Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how temperature, concentration, and particle size affect the chemical reation rate of Alka-Seltzer and water. Methods/Materials Bayer Alka-Seltzer…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Problem: Does fat content effect the evaporation rate of liquid milk? If so, which amount of fat content will evaporate the fastest? Hypothesis Yes, I think fat content will…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a motor could act like a generator, and its efficiency. Also, I wanted to find out how the efficiency is affected by the rotation speed. My…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals It's hypothesized that the two downstream locations will have the highest results in all the variable tests. This is because sediment, fertilizer, and wastes are expected to…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The primary goal was to determine salinity around San Francisco Bay estuary according to location and before and after rainfalls. Secondary goals were to see if relative sal…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Gray water is the water that comes from sinks, clothes washers, showers, and dishwashers. The gray water contains detergents (soaps) and other particulates (dirt, food bits,…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if adding waste materials to concrete affects its strength. There are two goals to be achieved by adding waste materials to c…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was a genetic experiment to determine if by crossing two totally different breeds of chicken, a Barred Plymouth Rock cock and a White Aracauna rumpless (no tail…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the gram-positive cocci in clusters that I cultured from commonly-touched school surfaces during my Science Fair project last year were staphyloco…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether or not pipes with different geometrical shapes, yet with identical cross-section areas will conduct water at the same rate…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if the type of glove affects the temperature of the heat emitted by the Coleman Disposable Hand Warmers. By determining the temperature of heat…
Microbiology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the optimal techniques for reducing the bacterial contamination of my finger pads, using common cleaning methods available in most…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
First Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I wanted to find out what soil type would be most effective so that hazardous waste would not contaminate the ground water. I had two main goals when prefor…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine what type of car goes faster: a solar powered car or a hydrogen powered car. My hypothesis is that that the solar powered car wi…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My original question was whether or not improving the fitness of one's heart would allow an Irish dancer to jump higher at the end of their dance, when they were tired. From…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Purpose: The purpose of my project is to determine which type of flooring material (carpet, wood, linoleum, ceramic tiles, or rock flooring) can hold and keep the most amoun…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find whether gravel, sand, or clay transfer heat to water the quickest and highest degree Celcius, depending on the temperature they intially have. Methods/Materials Tape…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The intent of our project was to determine the sources of energy in Saturn#s rings by writing programs to compute and analyze their temperatures. Methods/Materials We wrote…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out if maintaining the bacteria at 30 degrees Celsius (optimal bacterial growth temperature) to increase growth and gas production co…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Hydrogen Fuel cell vehicles are currently the more environmentally friendly option to replace the present-day gasoline powered cars. The hydrogen used to power the vehicles…
Plant Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to explore the best natural ways to deter Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus ponderosae from attacking Pinus ponderosa in the San Ber…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out out how different liquids affect the functionality of a flash drive. Methods/Materials Six different flash drives, Diet Coke, Tide Laundry detergent, water, plas…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if the herbs Clove Oil and Neem Extract could help prevent oral disease causing bacteria Streptococcus mutans and Porphyromonas g…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to get an understanding of which sunscreens are most effective against ultraviolet radiation. Methods/Materials I used a UV detector to detect how many UV r…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of this project was to find out if the amount of hydrogen gas an electrolyser produces ,depending on the voltage & amperage of its electricity, would affect…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover if horses have a preference as to which type of simple sugar they eat, if they will eat any at all. Methods/Materials My experime…
Microbiology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The research examined the control sequence between host plants and nitrogen fixing bacteria and determined whether such bacteria were screened at successive host-regulated c…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This first of two objectives of this study is to analyze the effects of gradual warming on microbial diversity in southern Californian beach, mountain, and urban environment…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if chewing mint-flavored gum, cinnamon-flavored gum and simply chewing with nothing in your mouth would effect the temperature of your mouth. Me…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine which common household surface material is best at denying the cultivation of bacteria in a normal environment. Methods/Materials The…