CSEF · 2005
Do Ants Really Need Their Antennae?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which kind of ant would finish the maze in the shortest amount of time: an intact ant, an ant missing its right antenna, or an ant missing its left antenn…
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CSEF · 2005
Do Crickets Communicate Information about Their Environment through Chirping?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test whether crickets communicate information about their environment through chirping. Methods/Materials To conduct these experiments tw…
CSEF · 2005
Does a Mouse Rely More on His Spatial Memory or Vision? A Study on Effects of Reflective Objects on Maze Performance
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if mice rely more on spatial memory or sight; also to learn the affect of reflective objects on mice performance in a maze. Method…
CSEF · 2005
Does Blood Pressure Affect Heart Rate?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if there will be a relationship between blood pressure and heart rate. Methods/Materials I measured blood pressure and heart rate in e…
CSEF · 2005
Does Light Attract Aquatic Invertebrates?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project is to observe if light will attract aquatic invertebrates. Methods/Materials I took two containers, one with nothing in it, and the other with a flashlight inside…
CSEF · 2005
Does Mutation in Drosophila melanogaster Affect Their Attraction to Different Odors?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if genetic mutation affects attraction to different odors in Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly. I believe that the behavi…
CSEF · 2005
Does Soil Matter? Worms in Their World
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which type of soil is the best for worms to live in and reproduce. Having this knowledge will help people choose the best soil…
CSEF · 2005
Does Varying Feed Affect the Milk of Lactating Caprines?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see that if we add protein or fiber to the diets of dairy goats if it will affect the pH level of the milk. All of the diary goats will s…
CSEF · 2005
Doggy Vision
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The point of my research and the overall concept of this project is how dogs see the world, a common question in my mind prior to this project. My specific question for expe…
CSEF · 2005
Do Rats Learn Faster with Peer Pressure?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The question asked was will a rat trained in a dual chamber skinner box learn faster if it is next to a rat that has already been trained? My hypothesis was that a rat train…
CSEF · 2005
Do the Right and Left Ears Hear Notes Differently in Atonal Individuals?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Relative pitch, the ability to sing in tune, relies on hearing notes correctly, measuring their intervals, storing the information in memory, and producing the tones. I am t…
CSEF · 2005
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how accurately a test subject can determine the direction of sound. I believe that sound sources placed to the sides of the subject will be deter…
CSEF · 2005
Do You Know What Lies Beneath? Parasitized Crabs in Our Own Santa Barbara Channel!
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The main objective was to extract the external Rhizocephalan barnacle parasite from the host crab. After analyzing the measurement results of both the crab and the parasite,…
CSEF · 2005
Eagle Lake Appetizers
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The ojective of this research project was to determine the Decmber food habits of the Eagle Lake Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum) in Eagle Lake located in Northeastern…
CSEF · 2005
Effects of Orientation of Chicken Eggs to the Earth's Geomagnetic Field
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover the effects of change in orientation of chicken embryos to the Earth's geomagnetic field. Methods/Materials First, I obtained 2 incubators and s…
CSEF · 2005
Effects of Salinity Concentration on Rates of Polyp Cloning, Growth, and Strobilation in the Aurelia labiata
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine how decreased and increased salinity concentrations affect the developmental asexual stage in the life cycle of the Aurelia labiat…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Influence on the Cloning Rates of Metridium Sea Anemones, Year 2
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if different external environmental factors, which simulate different natural habitats, affect the reproduction rates of Metridi…
CSEF · 2005
Estimating the Population of Crayfish using the Tag and Recapture Method
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Tag/Recapture is a method used to estimate the population size of a certain species in a given area. Many scientists use the method of tag/recapture in order to estimate a p…
CSEF · 2005
Family Fingerprints
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see if heredity affects an individual's fingerprints. Methods/Materials I used 3 families, 30 blank white index cards, and an ink pad. I fill…
CSEF · 2005
Feathered Conditioning: The Sequel to Classical Conditioning
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out how many weeks it would take to condition my pet bird "Sunny" to respond to the sound of a bell even when no food was present. My hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2005
Filter Feeders
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My problem question was Can Mytilus edulis (mussels) in the class bivalvia and the phylum mollusca, absorb the particles put in the water they live in? Methods/Materials 12…
CSEF · 2005
Get a Head Start II
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To see if infants receiving the Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LCPUFAs) such as Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and Arachidonic acid (ARA) have an affect on the developm…
CSEF · 2005
Got Stamina?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The original question for this project was what would be the most effective form of extra exercise to build up stamina for competitive Irish dancing. I hypothesized that jum…
CSEF · 2005
Hermit Crab Response to Changes in Light Conditions
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My science project addresses hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) activity patterns and what factors trigger these patterns. I wanted to find out if I could change my pet hermi…
CSEF · 2005
Horn Snails
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to observe and determine if there is a relationship between location of horn snails in regards to the size distribution, as well as parasiti…
CSEF · 2005
How a Sowbug Relies on Its Sense of Smell: Common Scents about Sowbugs
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Sowbugs (Oniscus asellus) have a sense of smell and can find each other in darkness. I predicted that a sowbug would seek and be able to find the source of scents of other s…
CSEF · 2005
How Does the Coloring and Sweetness of a Flower Affect Bee Visitation?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how the coloring and sweetness of a flower affects bee visitation. My hypothesis was that bees would be most attracted to pink…
CSEF · 2005
How Fibonacci Is Your Face?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The greater the numbers are in the Fibonacci sequence, the closer their ratios are to the perfect proportion. Based on that fact, the purpose of the project was to find out…
CSEF · 2005
How Is the Amount of Light Transmitted into the Eye Affected by Increasing Amounts of Cataracts?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To show that as the amount of cataract formation increases the amount of light transmitted into the eye decreased Methods/Materials Go into a dardened room. Take a model of…
CSEF · 2005
How Strong Are Your Mussels?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out what type of shell can withstand the most pressure; the Green Shell Mussel, Common Black Mussel, Pitar Venus Clam, Turban Stenoggrus, or Green T…