Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My experiments have determined the effect of witness confidence and clarity on accuracy. I also concluded the level of eyewitness accuracy when questioned using a questionna…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which plant contains the most chlorophyll. I believe that Pine leaf contains the most chlorophyll and Banana tree leaf contains…
Mathematics & Software
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Trailing stop loss is a technology that provides investors with an exit strategy that can help to maximize profits. The purpose of this project was to find an equation in th…
Plant Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Growing in the sand is the plant Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula) that produces a floating fruit in order to spread its seeds along the beach. The fruit of the Sea Rocket is div…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find the most effective learning tool that provides the most efficient and long lasting utilization of time and effort. Methods/Materials To give a subject two tests one…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to build a highly robust custom autonomous search and rescue robot platform. The design of the robot would be a major improvement on previous desig…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if a notable amount of lead could be detected in candy samples and wrappers. The reason I am seeking the presence of lead dus…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine if I could develop a circuit that could detect if an end device was plugged into a transformer or not, thereby turning off when no…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if there was a relationship between a pattern of transpiration and how long plants are in the sun. The hypothesis was that…
Mathematics & Software
First Award
Objectives/Goals A fast algorithm for both testing the tree-realizability of a distance matrix and constructing the optimal realization is presented. The fastest existing algorithms are only…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The project is find out the relationship between difference factor between different types of truss bridge, for example, the longevity of a covered truss bridge and to the t…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn which of three truss bridges will support support the most mass. The three bridges are: the Baltimore (Pratt), the Lattice, and the Subdivided Warre…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective for this experiment was to find out which truss design, a Warren, a Warren with Vertical Supports, a Pratt, or a Curved Chord Pratt, would have the…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I decided to find out what effect classical music and hard rock have on a person#s heart rate because I always feel more relaxed when listening to classical music and feel s…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine how accurate, and operator friendly the navigational tools were (compared to each other) when determining latitude, and using GMT to d…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Estimation skills are important in everyday life, such as when predicting how many bags of groceries will fit in the truck of a car, or detecting computational errors. Howev…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project on rocket aerodynamics had two goals. The first goal was to determine which fin shape and location would yield the greatest stability and thus the highest maxim…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the original/first phase of this project was to test if a simple solar panel steering system might improve panel energy production enough to reduce the over…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
First Award
Objectives/Goals This research is intended to study possible relationships between the diversity of diatoms and the concentration of acetaminophen present in their aquatic environment. The p…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Liquefaction is a phenomenon that has been shown to cause dangerous problems in regards to structural dynamics and engineering of buildings during earthquakes. One potential…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to create a natural filter that farmers can use to clean pesticides from their storm water runoff. I will use my findings from this year and my…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which type of fish will eat the most mosquito larvae in five minutes. I have chosen fish that can live in different temperatures an…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find out exactly what it is that I shold refrain from when I Artificially Inseminate (AI) my dairy goats. There is a myriad of beliefs involv…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which electrolyte, white vinegar or saturated salt-water, when used in a crown of cups with copper and zinc, will conduct the most electricity.…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal is to determine if greater concentrations of vinegar lead to declining health in radish plants (Raphanus sativus). Methods/Materials Each of the three group members…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals How does shelf life affect the amount of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) in grapefruits? Will there be more, less, or the same amount of Vitamin C in a grapefruit that has been si…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals There are many ways to store your orange juice. When storing your orange juice you want to make sure that it stays fresh and preserves the Vitamin C content. You want to sto…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to prevent fatigue related accidents by designing a simple, portable and affordable device that would alert the user as soon as he closes his ey…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Can mechanical legs work and move without the use of electricity, rather the amount of energy supplied by the maneuvering of the lever by human hands? What type of soles wou…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project was to see how walking affects a diabetic's blood glucose levels. I was interested in learning if a Type II diabetic could benefit fro…