Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Pathogenicity by the plant pathogenic Streptomyces scabies, the causative agent of common scab disease on various economically important root and tuber crops, is triggered b…
Toxicology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out if nanosilver found in consumer products is harmful to Daphnia Magna, and if the temperature of the water affects the way nanos…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test natural and synthetic insecticides on the mortality rate of cockroaches. Methods/Materials Used neem oil (2.5 mL), neem extract (2.5 m…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) uses ozone (O(3)) and particulate matter (PM(2.5))readings to issue their daily Air Quality Index (AQI), eclipsing the…
Plant Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Current research on plant-derived smoke shows that it functions similar to plant growth hormones. The objective was to test the response of traditional Yemeni watermelon to…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Determine how proximity to a roadway affects the water quality of bodies of water by measuring water quality at various different sites. Methods/Materials Bought and used Te…
Toxicology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals As many parts of the world are facing water scarcity there is a growing interest in reusing greywater. However, many commercial laundry detergents contain chemicals harmful…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to create a low-cost device that effectively filters contaminated water to produce purified drinking water using solar energy. Methods/Mate…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
First Award
Objectives/Goals Our experiment seeks to find a different way to solve the problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria, or superbugs, by using bacteriophages. We look at the effect of T4 coliph…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I try to find out how the affect of changing molality of salts, effects the freezing point of water. This is relevant in that, today America spends millions on deicing roadw…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment I am creating a more natural form of hormone estrogen replacement therapy (HRT) using phytoestrogen. I am going to use the phytoestrogen genistin from soy…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine how the physical properties of a reed relate to the timbre (or quality of sound) produced by a musical instrument. Notes fro…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Many kids bring lunch to school, and we have been hearing suggestions about what foods are suitable for lunch packing, due to concerns of nitrite content in foods stored ove…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This experiment served to implement the various satellite-tracking techniques acquired through the Irvine CubeSat Program and to verify the claims by several ham-radio opera…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to identify whether visuomotor adaptation training, performed on one side of the body, positively affected the contralateral side. It was obs…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to discover how the Genovese Basil plant reacts to different amounts of salt in the plants soil. Methods/Materials Table salt, 4 packets of G…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was an investigation of how different wing configurations affect the pressure measured on aircraft. Methods/Materials Using an engineering application called Si…
Plant Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals To test possible effects of application of abscisic acid on unstressed and water stressed Brassica rapa, and see if ABA's role in stomata and water usage in a plant would he…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The effects of carbon dioxide pollution, forest fires, and industrial chemical pollution on soil microbes are likely to be frequent in Southern California. To investigate wh…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine if background noise affects hearing. Methods/Materials 75 students, scripts, downloads of background noise (static, music with w…
Plant Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which amendment to soil, chicken manure or Miracle-Gro fertilizer, would help a snow pea plant develop quickest. Methods/Material…
Environmental Science
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To attribute trends in black carbon, or BC, concentrations in personal exposure to micro-environments of certain conditions as accurately and reliably as possible, and to be…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine whether the use of liquid fabric softener increases the flammability of fabrics, and if the degree of flammability becomes grea…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to find a link between animals grazing on a plot of land and the biodiversity of native plants on that plot. Non-native/invasive plant speci…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This science fair project studies the movement of particles in relation to ocean current patterns. The purpose of this project was to determine whether the materials and com…
Toxicology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to determine if organic v.s. non-organic insecticides affected the Ariolimax Californicus's ability to detect primary food sources. Methods…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals There's a misconception is that throwing medication down the drain is the best way to dispose of medication. This experiment was conducted to show the effects of over-the-co…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the petroleum-based fuel oil that has the most negative effect on the growth of aquatic bryophytes. Methods/Materials The m…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Test the silver nanoparticles found in silver nitrate to see if their antibacterial properties will have good and/or bad effects on radishes. Methods/Materials Silver nitrat…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if the use of sulfate containing or sulfate-free shampoo better affects hair strength. Sulfates can sometimes have a harsh treatm…