Browse 32 real Environmental Analysis projects entered in 2006, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether the road or the woods caused the most polluting particles in the air. Methods/Materials To collect particle samples,four, 4" x 2" inch pa…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare the bactericidal effects of chlorine versus iodine disinfectants on the recycled wastewater. Methods/Materials Water sample from septic wastewate…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of two neighboring towns has better air quality, and why. The hypothesis is that the rural town of Woodside, CA has better air quality th…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if surface water at lower elevations within the Tule River watershed had higher coliform counts than surface water at higher elevations. Metho…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if there is a correlation between Total Coliform (TC), Heterotrophic Plate Counts (HPC) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in the…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to test the soil to see if repetitive flooding would affect it. Differences in soil absorption in my local neighborhood gave me the idea for this project. I stud…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objectives, or goals, for this project was to see if the runoff from a golf course would affect the healthiness of a stream below it. Methods/Materials The materials you…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project was to see if pollution indicator levels increase in Los Angeles River water as the river moves through Los Angeles County to its mouth, from Enci…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out if the amount of E. Coli bacteria in the Carmel River changes with the location, and whether the amount of E. Coli becomes greater farther up or closer to the mo…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to measure the level of toxins that leak out of e-waste, and how quickly. Also this experiment will determine if our school district resp…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The San Diego County Cedar Fire of October 2003 was the largest fire in California#s history. After the fire, driving through my hometown of Poway, I saw black and white ash…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Comparing India's water quality to EPA, WHO, and India water quality standards. I conducted this experiment to prove that the water qualities in different parts of India do…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to test my hypothesis. Hypothesis: If air pollution is measured in 4 (four) different locations: a busy highway, a mountain home, a public school, and a park…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if even the smallest percentages of pesticides and detergents would affect life in the creeks that lead into the ocean and which would…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My Hypothesis is that the water in the creek is very. I also think that there will be some kind of really unhealthy bacteria that is growing in the creek. I think that becau…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Xeriscaping is the use of drought resistant plants for landscaping. The purpose of my project was to see if certain dry plants used in xeriscaping may burn easily and be a r…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if a difference in biological diversity on the macroscopic invertebrate level can be observed between an area with mostly native ve…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine how storm drain pollutants affect creek health. Methods/Materials I simulated trace contamination and chemical spill of storm drain pollutants o…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine how much the ocean pH can decrease before calcite shells of marine organisms show significant morphological changes due to diss…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There were two objectives--to collect data on levels of particulate air pollution, and to analyze them by distance from various traffic and industrial sources in order to dr…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine in which environment of the Monterey Peninsula plants thrived most, and to determine if this correlated with the soil of that en…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I have been studying different ways of remediation for oil spills, for the past 4 years. This year my project was comparing two components of one form of a severity and a we…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to investigate whether or not unmonitored urban lake water is consistently healthy enough for game fish, specifically trout, which are routinely stocked in…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Carbon dioxide and ozone are two pollutant compounds found in our atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is part of the photosynthesis process and can be beneficial to plant growth. How…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine a numeric correlation of the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on eutrophication and aquatic primary productivity. Although…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which type of soil fertilizer, organic or synthetic, will leach the fastest when water passes through the soil, mimicking diffe…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine and compare how much and how fast motor oil can pollute and harm our soil. My goal was to find which soil could withhold motor o…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see if toxins are able to travel through the water cycle. If It remains toxic? How Toxic? Can this effect our crops and does this provide dan…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a difference in the amount of carbon dioxide in car exhaust emitted from the use of the 3 different gas grades to find which gas gr…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective or goal in my project was to understand which surfing beaches in my area would be more likely to be unsafe due to the presence of E.coli bacteria. Methods/Mater…