Browse 130 real Animal Sciences projects entered in 2019, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2019
Zoology
Objectives Our objective is to monitor the sand crabs throughout the year to indicate where in the swash zone they reside. We hypothesize that sand crabs are typically found in the deeper ar…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives The objective of this experiment will be testing the effectiveness of two different acne fighting routines: 3 step acne skin care product vs. home remedy for acne. Methods Methods…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) are aquatic animals which are normally incapable of moving on land. Recently, Thai locals discovered a unique mass migration of freshwater shrimp in which the s…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The sex of Hymenopteran insects is determined by allele combination of sex-determination locus. This is called complementary sex determination (CSD), where diploid males develop from fertili…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Third Award
New Guinea flatworm (Platydemus manokwari), native to New Guinea, is extremely invasive. It has caused the extinction of native land snails on several Pacific islands, including Hawaii. Ther…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Minecraft is a survival/sandbox game from 2009 where the goal is to survive in a world filled with blocks. You can find monsters in the game that will spawn in dark areas. Observations have…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Coral reefs, which contribute to maintaining marine biodiversity, continue to suffer the adverse consequences of our technological advancements. Currently, human activities threaten 58 perce…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives Urinary catheter is the most common indwelling catheter used worldwide. It is used to drain urine from the urinary bladder into a collection bag to relieve urinary obstruction. It…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are responsible for 30% of the world’s crop production and billions of dollars of the United States’ agricultural income. Without the managed bee population, the global economy wo…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Light pollution effects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
CSEF · 2019
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives Light pollution effects organisms within the ecosystem through the disruption of the circadian rhythm: the mental and physical biological responses that occur over the course of a…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Located in Olympic National Park, Lake Crescent is a glacially carved lake isolated ˜7,000 years ago by a massive landslide. It is home to two endemic salmonids; the Beardslee trout (Oncorhy…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Investigations based on environmental DNA (eDNA) have attracted considerable attention in recent years. For example, eDNA from water samples is a powerful tool for examining habitats of fish…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this research was to demonstrate the larvicidal properties of Caffeine in inhibiting the growth of Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito larvae. An experiment was conducted to in…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
I focused on how vegetation type, structure, and landscape modification affected the presence and location of California Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica) and Eastern Fox Squirrels (Sciuru…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives Calpains are calcium dependent proteases that are reported to be implicated in processes such as signal transduction, cytoskeleton remodeling and apoptotic cell death. Upregulatio…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Dendrobates auratus is a species of poison dart frog with skin secretions that contain diet-derived alkaloids. Plant alkaloids have been used in cancer research, so alkaloids in D. auratus s…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant that inhibits mTOR (the mammalian target of rapamycin) and extends lifespan in organisms such as worms, flies, and mice. While it is known that r…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives 33 percent of American adults and 80 percent of teenagers do not get enough sleep. Yet, poor sleep is a major risk factor for breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and man…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives Nowadays consumers are buying organic materials rather than synthetic chemicals. We are aiming to relieve common pains such as arthritis, back pain, muscle pain, and gout pain usi…
CSEF · 2019
Zoology Third Award
Objectives To determine whether mosquitoes prefer to lay their eggs in a specific colored oviposition trap. Methods Method: Set up and fill traps 2/3 of the way with water. Every day record…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
In the last decade, one-third of all honey-bee colonies have vanished, in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The root cause of CCD has been debated, with focus on pesticides, and varroa mite (v…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives The purpose of this project was to determine if machine learning algorithms could predict the development of neurodegenerative lesions found in a subset of patients diagnosed with…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives I wanted to find out if deer would cross a road more quickly if mountain lion scent (urine) was present in a limited concentration in the middle of the road. My hypothesis was tha…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) plagues a variety of mammalian species, including humans, dogs and horses. Many clinicians inject dextrose to stimulate mammalian immune systems to regenerate…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Bats have immense ecological benefits: consuming insects, pollinating plants, and preventing diseases spreading. Conservation work is hampered by high costs and difficult methods, consequent…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives The purpose of this project was to evaluate the feasibility of transdermal patches as a cost-effective replacement for the intravenous (IV) delivery of dextrose to patients. Metho…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The objective of this work was to evaluate the environmental quality of a forested area of Parque Natural San Francisco, throughout the measurement of the ecological attributes of diurnal bu…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives My goal in completing this project was to determine the effectiveness of psyllium in reducing the amount of sand in horse s digestive system. Methods I collected manure samples fr…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to utilize a dog's high sense of smell as the solution to creating an improved method of treating their wounds and injuries. By combining natural…