. Set up a quiet room w…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Hummingbirds are amazing creatures, and many people hang feeders to watch the hummingbirds up close in their own backyards. The purpose of my project was to determine if Ann…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Stress is the body's reaction to a change that requires a physical,mental,or emotional behavior. Stress is a normal reaction that happens in our daily lives. Physiologically…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Mathematical models of the heart have proven essential to the study of cardiac arrhythmias, which are poorly understood yet the leading cause of death in the industrialized…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals There are no data till date that link tasting ability, satiety, and childhood obesity in general and in the Hispanic population in particular. However, studies have also sho…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to understand the impact of different sugars on blood glucose. After eating, some foods process more quickly and cause the blood sugar to temporari…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project will demonstrate earthworms# growth in three different habitats; dry, moist, and wet. The objective of this experiment is to know if earthworms would have a mor…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if O. aureus (Blue Tilapia) and C. quadricarinatus (Red Claw Crayfish) can be raised together to create protein diversity in an aquaponic syste…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This is my 4th year of science experiments on worms, slug/snails. Previously, I discovered that tea, especially the liquid form of high concentration of green/red tea, is le…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the micro- and macro- climate factors that lead to the presence of terrestrial salamanders in our study area, Henry Cowell State Park. Methods/…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The worlds food production is partially dependent upon effective pest control toward insects. Insecticides are problematic as they are often toxic and because insects often…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to investigate the effect of listening to various genres of music on heart rate(HR). Based on the literature, we expected that listening to fast tempo musi…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to search for a cryopreservation solution that would allow for maintenance of dental pulp tissue vitality without the necessity of first r…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the dietary preferences of the Common Garter Snake in the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve by using scent testing of various prey to see if t…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out the difference between the fingerprint patterns of India and the USA. Methods/Materials The materials required are a fingerprinting p…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This research aims to discover if a cricket's cellular respiration rate is effected by varying temperatures in its environment and how this knowledge can be applied to other…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment is to determine if magnets have an effect on the regeneration of planaria. Methods/Materials Groups of thirty, fifty-four, and sixty planaria…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this project is to determine which of the three selected ailments (Acoustic Neuroma, Acute Otits Media, and cerumen) will prevent the Tympanic Membrane from…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The red harvester ant, or Pogonomyrex Barbatus, is a common species of ant in the Southwestern United States, and are responsible for many infestation in homes, and in publi…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment was to see if obesity in the male fruit fly affected the offspring's BMI, and if there was an effect on the offspring, could that effect be…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to investigate whether or not Painted Lady butterflies can track magnetic fields to find food. Painted Ladies migrate to central Illinois ev…