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CSEF · 2006

Saving the Olive Crop

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals The olive fruit fly, (Bactrocera oleae,) could wipe out the entire olive oil industry in California. Because its maggot feeds on the inner pulp of the olive, it allows bacte…

CSEF · 2006

Sea Hermit Crabs

Zoology

Objectives/Goals Imagine going through life in a borrowed home. The hermit crab understands this as it must find a suitable shell to live in and protect its soft abdomen. Most research says…

CSEF · 2006

Secrets to Better Plant Growth

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if watering with Liquid Plant Food will help plants grow faster than using other solutions. The purpose of this project was to find out whether dif…

CSEF · 2006

See This!

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to see if illustrations enhance a child#s comprehension of a reading passage, and if so which type of child, (struggling reader, average…

CSEF · 2006

Seize That Stain!

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project goal was to determine which laundry detergent works most effectively on a pizza sauce stain. I used five different detergents. Besides the detergents, nothing in…

CSEF · 2006

"Selfish" DNA Alu Polymorphism

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to identify a family tree through the chromosome 16 Alu allele of each member and understand the mechanism that passes on the gene. I predi…

CSEF · 2006

Semiconductor Lighting

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals My objective is to understand the operation of Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and determine if modern LEDs have the advantages to replace incandescent light bulbs for energy-sa…

CSEF · 2006

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals In Shake, Rattle, and Roll, I tested three different shaped structures: a tower, a rectangle, and a pyramid, to answer the scientific question: Which shaped structure can su…

CSEF · 2006

Short Term Memory: Girls vs. Boys

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine what types of short term memory, boys and girls ould remember, and how much they would remember in total. Methods/Materials I used groups of between…

CSEF · 2006

Sinister Sunflowers

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how far plants should be grown from sunflowers in order for them to be safe from the sunflowers' allelopathic toxins. Methods/Materials I plant…

CSEF · 2006

Snails: The Pest of the Ages

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experment was to find a natural non-toxic material that can repel snails without killing them, and to see if the materials that prove effective will still…

CSEF · 2006

Snooze or Lose

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Our goal was to discover if the amount of sleep a person gets effects their ability to memorize and compute problems Methods/Materials We chose 4 6th grade students to parti…

CSEF · 2006

SNPs and Their Correlation with Alzheimer's

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals We are investigating a successful protocol to screen DNA for SNPs. We chose two SNPS of interest using the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Browser and then…

CSEF · 2006

Social Cognition in Mice

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals Mice have been a popular study topic ever since scientists began to try to comprehend the human brain. In this experiment, I have begun to answer the question, #Can mice lea…

CSEF · 2006

Spectral Lines Emitted by Noble Gases

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Our project was to determine the spectra line colors that were produced by noble gases. In addition, it was to determine what wavelengths each spectrum tube created. We beli…

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