CSEF · 2007
Age vs. BMI
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to figure out whether or not there is any correlation between a child's age, BMI, and their heart rate's response to excercise. Hypothesis: The…
Animal Sciences science fair projects from 2007
Browse 86 real Animal Sciences projects entered in 2007, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2007
A Goldfish Never Forgets: Year Two
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if goldfish contain long-term memory capabilities or the ability to remember an event or an occurrence when shown three colo…
CSEF · 2007
An Analytical Study of the Effects of iPods on Hearing Loss
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Ipods can produce sound levels as high as 110 to 120 decibels, the equivalent of the sound made at a Rock concert. These decibel levels can cause hearing loss after only an…
CSEF · 2007
Animals vs. Humans: pH Balance
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out weather an animal#s pH balance is higher than a humans throughout the day so that I could prove that an animal's pH balance is high…
CSEF · 2007
Are Pennies the Solution to Your Snail Troubles?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine whether I can stop snails from eating plants by using a barrier of copper pennies. Methods/Materials Water, spray bottle, snails, soil…
CSEF · 2007
Are Rats Smart Eaters?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Rats are known to display a behavior known as socially transmitted food preference in which observer rats display a similar food preference to demonstrator rats. The hypothe…
CSEF · 2007
Attracting Great Whites
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals To attract Great White Sharks to the surface using their sense of electroreception so researchers can study them. I believe that if a small pulsing electric field is put bel…
CSEF · 2007
Average Cracking Weight of Eggs: Fresh vs. Store Bought, Side vs. Standing
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To determine if a fresh egg or store bought egg has a stronger shell and to see if the shell can take more weight on it's side or standing in order to determine the best met…
CSEF · 2007
Backyard Bird Watch: The Effects of Introducing Bird Foods on Suburban Bird Populations
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if offering a variety of bird foods would increase the bird visitors in my suburban backyard. Methods/Materials At first, I observed my yard fo…
CSEF · 2007
Ballin': The Effect of Hand and Eye Dominance on a Subject's Free Throw Percentage
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Athletes in all sports are constantly trying to find an advantage over the competition. Some athletes work hard to become better while others are naturally gifted. The purpo…
CSEF · 2007
Blood Pressure, Pulse, and Body Mass Index
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which gender has higher blood pressure, pulse, and body mass index. Methods/Materials I sent home student permission slips to all 30 5th/6th gr…
CSEF · 2007
Can Bees Be Trained to Find Key Ingredients of Methamphetamine?
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal for my project was to train bees to find key ingredients of methamphetamine. Methods/Materials I trained the bees to associate the smell of ammonia or Actifed (cold…
CSEF · 2007
Chondrocyte Apoptosis
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Osteoarthritis is the second leading cause of disability in the elderly in the United States. Cartilage injury often leads to osteoarthritis. When cartilage is injured, the…
CSEF · 2007
Comparison of Two Mantid Species Exhibiting Parthenogenesis: Iris oratoria and Brunneria borealis
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to add the comparison of Brunneria borealis to an ongoing study of Iris oratoria and to test for the presence of pheromones. My hypothesis fo…
CSEF · 2007
Correlation of Thermographic Assessment of Vascular Reactions with BMI, Heart Rate, and Stress
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to evaluate if there is a correlation with thermographic assessment of vascular reactions among three distinct groups of participants using BM…
CSEF · 2007
Crackin' Down on Eggshell Thickness
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to try to increase eggshell thickness by adding parsley (Solanum malacoxylon) to my hens diet. Methods/Materials 24 laying hens, all 14 months old…
CSEF · 2007
Determining Stroke Core using CT Perfusion: a Faster, More Cost-Effective Modality than MRI
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI MRI) is the current imaging modality of choice in the acute evaluation of ischemic stroke. Computed tomography perfusion (…
CSEF · 2007
Diet, Development, and Immunocompetence in Adolescent Zebra Finches
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether adding a protein supplement(boiled hens egg) to the diet of a granivorous species of bird while it was breeding would influence the de…
CSEF · 2007
Digestion of GFP (Green Florescence Protein) in Caenorhabditis elegans
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this experiment was to further an understanding in protien digestion. Where does GFP get digested within the digestive tract of the C. elegans? I hypot…
CSEF · 2007
Dining with the Birds: What Type of Seeds Do Birds Prefer to Eat?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals There are many types of birds which travel long distances to places were there is a lot of food and warmer weather. These are called migratory birds. Other birds typically s…
CSEF · 2007
Distribution of Western Snowy Plover Food at Sands Beach, Goleta
Zoology
Objectives/Goals One of my purposes was to find if there are more insects available to plovers as food in the fresh kelp in wet sand or in the dry kelp in the dry sand. My hypothesis was tha…
CSEF · 2007
Do Environmental Sounds Affect Blood Pressure?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if environmental noises affect blood pressure. If they do, there might be a link between noise and stress. I believe that sounds…
CSEF · 2007
Does Age Affect the Time It Takes Cone Cells to Fatigue?
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine whether age affects the time it takes for cone cells to fatigue. When an image strikes the retina, cone cells absorb the colors…
CSEF · 2007
Does Dog (Canis familiaris) Saliva Create Stains?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if dog saliva has any effect on whether materials stain cloth or not. The scientific question I was trying to answer was: Does dog saliva set and cre…
CSEF · 2007
Does Worm Type or Medium Affect Regeneration?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out if different types of earthworms can regenerate more efficiently than other types, and if the medium an earthworm lives in has…
CSEF · 2007
Do Fingerprint Styles Vary in Families?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this project fingerprints from five families were compared umong themselves. If this is done, then it will prove that children inherrit their fingerprint styles from thei…
CSEF · 2007
Dogs and Their Sense of Smell
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals to see the ability of my dog in picking out, and telling the difference between objects due to their sense of smell. Methods/Materials I take three different balls all with…
CSEF · 2007
Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Responses to Bird Sounds
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out if domestic cats would recognize all bird sounds as coming from potential prey or only ones that the cats were familiar with. Me…
CSEF · 2007
Effect of DCG-IV on Antidromic Population Spikes in the Hippocampal CA3 Region
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Past Research has shown that DCG-IV, a group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist, presynaptically inhibits the activity of the CA3 region of the hippocampus.…
CSEF · 2007
Eye of the Gecko: Color Sight in the Dark of the Night?
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Unlike most vertebrates, nocturnal geckos are born without any rods in their retinas, and must depend solely on their cones for nighttime vision. In daylight conditions, Hem…