Every CSEF 2009 project in the archive: 870 entries with abstracts, awards and links to the originals.
CSEF · 2009
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether living with a smoker or non-smoker affects your forced vital capacity. Methods/Materials 1. Gather all necessary materials needed for t…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find a solution to two questions: how does acid rain affect soil and does Tums, Alka-Seltzer, or Zantac 75 absorb the most acid? Method…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Acid is a highly corrosive substance that is in all batteries, many chemicals, and industrial wastes. Surprisingly, it is also on many people's teeth! According to the Merec…
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Are Mammalian Transcription Regulatory Networks (TRNs) scale-free? Methods/Materials I got the data of Human transcriptions factors protein-protein interaction measurements…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this scientific investigation is to calculate the constant velocity at which a person in a spaceship would have to travel to get from earth to the edge of t…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals This study was conducted with the primary objective of determining which Solar System object(s) would be most viable during various stages of stellar evolution. Another goal…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To use various soil treatments with Humates as the key component in treating soil for maximum crop production - the main purpose being to reduce the amount of CO2 generated…
CSEF · 2009
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to find out how air pressure inside of a soccer ball affects how high it bounces if dropped and how far it goes when kicked. We also wanted to es…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is on algae, and it has to do with the growth of algae and how it grows when other factors are added to it. I was interested in algae growth because I believe alg…
CSEF · 2009
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can algae be cultured to help produce a bio-diesel fuel? Can oil be extracted from the algae? How will the characteristics of this Algae Fuel such as burn time and temperatu…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to discover how sunlight direction affects the growth of algae Methods/Materials The materials that were used were 10 small plastic cont…
CSEF · 2009
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This experiment's objective was to test the different levels of phosphorus on the oxygen production of algae in order to determine if it is a major contributor to the lack o…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Using chlorine to disinfect water can contribute to health hazards. I read an article this summer about a new method of water treatment through water electrolysis. The objec…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if the megapixel count in a digital camera affects the print quality of a 4x6 inch glossy print. Methods/Materials Five cameras wit…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine whether the absence of light will effect the time it takes a trained rat to navigate its way through a maze. Methods/Materials Ma…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals A robotic chemical detector, moving and responding to dangerous chemicals without human presence or control, could help save lives. My objective was to create an autonomous…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Aerogel is simply a low density porous solid formed when the liquid in a gel is replaced with a gas; this is done by a process of supercritical drying. Aerogels can be used…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation was to find a safe way to repel mosquitoes from laying their eggs in horses' water troughs. I tested this by mixing catnip extract with paint…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Carbon Dioxide and Methane are green house gases that have the greatest impact because of the amount of heat that it can retain. These gases are produced from bacterial deca…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The major objectives were to determine: I. Exactly how much activated CaSiO(3) (and thus HCl) and how much NaOH [electrolytic components] would be needed to neutralize multi…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This study is follow-up research from my 2007 science fair study. A primary aim of the current study is to test the extent to which the design of pharmacy medication informa…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which pinhole size will produce the best resolution for a Nikon D200 digital pinhole camera. Methods/Materials The digital pinhole camera was m…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment investigates the effects of carbohydrate intake on spatial memory recall. The participants used in the experiment were male and female eleventh and twelfth g…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine how water circulates through the Santa Monica beach and how rain effects this circulation. The radium levels are a marker for coast…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main objectives of this project was to: a) clarify the existing definition of a "free face" in the currently vague and ambiguous lateral spread criteria and b) to provid…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a flexible photovoltaic solar panel made to a wavy geometry can increase the amount of electric energy generated per projected area. Methods…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) has been highly endangered since being nearly hunted to extinction one hundred years ago by fur traders. The population is t…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The presence of gluten was tested using three different enzyme formulas: Gluten Digest, Gluten Ease, and Ultra-Zyme, to determine which enzyme breaks down gluten the best af…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the presence of native ants indicate a potentially healthier habitat for the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygd…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The present demand for energy is growing and fossil fuels are not a sustainable energy source. Emissions from fossil fuels significantly degrade air quality and the greenhou…