CSEF · 2004
Antlions, The Farmer's Best Friend
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Pest control is a very serious problem in agriculture today. Farmers need pesticides to keep their crops from being damaged by insects, but over time, insects build immuniti…
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CSEF · 2004
Ant Supercolony Aggression
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: Ants of the #SuperColony# are spread all over California. Is one colony of ants mainly aggressors? Do aggressors always win, if so how do they win their b…
CSEF · 2004
A pHantastic Way to See How Exercise Affects CO(2) Production
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To explore the effects that different types and durations of exercise have on the production of CO(2) in humans. To demonstrate how when people exercise, they burn adenosine…
CSEF · 2004
Apoptosis: The Other Way Cells Die
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see how much Apo2L and Fas Ligand protein it takes to kill Jurkat cells by apoptosis in culture. If the Jurkat cells are not very sensitive t…
CSEF · 2004
Apple Dehydration
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether salt water or lemon juice had any effect on the rate of dehydration of different types of apples. The hypothesis wa…
CSEF · 2004
Applications of Omni-Directional Antennas
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Omni-directional antennas have a tremendous application in everyday life. They allow firms to effictivly and efficently transmit data over a high speed connection that only…
CSEF · 2004
A Random Walk Down Chaos Street II
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This project compares the measurements of bifurcations and chaos from an actual circuit to a 5Spice simulation of the circuit. It was hypothesized that the 5Spice circuit si…
CSEF · 2004
Archimedes, Blubber, and Bladders: How Fish Achieve Neutral Buoyancy
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine how fish and marine mammals achieve neutral buoyancy. The hypothesis of our experiment was that if we varied the static lift of an object (mod…
CSEF · 2004
Are Annual and Perennial Plants Differentially Eaten by Snails?
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test whether snails prefer to eat annual plants more than perennial plants. I predicted that annual plants would be eaten more because annual plants may…
CSEF · 2004
Are Dogs Color Blind?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to find out if dogs can see color or not. Methods/Materials To test if my dog was color-blind, I first trained him to choose blue over yellow. I chose blue…
CSEF · 2004
Are Dogs Right or Left Pawed?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out whether most dogs prefer to use their right or left paw more than the other. Methods/Materials Information was obtained from 217…
CSEF · 2004
Are Domestic Dogs and Wolves Similar in Their Hierarchical Behaviors?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if a domestic dog pack's hierarchical behaviors were similar to those of wolves. Methods/Materials I observed seven domestic dogs on two acres of la…
CSEF · 2004
Are Eyewitness Testimonies Accurate?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine the effects of suggestions on eyewitness reports. Methods/Materials Sixty subjects were used, twenty in each of three conditions (N=6…
CSEF · 2004
Are Organic Tomatoes More Susceptible to Mold than Conventionally Grown Tomatoes?
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The hypothesis that I have tested is that organic tomato fruit are more susceptible to fungal infection than conventionally grown tomato fruit, because they are not protecte…
CSEF · 2004
Are There Dangerous Levels of Lead in Local Soil?
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether local soil contains dangerous levels of lead. This is significant because the results will indicate where the soil is…
CSEF · 2004
A Revolution in Electrostatic Motors
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals I used Plexiglas sheets and aluminum to make these motors. Due to previous problems with building motors, I designed new systems for cutting parts that improve precision and…
CSEF · 2004
Are You Making Money in the Stock Market? Juxtapositional Analysis of Money Flow vs. Momentum Indicator
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Several different market indicators are often used to predict trends or patterns in stocks. Two of the most common tools used by stock analysts are money flow and momentum.…
CSEF · 2004
Are You or Your Pet Overly Acidic?
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to see if there is any relationship between a cat's pH and a human's pH at different times of the day. I will measure the saliva pH of 3 human's and three cat's t…
CSEF · 2004
A Sonar Device: An Application to Prevent Auto Collisions
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals To find out whether a sonar device can be used to avoid auto collisions on busy freeways. Methods/Materials Full 14 Lines in Notebook 1. Follow Circuit Diagram of A Basic So…
CSEF · 2004
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down: Reliable Dosing of Oral Medication to Pet Rats
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was to determine a convenient and accurate way to orally administer an anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, to pet rats in order to treat them for Fur Mites. Method…
CSEF · 2004
Assessment of Enteric Oral Flora of Dogs
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the types of bacteria in dog's mouths. Methods/Materials Ten dogs that had similar habits were selected from my neighborhood. Once permission w…
CSEF · 2004
A Statistical Comparison of Radial and Transect Sampling Methods in a Hypothetical 2-Dimensional Model
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This experiment attempts to determine which method of bioassay, radial sampling or transect-line sampling, will prove to be a more accurate representation of the whole popul…
CSEF · 2004
Astrodapsis spatiosus
Zoology
Objectives/Goals What type of sand do sand dollars like to live in? I am interested in fossils and I also always wondered what sand dollars really are. I always thought that they were just s…
CSEF · 2004
A Structural Genomic Approach to Mycobacterial Drug Design Targeting Replicative Synthesis: Structure & Function of dnaQ
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Multidrug resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a major public health threat; thus, new strategies are needed for mycobacterial drug development. The ultimate goal of this o…
CSEF · 2004
A Study Comparing the Respiration Rate to Weight Ratio of Two Different Families of the Order Cetacea
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study two diffrent famalies of the order Cetacea and find out if the respiration rate to rate weight ratio will differ between diffrent age groups of Orc…
CSEF · 2004
A Study of Colloidal Battery Performance
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The experiment investigated the influence of resonance absorption and surface plasmon dipole resonance on colloidal battery performance through the divergence of normally no…
CSEF · 2004
A Study of the Effects of Green Tea on Oral Bacteria
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if green tea inbibits the growth of oral bacteria. Methods/Materials Two procedures involving five test subjects were performed to determine if g…
CSEF · 2004
A Tap Dancing Machine for the Hearing Impaired
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals I set out to invent a device that enables the hearing impaired and the deaf to appreciate the rhythm of a tap dance, while maintaining a great performance quality for the he…
CSEF · 2004
A Three Year Study of Natural Antibiotics: Analysis of the Bioactive Compound in Arctostaphylus in Various Solvents
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment was to determine the best solvent for the extraction of the bioactive compound in Arctostaphylus. Methods/Materials In the preliminary tests, I…
CSEF · 2004
Autism + Music = Relaxation
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out what style of music has the most calming effect on a person with autism. My brother, who has autism, can get very wild and upset, and I want to k…