Browse 71 real Animal Sciences projects entered in 2016, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dogs typically don't get enough exercise during the day, which leads to diabetes, heart problems, ligament failures, and other health and behavior issues that cost Americans…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals To establish predictors of readmission in patients admitted with primary complaint of chest pain. Methods/Materials The study was performed at Community Regional Medical Cen…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to attempt to create a prototype of a special kind of hearing aid that keeps main conversation sounds (foreground noise) at the same level,…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The concept of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy from human medicine is now finding it#s way into veterinary medicine. Not much is known about the effectiveness or exactly…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to compare human blink rates with the use of different computer device types to help people with dry eyes. Previous studies have shown a reduc…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Based on last year#s research, light at 630 nm and a power density of 3.42 J/sec cm2 slowed down an action potential along the giant axon in the earthworm.. The hypothesis f…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find out if red light, blue light, and UV light had the ability to affect the heart rate of Daphnia magna. My goal was to find a non-in…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which one of the three groups of athletes participating in the study (synchronized swimmers, soccer players, or tennis players),…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to find the variables that cause arthropod biodiversity in a sample field to change. Methods/Materials 4 flags 1 barrel hoop (20 inch diamete…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine if high school students can predict if their nasal symptoms represent a cold or nasal allergies, by using nasal cytology to confirm their diagnosis. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Current methods for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are time-consuming and tedious as they require patients to undergo multiple inva…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals About 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. More than 80% of diabetes deaths in the world occur in low income countries because of lack of awareness. Current testing m…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To test if the shoulder angle of a horse affects its stride. It was expected that the larger the shoulder angle, the longer the stride. Similar to humans with longer legs ty…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover what would stain teeth the darkest: cola, black tea, or coffee. Methods/Materials I placed 3 molars in small plastic cups. I filled one with col…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Sugar addiction has become an epidemic problem causing many adverse effects on human health as well as financial and economic burdens for the families and society. The objec…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to observe how the height of a fence affects a horse's hip angle at takeoff, mid-jump, and landing. Methods/Materials Video camera, protrac…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Sand crabs are generally regarded as an indicator species of the health of sandy beach ecosystems. Sand crabs are also the intermediate hosts of acanthocephalan parasites th…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if I can completely eliminate or control Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) by killing Tracheal mites (Acarapi Woodi, throat mites) and Var…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find a difference in motions between biological legs, and double amputees with a transtibial amputation (below the knee) who use a specific running blade…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if the same inclinations for the knee to go into the valgus position that has been proven to occur in older athletes is pres…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine which bread, sprouted or wholewheat causes the greatest spike in the blood sugar levels of type II diabetics or non-diabetics. Me…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals As a horse jumps over an obstacle, the biomechanics of the equine have to adjust to the increase in height. This experiment explores the changing nature of the jumping horse…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiments was to show how the C. tarsalis mosquito could potentially adapt to changing conditions of salinity in a controlled experiment. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out if a humans tone of voice can affect a horse's heart rate. Methods/Materials Took each horse's resting heart rate. Talked to each…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to see if age affects the conception rate in bovine. Methods/Materials Dairy Herd Improvement Association records (computerized recording sys…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Using "off the shelf" 3D & flight simulation software, I attempted to discover how weight effected the flight distance of Quetzalcoatlus Northropi. Methods/Materials Laptop…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effects of humanin and daf-2 on C. elegans' longevity and memory function, as a preliminary study in understanding their effe…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine what drought tolerant California native plants Hummingbird's will be attracted to and if it is the sugar level of the plant that…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether certain types of bipedal dinosaurs may have shown laterality which would likely indicate handedness, or right vs. left…
ISEF · 2016
Animal Sciences
My 2015 project was to establish the first animal model, enabling studies to identify epigenetic mechanisms underlying transgenerational inheritance of nutrition-programmed longevity. My cur…