Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this project is to determine whether or not parental limits affect middle school students smartphone addiction. My hypothesis is that the more limits parents give,…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives My goal in completing this project was to determine the effectiveness of psyllium in reducing the amount of sand in horse s digestive system. Methods I collected manure samples fr…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine if stimulating the right brain improved reading speed and comprehension, for Dyslexic and non-Dyslexic students. Methods The experimen…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives My project aims to discover if the amount of time food is in contact with various surfaces affect the amount of bacteria it collects. Methods I used many materials to conduct my s…
Chemistry
Objectives My project involved creating electrolysis of water using a battery to examine the pH of the water after it was affected by electrolysis. My hypothesis was that if we separate the…
Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to utilize a dog's high sense of smell as the solution to creating an improved method of treating their wounds and injuries. By combining natural…
Toxicology
Objectives The purpose of the project was to find a plant-friendly alternative to road salt (NaCl). Four types of salt were tested: calcium chloride (CaCl2), potassium chloride (KCl), ammoni…
Plant Biology
Objectives Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment and are harmful to animals. I wondered if microplastics could affect plants. The objective of this project was t…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives To determine if a soil wetting aid can reduce salt or sodium (Na) levels in different soil types (sandy, sandy- loam and clay soil) so that plants have more water and nutrients av…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The objective of this project is to study if different nut hulls (almond and walnut) affect water retention in soil. Methods Added ground up almond hulls and walnut hulls to loam…
Mathematical Sciences
Third Award
Objectives DBSCAN is an unsupervised learning algorithm that connects locally dense regions of data to form data clusters. This algorithm is frequently used for medical, engineering, and fin…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives People want to drink and suck boba separately, but the simple wide straw has tea and boba together. This not only makes the customer unsatisfied, but it also causes issues with ch…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The Moon is devoid of a global magnetic field and atmosphere and is thus directly exposed to space plasma and solar radiation. Due to the emission of photoelectrons and collection…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to see if using different fruits to make dye-sensitized solar cells affected the amount of voltage the solar cells produced. Methods A Nanocry…
Mathematical Sciences
First Award
Objectives Analyze the distribution of the iterations of the tangent map for most starting values, both measure- theoretically and topologically. Characterize sets of starting values whose t…
Plant Biology
Objectives Late detection of drought stress in plants could lead to irreversible damage and low yield. Older methods of monitoring plant water status are destructive and only detects plant d…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives The purpose of this project was to find what humans react to faster, sound or light and how the pitch or color affects the reaction time. Methods To administer the tests, the codi…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to explore the relationship of different salinities on earth that contain different levels of carbon dioxide in the ocean due to global warming. Met…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Last year I tested the Escondido Creek water quality at different locations attempting to find the source of problems that the Escondido Creek is notorious for. I wondered if ther…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives ABSTRACT Our science project is about protecting the environment by eliminating the use of plastic water bottles and minimizing water wastage, fertilizer runoff in gardening plant…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives According to the World Health Organization, globally 1.8 billion people are drinking contaminated water. Distributed water, surface water, and ground water are contaminated due to…
Microbiology (General)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Spirulina platensis is a type of cyanobacteria also known as the blue-green algae. It contains a pigment called phycocyanin, which is made up of protein molecules, and is shown to…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this study is to record and analyze differences in the metabolic rate of yeast with varying levels of dissolved oxygen in the yeast suspension. Methods A gas coll…
Plant Biology
First Award
Objectives The aim of this research project was to analyze the effect of certain environmental changes on plant growth and their adaptation patterns for survival. This would help us understa…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetals (3D-TDSM) have been increasingly studied in the areas of materials science and condensed matter physics due to their unusual three-d…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The goal of my project was to study the effect fires have on several of soils' characteristics. These are, organic matter content, water retention capabilities, and ability to sup…
Plant Biology
Third Award
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effects of modification of DMR6 in tomato fitness and abiotic stress response. Methods Plant trays, dsRNA, qPCR kit, soil, tomato s…
Plant Biology
Objectives To understand if a sensor-based watering system uses water more efficiently and also improves plant growth at the same time by optimizing the water required by the plants. Methods…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives The purpose is to assess the effects of various pH levels prior to drinking tea with respect to teeth staining. Methods Extracted teeth were collected, sterilized, and bleached. D…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Understanding how life responds to changes in temperature is a critical endeavor given the predicted climate changes the planet will experience in the future. The aim of this stud…