Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine which color of hair, from the tail of a horse, is the strongest, and whether or not that relates to coat color genetics. Because o…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if different types of music stimulate horses in different ways. Methods/Materials Each of the five horses was fit with a bridle and walked freely o…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether the gene for Syndactyly Type 1(cutaneous webbing of second and third digits of hands) to chromosome 2q34-2q36 can skip a generation of ph…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a small amount of exercise can decrease one's reaction time. Methods/Materials I tested about thirty seventh grade students using a reaction…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals We want to know if we need to protect our ears from NIHL, to become aware on how we could prevent acquiring hearing loss and to stop or avoid wearing hearing aids. To prove…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals For my experiment my objectives/goals were to see if Red Abalone would consume carrots and sea lettuce. Also to see which food the Abalone would consume of the most and how…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the swimming stroke that raises the adult human heart rate the most. Methods/Materials Ten adult masters swimmers were asked to…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goals are: 1) to develop a cookie-baking like method to fabricate micro-devices (with feature size of 10 µm) at home; 2) design, fabricate, and test a homemade micro-dev…
Mammalian Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if there was a co-occurrence among allergies and asthma, if there was a certain age when people develop and outgrow allergies,…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Many facilities are designed for right-handed people. Does this affect which side of the body people use for everyday activities other than writing, or does the writing hand…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to discover if Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) have the spatial cognitive ability to learn a multiple T-maze. Methods/Materials A multiple T-maze was…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma, and 5-year survival rates for children have remained at 20% despite efforts to uncover chemotherapeutic agents…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Type 1Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, is a genetic disease where the body#s immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, or beta cells. In a person wi…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out whether playing the piano increases one#s manual dexterity and if so, to find a numerical percentage of increase. Methods/Ma…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if finger print patterns can be inherited. I believe that since every finger print is different, the patterns must be different t…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson#s disease ten years ago. Over time, his movement and coordination was greatly affected by this disorder. Watching his ability to…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A cockroach senses their environment with their antennae. The purpose of this experiment is to test the feasibility of stimulating the antennae to change cockroach behavior.…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Which factor will affect the blood flow rate (viscosity levels) the greatest: water, whole milk, or mango juice in both a 1/4 in. and 3/8 in. diameter of tubing? How will th…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to debunk a study by neurologist Michael Merzenich at the University of California San Francisco linking breastmilk as a contributing factor to aut…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The lung capacities of singers and non-singers, were compared in liters, by using a wet spirometer. The participants were asked their age, gender, years of singing experienc…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out how different breathing exercises affect lung capacity. I got interested in this project because one of my family members had ast…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if hamsters can be guided through a maze by a specific material that indicates the correct path. Methods/Materials I bought 4 hamsters, 4 cages and…
Zoology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the effects of circadian rhythm changes on training goldfish was investigated. For this project to happen, one had to change the circadian rhythm of a tank…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if Tree Frog behavior could help predict Earthquake activity. My hypothesis was that the frogs would climb and be active before a seismic event. Met…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this auditory study is to evaluate three listening devices to determine which among them creates the highest decibel and vibration levels; thus having the most p…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to measure the changes in exhaled carbon dioxide levels before and after exercise in boys and girls. My hypothesis is if carbon dioxide levels of five girls…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine what common indoor air pollutant has the most effect on people's lung function being measured by peak flow. Methods/Materials Inf…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most difficult questions of cancer biology is how cancer spreads.Understanding the physical behavior and nature of cancer cells helps answer that question.A cost…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which scents crickets like the least. By understanding how crickets sense and react to scents we can protect gardens and crops in a safe and natu…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if younger or older dancers put more pressure on their feet when they dance. Methods/Materials I obtained 30 informed consent forms for dancers…