Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which battery and motor combination will be the most efficient. Methods/Materials In my project, I tested five batteries and four motors. I did…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if young people react to a light signal faster after drinking an energy drink. Methods/Materials Twenty-three students, aged 12-14, are placed…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Question: What fruit or vegetable is the best conductor of electricity? The avocado will be the best conductor of electricity because of the high amount of iron. Methods/Mat…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Catalase is a very common enzyme found in most animal and plant cells. It speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. I was curious if I could extrac…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To test the enzyme count in raw and cooked vegetables as a means to determine which of the two is healthier for human consumption. Methods/Materials 1. Five 100 mL beakers w…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to evaluate the reaction rate of enzyme catalyzed reactions such as the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water(2H202------>H20+02) under different…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals To test the effects that temperature changes have at contributing to the erosion of rocks. Methods/Materials 5 pairs of rocks. One of each pair will be frozen and then boile…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The Escondido Creek is surrounded by semi-urban development and agriculture. My hypothesis was that coliforms, including E. coli, from the horse barns nearby might be presen…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I chose to do a project on viscosity. My question was #Does temperature affect the viscosity of a liquid?# My hypothesis was that a hot fluid would be less viscous than a co…
Microbiology (General)
First Award
Objectives/Goals The fungus Candida albicans can enter the bloodstream in immunocompromised patients, infecting most organs of the body and resulting in disseminated candidiasis, which has a…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The declined fossil fuel availability and carbon dioxide induced global warming prompt the research of alternative energy sources. Hydrogen gas is an environmentally clean s…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals An invasive type of breast cancer, identified by the amplification of the HER-2 neu gene, affects 20 to 30% of newly diagnosed patients. I evaluated Monoclonal Antibodies fo…
Plant Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if the number of stomata and surface area have any correlation to the evapotranspiration(ET) rate. Methods/Materials The set-up used included 3 types of plants,…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if protein sequence variations seen in families of evolutionarily derived bacteriorhodopsins (bR) confer structural and functional change, and…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research is to create a tryptophanyl tRNA and tryptophanyl-tRNA Synthetase orthogonal pair that will be able to successfully and efficiently incorporate…
Mathematics & Software
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to write a computer program that trains neural networks using a genetic algorithm to play Mastermind. It is hoped that the program can train neural networks…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to explore micro-size, hydro-electric reaction turbines by experimenting with turbine sizes, materials, baffles, and blade-shapes to discover which combina…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Many people have stopped eating beef, or really cut it out of their diet, because of the health problems caused by saturated fat. Saturated fat can cause heart attacks, stro…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals What is the fastest way to bring a soda from room temperature to a drinkable temperature? Methods/Materials 1.Prepare an ice-only bath by adding enough ice to a Styrofoam co…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To find which surface area to volume ratio wether it be big or small has the fastest cooling rate. Methods/Materials 2 sets of 1 square, 1 rectangle, and 1 triangle are cut…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to evaluate the dynamic properties of the proposed rubberized silica fume concrete, which includes the damping ratio, seismic response, compressive strength…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the prevalence of both logarithmic spirals and more specifically Fibonacci spirals within mollusk families. It was concluded t…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The effect of physical impact on bone development has previously been studied in physical activities such as running and other high impact sports. Playing the violin, due to…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Electroluminescent tubes ionized at a high frequency demonstrate a distinct beading pattern characterized by bright, equally spaced plasma beads or oscillations. The purpose…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment uses the Stroop test, a psychological test first performed by J. Ridley Stroop, which targets the frontal lobe of the human brain, specifically the anterior…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project will determine if body mass index (BMI) is related to cardiovascular (CV) fitness in children and adolescents aged 12-18 years. I will also examine if the relat…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Cell secretion (exocytosis) is a cellular process in which vesicles fuse with the cell membrane to release its content to the extracellular environment. The way in which thi…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal is to find what projectile will be launched furthest on average from two different cannons of different barrel lengths. I think that the longer barrel length will la…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals # Extraction of chitin and from shrimp shells for bio film formation. # It will help strawberry have a longer shelf life. Methods/Materials # Made a bio film from shrimp she…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to investigate how the bank, incline, and curve angle on a roadway affect how easily and safely a vehicle navigates through the curve. I set my goal to visua…