Behavioral & Social Sciences
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to determine if infrawaves could be used as early warnings for natural disasters, not only by scientists and seismographs, but by people in…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test different conditions to impair or promote the growth of bacteria. Plates of bacteria were tested with different wavelengths. Bacter…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The problem was, "How does changing the type of material used as a reflector in a solar oven affect the temperature reached in a solar oven?" It was hypothesized that when t…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Stem cell technology can help pave the way for personalized medicine, but current methodologies prevent from doing so. Human embryonic stem cell cultures are contaminated wi…
Mathematics & Software
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment is designed to determine if street intersections can learn to increase the efficiency vehicle transport in a network over time. Methods/Materials A laptop an…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In the continuation of our former project, In the Blink of an Eye, we are investigating the question: After working on the computer does the vision of adult subjects worsen…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Original Study: For my project, I chose to study the capacity of a dry cell battery to survive at extreme temperatures, in particular, the temperature of Mars, -120 degrees…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was the development of an autonomous navigation system that does not require human input. To achieve this overall goal, additional objectives i…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A crime scene could have fingerprint on several different surfaces and those surfaces could be covered with different coatings. An Officer at the crime scene would probably…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to investigate the bioremediation effectiveness of oil-eating bacteria under various environmental conditions.Oil spreads rapidly and covers hu…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals With recent news report of E-Coli outbreak contamination of our farm crops, I wanted to investigate the effects of dairy farm animal waste would have in our ground water sup…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate and determine what common household liquids would extinguish a fire the quickest. Methods/Materials I started with cutting a Dura Flame log i…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Intraneural implants aim to provide a sense of hearing to the deaf and hard of hearing. By using computer simulations to model the potential distribution and electrical fiel…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the shuffle feature in the iPod really plays songs randomly. I believe that it does not play songs truly randomly because it uses a pseudo-random number…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals One Hundred Years Ago, Swedish Chemists developed the first theory connecting pollution to warmer global temperatures. They claimed emissions from coal combustion would rais…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out whether a microfiber cleaning cloth and room temperature tap water will remove surface bacteria from household surfaces as well as a bleach based cleani…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Although it is known that CO2 absorption of infrared radiation emitted from the Earthâ##s surface traps heat inside the atmosphere, and that this greenhouse effect has been…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals my objective for this project was to test my hypothesis. My hypothesis was that it would be possible to generate electricity using passive solar energy. Methods/Materials To…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to see whether or not it is healthy for Los Angeles residents to eat Channel Catfish caught from Echo Park Lake. I expected to find high concent…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals In 2006, the 'Mosquito Ring Tone' became the buzz. Invented in Britain, this 'uniquely created tone' was claimed to be heard only by teenagers. Believing they could possess…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals On January 23, 2006 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water from 50 parts per billion (50 ppb) to 10 ppb. Arsenic…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out what type of soil houses should be built on. The project demonstrates how well a sand/soil can withstand a certain amount of we…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Seven different kitchens were tested to see if they were perceived to be clean and if they were actually clean. Eight different surfaces were tested. Petri dishes were inocu…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project examines the viability of one alternative form of solar concentration, the Fluorescent Solar Concentrator (FSC), as a more efficient and inexpensive method of p…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Everything needs to adapt in order to survive. Man is now venturing into space, will he be able to take plants with him? I did my project on whether a plant would be able to…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project involves the testing and research of wind turbine design and the electricity it generates. I am interested in this subject area because there has been much discus…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how different sources of water affect lima bean plant growth. The hypothesis states that lima bean seeds watered with marsh water will produce…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We had two objectives: First we wanted to determine how plant growth is affected by varying degrees of acid soil. Our second objective was to determine what pH level will ne…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if I could show that increasing the amount of weight of books placed in a student's backpack would increase the amount of pressure placed on the student's lo…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which eye color will be dominant when you cross a sex-linked recessive white-eyed (w) Drosophila melanogaster with an autosomal r…