Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The Objective of my project was to find if the size of the seed determines the ideal planting depth. Methods/Materials Six types of legume seeds were obtained and the weight…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn which substance would best prevent the shoe from falling off the tile. Methods/Materials I used a shoe,tile,(5 tiles w/all different substance surf…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals In the world we are living in today, there is an enormous need for energy to power our homes, tools, and appliances. The bad thing about this is that it costs money to produ…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which different type of disposable diaper and cloth diaper can absorb the most water, and how the sodium polycrilate affects the absorbency. Me…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal was to create software for an autonomous system using two cameras capable of tracking a rolling ball and determining its position through trigonometric parallax cal…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project analyzed the performance and accuracy of different software libraries and how well they compared against each other. Methods/Materials Four different software lib…
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals To find how the angle between two solar panels and the angle of the light source affects the amount of energy they capture from the sun. Methods/Materials Materials: Multime…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Can salt water be converted to drinking water using solar energy, and if so, what glazing material would perform the best? Methods/Materials The project involved the constru…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if there was a difference in the rate of dissolution of common, commercially available calcium pills. Methods/Materials Eight br…
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find out what caused the low pH (as low as 3.4) in the Penn Mine wetland during and after the rainy season in 2002. I also wanted to find out…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My goal in this project is to find out if hot chili peppers will raise a human being's temperature. Methods/Materials Materials: 20 volunteer subjects, Data sheets, Rubber g…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if sound absorption by foam and similar materials changes with the frequency of sound. Based on the energy content of sound at different freque…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a person's spatial ability is related to his/her sense of direction. Methods/Materials Each subject was given a 3-part spatial test and a 2-…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To see when we hit a small amount of blood with an object, if the amount of force will effect the pattern of the resulting bloodstains. Methods/Materials We mixed glycerin,…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see which lubricant causes the longest rotation time on a skateboard ball bearing. I thought that the Red Devil skateboard lubricant would…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the accuracy of home blood pressure monitors when compared against the 'Gold Standard' of a blood pressure reading from a Mercury Sphygmomanomete…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to figure out the effects of different fruit/vegetable/spice juices on two types of bacteria: e.coli and staphylococcus epidermis. My hypoth…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The object of this project is to compare multi-staging and clustering in terms of maximum altitude in order to determine which is the more efficient system when carrying a g…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The Objective of my project Statistical Analysis of Computer Based Learning Vs. Traditional Learning is to compare the test scores of students on computers versus sudents in…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Exposing E. coli bacteria to increasing increments of short-wave ultraviolet light to observe the effect on their mortality rate. Methods/Materials Our information was obtai…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I performed a series of eight related experiments and studies to determine if the black turban snail (Tegula funebralis) is well suited to its rocky shore habitat. I focused…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals In this project, it was attempted to find out if shoulder shrugs or neck rolls help to reduce stress. Methods/Materials To test this, over 100 subjects from the Soille San D…
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how materials in the design of Adobe bricks effect how much weight a structure could hold. Methods/Materials A tray to mold the bricks was built…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Alcohol, the major drug abused in the United States today, affects over 18 million people and is the leading cause of accidental deaths in the 15-24 year age group. Its effe…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment was to see which chemical substance would most efficiently and effectively remove chewing gum from cement. Our prediction was that lemon juice…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To see if plants can growth faster or slower in soil without microorganisms. Methods/Materials Materials: 36 zinnia seeds soil (unbaked) soil (baked to kill off microorganis…
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to see if subliminal messages are successful. And if so, are they more effective with girls or boys. Since subliminal messages are powerful, a…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The major purpose of this experiment was to determine if the zoospores produced by p. ramorum search for hosts after making contact with water. The secondary purpose of this…
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals A problem that most surfers have is what surf wax they should use and which wax performs the best. In acknowledging this problem, I decided to test multiple waxes to determi…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find which hand angle in the stroke of freestyle produced the greatest amount of propulsion. Methods/Materials A propeller was built fr…