Browse 14 real Earth and Environmental Sciences projects entered in 2016, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if clay amendment can stabilize the soil and decrease soil displacement in front of a base when a player slides into it. Methods/Materials A soil…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if different soils had different absorption and capillarity rates and if environment temperature affects those rates. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis was that as sea ice begins to melt, the salt water density will increase. As the sea ice melts, the exothermic energy will create a thermocline. The thermoclin…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if juvenile Spinosaurus dinosaurs spent a higher amount of time than most dinosaurs in ocean water. Methods/Materials Five juvenile Spinosaurus tooth fo…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test the impact of fertilizer on soil and fresh water in terms of water retention, run off, and acidification. Methods/Materials Three type…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Measure the absorption and retention of light heat by various atmospheric gases. I hypothesized that carbon dioxide would have the most absorption and heat retention of the…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to find out which erosion control method works best at preventing hillside erosion caused by rainfall. Methods/Materials Four soil-filled Styr…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project tested whether a sea wall (made of plywood), or a mangrove forest (composed of olive branches) would serve as a better tsunami barrier. Methods/Materials A tsunam…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study is to examine the thermal expansion of seawater and how it could impact sea level rise on a global scale. Methods/Materials Plastic water bottle, h…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether man-made or natural structures are more effective at preventing beach erosion. Methods/Materials 3 plastic bins, beach sa…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if a mountain stream would stay liquid at temperatures that freeze an alpine lake. My hypothesis was that moving water would be able to stay liquid at t…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if various organic additives effect water retention in extremely dry soil. Methods/Materials Walnut shells, pistachio shells, almo…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the study was to see how UV levels changed as altitude increased. Methods/Materials A weather balloon is a large balloon that can go into the upper atmosphe…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The object of my project is to determine whether a vertical or a horizontal direction of energy (simulating an earthquake) will cause more liquefaction to occur in saturated…