Browse 12 real Earth and Environmental Sciences projects entered in 2015, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to discover if mycorrhiza fungi physically help retain water in soil during simulated drought conditions. Methods/Materials Materials used were…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was purposed to find soils that are earthquake proof and find a way to limit damage from earthquakes. Because of the Pacific Plate colliding with the North A…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to determine which ground material (loose sand, packed sand, gravel, asphalt, or concrete) would make a seismic wave decrease most rapidly as it…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine which soil type has the best or most efficient infiltration rate and which water type makes the soil have a faster infiltra…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how the porosity of a porous medium impacts flowrate. My hypothesis was that the larger the porosity the faster the flowrate would be. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to determine if the number of cosmic rays changes with altitude. The secondary objective was to obtain temperature, other flight data, and video. M…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Gorgonians, commonly referred to as sea fans, are a type of octocoral that are slow growing and sensitive to environmental fluctuations. Studies have shown that in areas wit…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The problem/purpose of this project is to test which location#s sand reflects more light, beach or desert. I figured this out by using a spectrometer to measure the light re…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether sound waves could detect secret tunnels and sinkholes in the ground. Watermelons were used as a model of the ground, and holes represe…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test whether nutrient and iron fertilization of oceanic phytoplankton can reduce the amount of CO2 in the air thus slowing down global warmi…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I simulated an earth-like climate system, applied temperature forcing agents and observed their relative effects on the system temperature. Methods/Materials I simulated the…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see the growth process of stalactites and stalagmites. I kept record of the speleothems to document how long it took them to fully develop and…