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CSEF · 2010

Which Habits Contribute Most to Obesity?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals One of the USAs most common health problems is obesity, and the factors that cause obesity are poorly understood. The objective of this study is to identify factors that con…

CSEF · 2010

Who Remembers Their Math and Science?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The researcher wants to test adults on a math and science test and be able to decipher the results and their meanings. Methods/Materials Binder No. 2 Pencil Microsoft Excel…

CSEF · 2010

Yawnology: The Study of the Contagious Yawn

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if yawning was contagious in the sense that the yawn passes form one individual to another. The scientist originally believed…

CSEF · 2009

Are You a Mean Girl?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what percentage of teen girls are bullies, bystanders, and victims. My hypothesis was that 60% would be bullies; 30% would be bystanders, and 1…

CSEF · 2009

Big Font Small Font

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how font size affected reading comprehension by fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade readers. Methods/Materials 1. Use Times New Roman font in…

CSEF · 2009

Brand Name or Taste?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals Do people, particularly teens, judge food on image, brand name and associated price with that name, or do they judge it on how it actually tastes? My hypothesis was that the…

CSEF · 2009

Cars and Children at Play

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to investigate the most effective way to keep children safe and prevent accidents when children are playing on or near streets. I wanted to obs…

CSEF · 2009

Decision Making in the Face of Risk

Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award

Objectives/Goals My objectives were to determine (A) how people make decisions when faced with uncertainty and (B) how the framing of a question influences their choices. I expected that tee…

CSEF · 2009

Discovering the Color Spectrum of Sound

Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the human brain classified superimposed sound waves # by, conventionally thought, differences in frequency, or by my hypothesis, differences…

CSEF · 2009

Do Adults Know Which Numbers Count?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My objective for this experiment was to see how many adults were informed about the hazards of plastic containers based on what chemicals they were made from. Methods/Materi…

CSEF · 2009

Does Encouragement Really Help?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals For my experiment I tested how different types of reinforcement, namely positive, neutral and negative affects performnace. My test revealed that positive reinforcement affe…

CSEF · 2009

Does Font Size Affect Fluency?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Reading fluency is the ability to read phrases and sentences smoothly and quickly. Young readers need to develop their fluency so they can become better readers. Fluency als…

CSEF · 2009

Do Running Partners Motivate or Distract?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals In physical education class, I noticed that during our warm-up laps some of the students were not running their hardest. I wanted to think of a better way to do more effecti…

CSEF · 2009

Dumb Blonde: Fact or Fantasy?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals Everyone knows the joke about dumb blondes. Are blondes really dumber than non-blondes? I think blondes are at the same intelligence level as any non-blonde person. Methods/…

CSEF · 2009

Eating Smart for a Healthy Start: Part II

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of breakfast-high protein, high fiber, complex carbohydrates, junk food, or no breakfast (control) - will help students excel in the…

CSEF · 2009

Gender Effects on the Perception of Time

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how much of an effect, if any, gender has on the perception of time. Methods/Materials A random sampling of 50 high school students was taken,…

CSEF · 2009

Got Trash? II

Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals My project title is Got Trash? II. My purpose in doing this project was to see if there is more plate waste now or three years ago. I decided to do this experiment, because…

CSEF · 2009

Hugs Not Drugs

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals what are the prime condititons for an individual to react positively to a stranger as measured by the likelyness that the given indavidual will hug a stranger Methods/Materi…

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