Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to study if classical music affects a child#s performance doing cognitive tasks. Methods/Materials Materials included: CD with Mozart sonata…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to learn how temperature would affect the sex ratio of the fruit flies. I hypothesized that the female fruit flies would outsurvive the mal…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to find whether learning modality has an impact on SAT scores, and if so how. Methods/Materials A test was developed in order to identify the…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn the infiltration rates of a wide range of soils. I wanted to find out what types of soils would be best for farming. Methods/Materials Materials: 9 soil…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine how the index of refraction (IOR) of water is changed by mixing increasing amounts of sugar (sucrose) into the solution. My hypo…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate a possible connection between the chord length of propeller blades and the amount of force the propeller produces. Methods/Mat…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the distance between dominoes affects the speed that the dominoes fall. Methods/Materials The dominoes were lined up in the same direction wi…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test my hypothesis that if the intensity of a magnetic field is increased, then the regenerative rate of a planarian that is exposed to that magnetic fie…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the optimum intensity of incandescent light for growing alfalfa sprouts. Methods/Materials There were twelve pots filled with soil and alfalfa…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to see how the intensity of light affected the speed of phototropism. Methods/Materials I placed 3 different sets of four plants each at differ…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals I tested how the pitch of the blades on a helicopter effect how much power is produced. I hypothesized that as the pitch increases, so will the amount of power produced. Met…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how ocean water temperature affects the species composition and quantity of larvae that settle on different substratum. Methods/Materials Three…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if plants affect the temperature in a sealed box. I think plants will lower the temperature in the box compared to the box withou…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In my study of snails this year, I wondered why there was a population decrease of the Planorbis rubrum. I also wondered what happened to the Marisa rotula, the striped trop…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To test the effectiveness of Beta-Carotene in fighting cancer in plants. Methods/Materials 6 pots,potting soil,sunflower seeds,tap water,1 TBSP,measuring Cup,matches,inocula…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My science project, "How High Can She Fly?",involves testing,reengineered and more aerodynamic fin designs of a model rocket. The purpose of this project is to determine whi…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My experiment compares the different volumes produced by playing music on five different stereos. For my project I learned about sound and sound waves. Other topics I studie…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals For my project, I was trying to test whether or not water pressure has an affect on magnetism. My method is stated below. I compared salt water to tap water and did each tes…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine how much the distance and accuracy of a putt was affected by the position of the ball on the clubface. Three putters were tes…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of our science project was to see if time and brushing effected the amount of bacteria growth on retainers. Methods/Materials First we gathered ten test subjects th…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals I initially started my project by trying to figure out how much salt there was in ocean water. Later in doing my project I realized there was more than just salt in the soli…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals After constructing a hovercraft, my experiment will test how weight added affects the speed of the hovercraft. Methods/Materials First I constructed a hovercraft using suppl…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove that the energy crisis in California could be solved by use of energy efficient lighting in each household. Methods/Materials I've created a survey…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Fabrics are made up natural and man-made fibers. Those fibers are woven,knitted, or felted together to make a cloth. Depending on how taut the fibers are put together determ…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To test and rate the quality of common sources of drinking water: bottled water, city or municipal water, Wegis mutual water system (24 users) and a private well. My objecti…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to determine which soils will yield the greatest plant growth, root length, and root weight: soil without additives, soil with dry humic acid…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to discover if different boat hull shapes affect drag, acceleration, and velocity Methods/Materials 14 PVC U-yoke sides with connectors, 6…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To make the use of hydrogen as an energy resource safer and more versatile to prevent pollution. To determine the combustibility of hydrogen foams made up of specific bubble…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I am trying to produce hydrogen as a clean energy source. The two current methods to obtain hydrogen are either expensive or pollute. Can I get hydrogen from anaerobic bacte…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Study if hydroponically grown plants (plants grwn in liquid media) can help recycle ammonia generated in fish-farming (aquaculture) operations. Methods/Materials The experim…