Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this enviromnental science project is to demonstrate that lichens, which are a symbiotic union of fungus and algae, can be used as effective bioindicators. Si…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if the amount of phosphorus in fertilizer affected plant growth. I was interested in this area because I love plants and gardening. I knew from the beginn…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment is a series of five minilab experiments. The first experiment examines & measures plant root & shoot growth in a Control farm & a Gamma exposed farm. The sec…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find the average breakage rates of five different brands of common over-the-counter cold and cough liquid gelatin capsules. My hypothesis stated that I e…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals U.S. agencies do not require labeling of foods containing genetic modifications. In Europe, however, label regulations require that any genetically modified plant DNA be ide…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To see if infants receiving the Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LCPUFAs) such as Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and Arachidonic acid (ARA) have an affect on the developm…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project or my objeective is to show which gases out of my six gases absorb the most amountenergy and to show if global warming is possible Methods/Material…
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Objective-to find the components that lead to a successful bond,and from the data be able to find out the strongest and most effective adhesive.Purpose-to find the most effi…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals When antioxidants are advertised, they claim that they can work miracles- but are they telling the truth? The goal of my project is to test sulfur-based antioxidants to see…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see the effect of upper cambers, distances from the wing to the wind source, different wing lengths and different wing spans affected how…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Goldfish: the most common pond fish. With all of the many variations is this fish as dumb as commonly perceived? No, new studies have shown that goldfish possess the power t…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Developed alternative energy sources such as wind power would free this country from its dependence on foreign oil. This project is a study of extracting electrical power ou…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if music affected plant growth and if so, how? Methods/Materials First I ordered 50 fast plant seeds for the experiment. Then I built four boxes…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to answer the question "Can Bones resorb calcium". My Hypothesis was yes, bones can resorb calcium. Methods/Materials First I decalcified the bones using Vinegar…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The original question for this project was what would be the most effective form of extra exercise to build up stamina for competitive Irish dancing. I hypothesized that jum…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which boat design is most hydrodynamic. Methods/Materials Eight wood blocks served as boats. With them I did three different tests: bow testing…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if Green Tea is as effective in reducing heartbeat rates on Daphnia as Altace, a prescription medicine. Methods/Materials We tallied the heartb…
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My youngest brother's persistent thumbsucking habit inspired me to investigate the objective of this study (i.e., whether a habit established in childhood (thumbsucking) can…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project is the result of trying to protect our family horses from the damaging effect of parasites. The purpose of the project was to determine which paste wormer was m…
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if laughter had an affect on blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and/or blood glucose. Methods/Materials Twelve subjects were tested in…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover if cell phone's increase a person's reation time. The goal of this project is to relate the data to driving, and to show how mu…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study was to find out whether people talking on their cell phones while driving tend to stop more or less than people without cell phones. I chose this to…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals This project is testing how useful head protection is and which type is the most effective. If the head protection is Full90 then the force will be reduced by 50% compared t…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals #Hello Chitin! Goodbye Ions!# investigates the effect of lobster shell chitin on filtering wastewater metallic ions and how it measures up to charcoal and water distillation…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My science project addresses hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) activity patterns and what factors trigger these patterns. I wanted to find out if I could change my pet hermi…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The question I#m trying to answer is how flammable these five species of trees are if people fail to water their Christmas tree during the holidays. The conclusions I reach…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objectives of my study were to 1) produce a high resolution soil uranium map of a radon-prone school site since uranium is the ultimate source of radon, and 2) to invest…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine whether or not the water in Hollenbeck Park Pond is consistently healthy enough to sustain the aquatic life forms (and therefore the avian lif…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to observe and determine if there is a relationship between location of horn snails in regards to the size distribution, as well as parasiti…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if designing a different roof system helps with regular ventilation. Methods/Materials *Bolsa Wood *Hot Glue Gun *Hobby Knife *Nails *30 Glue St…