Browse 39 real Earth and Environmental Sciences projects entered in 2006, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether or not human activity was impacting Monteverde#s environment significantly. Methods/Materials Using visual assessment and macroinverte…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project objectives were to 1) develop and demonstrate the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as an effective and economical method for tracking individual parti…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals This project was based on measuring the concentration of arsenic in the local waters of Pasadena. The samples were from Eaton Canyon, which was obtained from a waterfall, So…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To determine what factors promote avalanches. Methods/Materials A mountain slope was simulated by constructing a flat board hinged on one end. The board could be raised and…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals This project aims to find how granularity affects the angle of repose based on the size and shape (regularity or irregularity)of the grains in the granular material. Methods…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to measure water properties, such as salinity, at various points along Ballona Creek at high and low tide. Samples were also tested for turb…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective to my project was to determine if the boiling point of water changed at different elevations due to atmospheric pressure. Methods/Materials My experiment start…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to compare the amounts of Carbon Dioxide in four common gas sources. The four gas sources were human exhalation, ambient air, pure carbon d…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals This project is about determining the quality of air in partially enclosed parking garages and whether it is poor enough to cause health problems such as cancer. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of our experiment was to determine if increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would cause increases in temperature. Methods/Materials Carbon dio…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the temperature at the Dead Sea affected its salt formation. If it was located in a cooler climate would it have still remained as salty? Meth…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if the energy contained in waves is proportional to the wave's size (amplitude). Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I built a…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment were to: 1). Determine if barometric pressure and the jet stream have a predictable relationship and 2). To use that relationship to assist…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To discover what fossil life is found in the Torrey Pines Bay Point Formation compared to the fossil life found in the Point Loma Bay Point formation. Methods/Materials Foss…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To determine how different locations substrates affect the flow rate of water and their permeability to water. To prove drier climates increase the porosity of soil and sand…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Our objectives, or goals, were to save the lives of the many off-roaders who have broken down in the desert without materials needed to survive, such as water. We were also…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out how ocean floor morphology near the shoreline affects the behavior of incoming waves. Methods/Materials I decided to do my testing…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this this project is to determine how air pressure affects hurricanes. I will make a model hurricane and measure the air pressures within this hurricane sys…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effect solar flares have on Earth#s magnetic field, using a soda bottle magnetometer. Methods/Materials A soda bottle magnetometer was cons…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Impact cratering plays an integral role in the evolution and formation of planetary systems. Chemical anomalies are accepted phenomena at impact sites, but few, if any, publ…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if there is nitrate runoff coming from a dumpsite know as "Stringfellow", and showing up in local water wells. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how the type of ground material and the type of prevention measure affect the amount of water needed to start a landslide. The hypothesis is th…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see how the soils of Sherwood Valley react under earthquake conditions. In addition to this the goal of my project is to see if the soils of She…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine how fast Bolinas Lagoon drains in the period between high tide and low tide, to see if there is a lag between the calculated low t…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project has two objectives. The first is to calculate the permeabilities of coarse sand, fine sand, and soil. The second is to find out how the calculated permeability of…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to examine the effects of sunspot number on the Earth#s magnetic field. Sunspots are dark areas on the Sun, where the magnetic field is about…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The Great Kavir-Doruneh fault in northeast Iran is a poorly studied left lateral strike-slip fault. In order to calculate slip-rates for this fault I needed offset features…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The first of three objectives of this study is to compare fecal indicator bacteria levels in two aquatic ecosystems, one with a high bird density and one with a low bird den…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project is to see if I can predict the size of a crater from the size and speed of the object that made it. I think that the bigger and faster the obje…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective in this project was to determine if the level of salinity changes in the ocean as the latitude decreases, approaching the Antarctic polar ice caps. Methods/Mat…