Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To discover if phosphates affect the growth of algae. Methods/Materials I grew algae in several jars containing water taken from a local lake each with a different concentra…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if the ability to taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide)is due to a dominant or a recessive gene, if it is linked to race and if it is sex-linked. Methods/M…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was: does microbial fermentation produce acid in the mouth with the artificial sweetener (Aspartame) and various sugars? I thought that the micro…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find which method of food preservation retains the most vitamin C content in kiwis and oranges using the titration method. Methods/Materials Nine of the s…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test the quality of water in terms of microbial count from different water sources in different cities of the Bay Area. These sources includ…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals One of the main problems today is that people are running short on water. I have the answer for you; it is called gray water recycling. My project is the affects of gray wat…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to test whether green tree frogs (Hyla cinerea) would change color to match their surroundings. Methods/Materials A 20 gallon aquarium was divided in half wit…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if temperature has an effect on crystal growth. I predicted that crystals grown in colder temperatures would grow faster but less…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if different types of light affects the growth of plants. It was hypothesized that if a plant is grown under a light that c…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: I hypothesized that the lettuce plant given coconut milk will taste and grow better because of its high sugar content. Methods/Materials Materials: Coconut milk,…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to find out which environment (in a car, on a kitchen counter, on an outside surface, or in the refrigerator) makes a Crystal Geyser Natural alpine…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to measure and compare the growth rates of Pleistocene bivalves of the Las Animas region with those of modern-day bivalves of the same species. T…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was if water storing granules (Rain Drops) helps to conserve water, while still being able to observe substantial growth in Perennial Ryegrass, Be…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective in this project was to determine how effective gypsum is when applied to the soil in helping an almond tree absorb water. I wanted to discover how much faster t…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The Center for Disease Control has recently published new guidelines for hand hygiene in health-care settings. The guidelines recommend using alcohol-based products as an al…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective was a comparative study on four different types of rocks to determine which type of rock is the hardest based on how fast it erodes. Methods/Materials Four diff…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To prove whether or not rock dusts rapidly add a great deal of nutrients to soils, as opposed to chemical fertilizers. Methods/Materials Firts, four soils from four areas we…
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if incarcerated students were as healthy as non-incarcerated students. My hypothesis was that students in jail would be healthier because of the strictn…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine how different amounts of carbon dioxide in air affect the temperature of the air when exposed to light. My hypothesis was tha…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover the factor that affects heat transfer the most as well as the materials that are the best conductor and insulator. Methods/Materials For my expe…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This investigation centered on the effects of utilizing heat of condensation of water from an ambient source, induced by a structural net-matrix, on growth and crop developm…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To analyze through tests what is the most effective herbal/organic substance, (curry, garlic, ginger root, jalapeno pepper, mint, onion, red pepper, thyme, contant) that wil…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if the basic characteristics of one's fingerprints are inherited from one's parents. Methods/Materials To test this theory, I took all ten fingerprin…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I believe that I can get lots of fresh water out of the ocean through Reverse Osmosis using the equivalent natural water pressure of the deep ocean, I believe this will be g…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the concentrations of sugar solutions have a correlation to the occurrence of labial projection in houseflies, and whether the fly's reaction to differe…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to provide a protective shield, which will quickly cloak a house, when it is threatened by a wildfire. Methods/Materials I made an inflatable…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To see how airfoil design affects lift. Methods/Materials To design a seires of 10 wings out of foam and test them in a home made wind tunnel to determine which wing went up…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how a solid's temperature affects its speed falling through a liquid. The viscosity of most liquids decreases as the liquid's temperature incre…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find, how it is possible to prove that the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Mean are indeed related. I hypothesized that my proof would be in showing that there is a hor…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Germs spread easily when people sneeze or cough and they do not cover their mouth. Because of these traveling germs, colds and viruses spread quickly throughout schools and…