Browse 69 real Animal Sciences projects entered in 2011, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2011
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals When you start raising worms, which food / bedding should you choose? According to many online articles, worms can be fed on many things including paper, coffee and tea. By…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine whether grooming or putting a horse back into its stall lowers its heart rate faster. We thought putting the horse back into its stall alone a…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the eye's ability to focus at close range and determine how it relates to a person's age. Methods/Materials Created questionnaire for survey. Interv…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine the topography where mule deer bucks winter when shedding their antlers on the East Fork Winter Range in northwest Wyoming. I wan…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal was to discover a quick, convenient way to burn calories to have a healthy lifestyle by evaluating the burning of calories through 5 different exercises. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Is it possible for freshwater mollies to give birth to fry that are capable of surviving in a saltwater environment? Methods/Materials Establish freshwater 10 gallon tank wi…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if building rectus abdominis muscle strength or increasing wrist flexion over a period of 6 weeks improves tennis service vel…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This purpose of this project was to study the bird population in varying habitats. Specifically, this project assesses the population of Polioptila californica (California g…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to counteract specific degenerative effects of age. The decline of mobility, visual motor skills, and reaction rates can severely inhibit the…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Which age group has the best balancing skills? Can participants improve their balancing skills after practicing over five days? Methods/Materials I used a stopwatch, a paper…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The Santa Cruz Sandhills is a rare and unique habitat found only in central Santa Cruz County, California. There are two distinct communities that make up the habitat which…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out whether different tempos of music affect blood pressure of a person. My hypothesis, based on my research, is that blood pressure…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals If you add the audio stimulation of a hen(s) clucking to incubating eggs you will have an increase in the hatch rate verses either eggs incubated in silence or eggs incubate…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether my sister, who has mild hearing loss, can hear better without hearing assistance, with hearing aids alone, with her deskt…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Today, certain marine animals cannot be kept for research due to their specialized diet on micro-organisms known as copepods. This is caused by the copepod#s unusually long…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In my project I wanted to discover if Owl Limpets tend to live in close proximity with a specific species of algae. I also was interested in seeing if the females feed on a…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment focuses on the mouth morphology of four different deep-sea fish, two of which engage in vertical migration, and two of which who do not. In this experiment,…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if sugar will affect the weight of mealworms. Methods/Materials Prepare 16 containers with a cup of oats and ¼ of a potato. Separate the 16 con…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Eye color in drosophila melanogaster is a classic example of sex-linked inheritance. My experiment is designed to show if there is any difference in expected inheritance pat…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if feeding my chickens selenium-enriched mustard meal would significantly increase the amount of available selenium in the hen's eggs when comp…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Larval California spiny lobsters, Panulirus interruptus, were reared on 5 different diets to study survivorship and metamorphic development. This species has never been succ…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The effect of physical impact on bone development has previously been studied in physical activities such as running and other high impact sports. Playing the violin, due to…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project will determine if body mass index (BMI) is related to cardiovascular (CV) fitness in children and adolescents aged 12-18 years. I will also examine if the relat…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the concentration of ammonium hydroxide masking necessary to purge the pheromones and scent-qualities of coyote urine (which has naturally occu…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine which colors a human's dominant and non-dominant eye distinguish the soonest through peripheral vision. Methods/Materials 4 cm by 21.4 cm sheet of red paper 4 c…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals For many living creatures, conditions have to be just right for hatching. I investigated hatching conditions for Triops longicaudatus, namely whether placing plant matter (c…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project analyzes the egg count and maturation time of the hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis in cross-bred and grouped populations. My hypothesis was that cross-bre…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I want to know if a dog's attention towards its owner is affected if the dog can't see its owner's face. Methods/Materials Materials 50 dogs with owners 1 person each dog is…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which of my typical daily physical activities burns the most calories. The three activities I chose are playing tennis, playin…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Determine feasibility of a novel concept of non-invasive lipolysis with a 1064nm Nd:YAG laser, a skin penetrating wave-length, far better absorbed by hemoglobin then skin an…