Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see how girls' body images differed between single sex and coed schools. I also wanted to see how the appearance of boys affected the body images of the girls wh…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to determine if there is a correlation between increased rocket weight and decreased rocket altitude. I think that after my experiment I will b…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To see if I can take ring samples from local Juniper trees and match the precpitation pattern for the Victorville/Mojave region as recorded by the National Weather Service o…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine whether or not mold will transfer from one building material to another, and if it will, what conditions will create the best…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals -Problem Statement: Not enough adult steelhead are returning to the San Lorenzo River to maintain a healthy population. -Statement of Purpose: To determine the severity and…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Homing pigeons have been racing home for many generations. Is it possible to add a supplement to their food that would allow then to find their way home quicker? Methods/Mat…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether or not crezacin, a synthetic plant adaptogen, would improve the germination rate, growth and/or weight of pole bean plants. Methods/Ma…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals This project's goal is to determine which helmet materials protect best upon impact with solid ground. It is hypothesized that the Specialized helmet will work best in prote…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Can sedimentary features be formed from a process differing from the normally accepted depositional processes? Methods/Materials - Build a sedimentary tank that simulates a…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals I decided to find out if actively dividing cells would have more messenger RNA (mRNA) than cells that are not actively dividing. Messenger RNA is one of the most important p…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The factors I will correlate to determine the soil's susceptibility to mudslides are the grain size of the soil, the water absorbency of the soil and the speed at which the…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to discover if a mathematical pattern can be derived from the repetitive patterns in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. I hypothesize that if a pat…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a distinction could be made between music played on an acoustic piano and the same music played on a digital piano using Fourier analysis. I…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our Phase I results last year demonstrated a significant Mozart Effect in mice. Initial studies indicated that active participation is necessary to attain this. We propose t…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if mutations in Nod2, a gene thought to be involved in Crohn's disease, affects the activation of the inflammatory response due t…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I know that there used to be trout running all through Pescadero Creek and since Pescader does mean "place of fish", where did all the trout go? I hypothesize that the plant…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Discover the interference color identification has on word. How does the brain react when processing contradicting information? Which task takes priority? Methods/Materials…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Observing air quality and visibility in Los Angeles, the following was found: Air was more polluted and visibility was lower before than after rain. Hypothesis: water can cl…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the relative levels of Vitamin C in 15 fresh fruits and 15 fresh vegetables. Methods/Materials 15 fresh fruits and 15 fresh vegetables were tes…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I tried to show that there is a pattern for the new Valley Oak trees that are growing in an abandoned Walnut tree orchard in a city park. Methods/Materials I counted young V…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To see how many calories are in the foods I eat. Methods/Materials A can and a test tube to make a calorimeter, 8 grams of water, cork and needle stand to burn the food, sto…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether progestins synergize or antagonize the protective action of estrogen on hippocampal cell viability. Methods/Materials Hippocampal neuro…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals A neural network was designed and coded to identify decimal digits using Visual Basic and Excel. It was hypothesized that the neural network would have a 75% accuracy in rec…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether nitrate contamination in ground water is more prevalent in an agricultural area versus a rural residential area. Methods/Materials A co…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals When using legumes which raises the nitrogen level in the soil more, nitrogen-fixing bacteria or nitrogen fertilizer? Methods/Materials I enoculated alfalfa plants with thre…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To see if aspirin would have an affect on the development of mealworms. Methods/Materials Aspirin will have an affect on the development of mealworms. Results Mid-concentrat…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: Which birds are spreading the West Nile Virus? My objective is to find the main vector, or spreader of the West Nile Virus. Hypothesis: I believe that the…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Vital to our understanding of cellular responses is the identification of regulatory proteins in the transduction pathways responsible for the expression of genes. To increa…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals It has not yet been proven in mathematics if there exists an infinite number of primes of the form k^2+1, where k is a positive integer. With the exception of the integer tw…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was done to determine if nutrient uptake efficiency affects the growth of plants, specifically corn (Zea mays) and wheat (Poacease triticum). Nutrient uptake ef…