Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which type of lettuce carried more bacteria, hand washed or pre-bagged, pre-washed lettuce. Methods/Materials I purchased Romaine and Iceberg let…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Which commonly used materials work best? Methods/Materials Materials: Soil made of at least 30% clay, 1 square foot of mesh, Mondo Grass, Shovel or Spade, Metric ruler, 4 12…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment explores the question of how the amount of daylight affects the lifecycle of butterflies from the stages of larvae to chrysalis to butterfly. The goal for th…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover which bulb would shine farther through fog: xenon or halogen bulbs. This project could help save lives by reducing fog related ca…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our project was done to determine whether the tail segments of planaria that had been cut in half were as sensitive to light as the head segments. Their light sensitivity wa…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see how the soils of Sherwood Valley react under earthquake conditions. In addition to this the goal of my project is to see if the soils of She…
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I built a beam, arch, and suspension bridge out of LEGOS and tested to see which design held the most weight. I improved the beam, arch, and suspension bridges once and test…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the application of positive and negative words on the growth of 2 types of plants. Methods/Materials I used two types of systems for delivering the…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if a difference in biological diversity on the macroscopic invertebrate level can be observed between an area with mostly native ve…
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To design a truss structure based on equilateral, scalene, and isosceles triangles to determine the strength and the architectural benfits of the different triangles. Method…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which musical instrument has the purest tone through visual image analysis of the digitized sound waves. Methods/Materials I recorded ten diffe…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Forensic Entomologists are divided on estimating the time of exposure of decaying animal tissue in relation with maggot mass temperature. I believe an increase in maggots on…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Our experiment will hope to uncover which adjustment to the heat motor will make it work more efficiently. We will be experimenting with what factor, pendulum wire length or…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that a spark will arc from an electrical source to the north polarity of a magnet. Methods/Materials A Van de Graff generator was constructed so I would hav…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to find the maximum efficiency setting of a simple magnetic linear accelerator. Methods/Materials Ruler x1, Duct tape, Magnets x4, Nickel-plated s…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to answer the question, #Does adding electric current to something that is already magnetized increase or decrease the power of the…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I studied electrolysis hoping to find a green method of making the hydrogen necessary for running hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. My objective was to find a favorable voltage a…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I hypothesized that silica (SiO2) molecules, or quartz, found in common beach sand, could be separated to create pure silicon (Si), a key material in computer processors. An…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To observe the effects of Manganese Sulfate (MnSO(4)) upon C. Elegans roundworms under Heat Stress, temperature set at 35 Degrees C. Methods/Materials Place 20 Gravid worms…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project is a long term generational study of the introduced mantid species, Iris oratoria, which gave opportunity to observe offspring derived by parthenogenesis. Follo…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how accurately can animals that use echolocation determine the direction to an object and how is the accuracy affected by frequen…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to develop a low cost compact flash X-ray source that would produce high energy, extremely short x-ray pulses for the study of high speed phe…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project is based on the chemical reaction that is created when mixing acids (vinegar) and bases (baking soda) to create gas. After measuring the amount of gas produced by…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project is to maximize hydrogen production using a high output hydrogen production unit. Methods/Materials Methods include testining the electrodes, a…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to determine the effect of tilting a photovoltaic solar panel in order to maximize its output power for designing an efficient solar energy system. Methods/…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see if all manufactured CDs have the exact same area and perimeter. If not, which brands have more deviations in their manufactured product…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Measure and compare the effect of wind drag at three different speeds on model cars with three different shapes. In addition, to design a wind tunnel which would be able to…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine how fast Bolinas Lagoon drains in the period between high tide and low tide, to see if there is a lag between the calculated low t…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Learning is the main objective in the classroom, but with the current methods of teaching this can at times be a more difficult task than it need be. The purpose of this exp…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine whether adults remember information better by hearing it spoken, or by hearing it sung in a familiar tune. I believe that the ad…