Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to calculate the efficiency of converting human exercise kinetic energy into electricity. Methods/Materials A voltmeter, generator, and digital oscilloscope…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to make people aware of the germs they might be ingesting if they dont clean the outside of the cups they receive at fast food restaurants. I wa…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals By using both morphological and molecular analyses of tropical Atlantic and Pacific populations of Spurilla neapolitana, the first such study conducted in the Aeolidiidae fa…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study attempts to identify whether people who use the Internet site, Facebook, exhibit signs of addictive-like behavior to the social network which in turn significantl…
Zoology
First Award
Objectives/Goals I spent my summer working with horses and learned anxiety may interfere with the ability of a horse to learn and respond to commands. This made me wonder how long it might t…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Was there any differences between the types of fabrics used, and the amount of protection from the ultra violet rays that came from the sun. Methods/Materials Tested with a…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how easily flame retardants can be maintained or worn down and to determine which type of fabric (cotton, cotton treated with flame retardants…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In a previous test, the inside material of a heating pad was tested. In that test it was concluded that beans retained the most heat. In the test this year the outside mater…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment I wanted to test whether temperature causes any change in the overall rate of reaction between the enzyme, Catalase, and hydrogen peroxide. My hypothesis…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test which method of purifying water is the best, filtering, iodine treatment, or solar treatment. Methods/Materials The main method I…
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to undertsand how different types of soil react to rain and potential for landslides they create. Methods/Materials The method I used to collect…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if talking on a hand-held cell-phone affected your driving. I believe talking on a cell- phone does lessen your ability to drive. Methods/Materials…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn if the bioluminescence of plankton could be increased by giving it more light. Methods/Materials I obtained living samples of plankton that I subjected to…
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to see how rainfall intensity and culverts affect erosion on an 18 degree slope. Methods/Materials In this project, I built a model hill slope t…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis Based on my research and experiment "How Does Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Affect a Colony of Harvester Ants?" I theorize that the exposure to low level EMR wi…
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to discover a less toxic and less expensive way to kill undesirable plants by altering herbicide temperature before its application…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to pinpoint the gene for hydra regeneration by dissecting Hydra littoralis in four different orientations, then observing regrowth. It was hypothesized tha…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Many iron items are exposed to water. Though they are often protected by being alloyed to make steel or coated in zinc (galvanized), they all eventually rust. The purpose of…
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how shading affects the power output of two different kinds of photovoltaic solar panel technologies. Methods/Materials I tested two kinds of s…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if sleep deprivation affects the cognitive abilities of females between the ages of 14-17 years old. I believe that if a person d…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find how carbon dioxide affected temperature and if plants could solve the problem of global warming. Methods/Materials Increasing amounts of carbon dioxide w…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn how pulleys can be used to make lifting heavy objects easier. I wanted to see if pulley size made a difference. I started by hypothesising that larger d…
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I am concerned about global warming and its impact on the environment. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases that is increasing in concentration in the world's atmos…
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see how three different liquid pollutants: motor oil, paint, and laundry detergent, affect a radish seeds germination, growth, and appearan…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if context, word length or font affects the reading accuracy of scrambled words. Methods/Materials Test subjects were given six different parag…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine which age group is the most and least eco-friendly based on answers in a survey. Methods/Materials A clipboard, a pencil, a survey, directions Results The 60 ye…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was conducted to see how hot vehicles got in summer under different conditions such as with the windows rolled up, the front windows cracked an inch, with a sunsh…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the effects on friction by the independent variables: incline material, incline angle, contact area, and contact object mass. I…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I was interested in this topic because I wanted to know if people actually slow down when there are children or children's equipment placed on the street. Methods/Materials…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment examines whether visual or auditory prompts lead to a shorter reaction time, and whether age, gender, video game playing experience, or driving experience im…