Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine a possible way to calculate a model rocket#s trajectory in order to predict a possible landing zone by using mathematical models…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals In 2004, ABA Energy noted a circular feature in their analysis of a 3-D seismic dataset in the Sacramento basin. The analyst's objective was to determine whether this featur…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to study possible interactions between the proteins BBP, a splicing factor, and BUR2, a transcription factor, in yeast. Finding an interaction would suggest a la…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals What happens to our environment when someone forgets to take the gas nozzle out of the car and they drive off and it leaks? What happens to our environment because of that l…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to understand the materials science (including structure, electrical and heat-flow properties) of peltier devices and to design a small…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether barriers placed offshore can effectively minimize the impact of tsunami waves. Which barrier design is most effective in reducing the a…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project deals with an idealized but still realistic situation described as follows. A finite number of offers arrive one at a time. If an offer is accepted, the search en…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if global warming is affecting the number of Giant Green (northern species) and Sunburst (southern species) sea anemones at the Almar Avenue si…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to generate electricity by harnessing some of the kinetic energy of water flowing through a 1 1/4 inch pipe. This will be done with a small-sc…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn about the underlying chemistries of the lithium ion and lead acid batteries in order to better understand why their discharge capacities were affec…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals VAT dying is a process through which all insoluble commercial VAT dyes are taken up by cotton fibers in an alkaline or base-soluble form by reduction and made insoluble agai…
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My research showed that a substantial number of the world#s languages belong to the Indo-European language #family,# with various other languages belonging to four additiona…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to determine which of four different salt species in solution is the best conductor of electricity. We devised this experiment because we wan…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Sound decay is a subject that has not been deeply probed by the scientific community. I would like to expand that knowledge in both myself and others, so with my experiment,…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find organic ant repellents. I hypothesized that cedar chips, small dried lavender twigs and torn marigold petals would repel ants. Methods/Materials In…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Experiments were performed to determine whether or not antibacterial products are actually any better than regular cleaning agents at eliminating bacteria. Today, products t…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test everyday household items to see which was the most effective to use as an organic ant repellant. If a good organic repellant can b…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this project is to compute theoretical and mathematical data in regard to the Stock Market and other securities to accurately predict price fluctuations of…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The two largest manufacturers of baseballs certified for use in Little League Baseball competition are the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company and Diamond Sports Company, Inc. S…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I love animals and am fascinated that scientists knew birds had more cones in their eyes than humans which means they see more colors than humans, but they still believed th…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the extent of copper contamination in drinking water due to the use of copper pipes. Also, the effect of the acidity of water on th…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to determine whether fingerprints are hereditary, which types are hereditary, and which parent to child combination is most heredit…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to show that mice will establish a territory over a certain time, and I plan to take random snapshots of their positions in order to show a perferred area where…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My Project tested to see the brain type of musicians. My hypothesis stated that musicians would be left brained because of the left brain functions used to be a musician. Me…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the relationship of varying voltage and magnetic force generation in an AC electromagnet. My interest in electricity prompted…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This project involves various stages and fields including Engineering/Mechanics, self-taught "C-Windows" Computer Programming, Electronics, and Mathematics. My primary goal…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal of this project is to find out what percent of California's Hawaiian papaya is genetically engineered and whether the genetically engineered papaya tastes different…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine the presence of salmonella bacteria from whole, uncooked chickens from different suppliers/proccesing plants. Methods/Materials I conducted my e…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the majority of 12-13 year olds have cross-dominance between their dominant hand and eye, and whether males or females are more commonl…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to find out if the temperature of a magnet affected its magnetic pull. Also, I wanted to know in what ways and rates the magnetic pull would be…