Browse 34 real Environmental Analysis projects entered in 2018, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The 2017 California Wildfire Season was the most destructive on record. Over 9,054 fires burned 1,381,405 acres. I wanted to learn if wildfires affect soil fertility by stud…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals My goals were to analyze the water quality of Escondido Creek at different sites to identify the effects of the seven-mile flood control channel versus the natural environme…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals There are two objectives: First objective is to find out which school has the highest level of pollution based on the number of particulate air pollutants and analyze data b…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals Approximately 20% of the Encinitas city runoff empties into Cottonwood Creek and is discharged at Moonlight State Beach. I have seen many young children and families playing…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Carlsbad desalination plant began operating in December of 2015. I wondered if the desalination process might have impacts on the water quality at the Agua Hedionda Lago…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to observe the effects of pesticides on the decomposition of leaves in soil. Methods/Materials For this experiment, I filled 12 jars with…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals This 4-year project determined the effects of climate change components on freshwater microorganisms at the Arcata Marsh: 2015: Salinity Tolerance, 2016: Increased agricultu…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if light pollution effected astrophotography. I wanted to be able to provide picture evidence of light pollution. I focused on the star Rigel in the…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals Fire return intervals (FRIs) are a key environmental factor in chaparral ecosystems. With increasing drought and anthropogenic fire ignition particularly in the past decades…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to identify the soil type with the highest bacterial biodiversity (number of different bacterial colonies) and to see how fires affect bacterial biodiversity. My pr…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Northern California's Humboldt Bay tidal marshlands represent a sensitive environment damaged by extensive urbanization, diking, and other human practices. The objective of…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective in this study was to figure out how many microorganisms are in the water around us, and which body of water has the most different microorganisms. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if there is a correlation between the levels of pollutants in the air and the class size. Methods/Materials In this experime…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Irrigation consumes more than 80% of the world's fresh water. The exploding global population and increasing food demands lead to water shortage. Improving the efficiency of…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to test the survival rate of Daphnia magna in specific waters that came from the Imperial Valley county in California. Specifically, by using th…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study examined the impact of human and domestic dog presence on the species richness and movement of mammals in habitat fragments within a suburban matrix and possible…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine how ocean acidification affects copepod survivorship. Methods/Materials Copepod culture, microscope, digital pH meter, CO2 tank,…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our research was to evaluate the public health threat of seven free-roaming cat colonies located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. This goal was achieved…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Children are unwillingly and needlessly exposed to excessive amounts of microfine particulate matter (PM). This poses many health hazards, especially for children, the elder…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate the claim that different plants absorb CO2 at different rates. My hypothesis was that the claim is true and that plants do abs…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the correlation between distance from preschools to major highways and levels of ultrafine particulate matter in the surrounding…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We wanted to discover if there is a correlation between water concentration and liquefaction. Methods/Materials We used a shake table, water, sand, bucket, and a rock. To be…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find out if levels of the nitrogen isotope 15N in Sitka spruce cores correlate with populations of past salmon runs in Freshwater Creek. Methods/Materials Corer…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effect of sediment on water quality in lakes and the marine organisms that inhabit it. Methods/Materials Sediment was collected from three…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test water samples from a well, a spring, and city pumped water to determine which results had the most contaminants. We are testing each…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) uses ozone (O(3)) and particulate matter (PM(2.5))readings to issue their daily Air Quality Index (AQI), eclipsing the…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Determine how proximity to a roadway affects the water quality of bodies of water by measuring water quality at various different sites. Methods/Materials Bought and used Te…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To attribute trends in black carbon, or BC, concentrations in personal exposure to micro-environments of certain conditions as accurately and reliably as possible, and to be…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to find a link between animals grazing on a plot of land and the biodiversity of native plants on that plot. Non-native/invasive plant speci…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This science fair project studies the movement of particles in relation to ocean current patterns. The purpose of this project was to determine whether the materials and com…