Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how electromagnetic radiation and heat adversely or positively affect the germination of tough coated seeds and weak coated seeds. Methods/Materi…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project's goal was to determine at which pivot point of my catapult was the most effective to throw a golf ball the farthest distance. Methods/Materials My methods for te…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find the point of discomfort in human adolescents. Methods/Materials The materials I used were 50 human adolescents, one 150 centimeter measuring tape, a…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our world is water. I wanted to show how chemicals like sodium phosphates can effect algae growth and the water it's in. I wanted to show something that is happening in the…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment determined which type of substance was most effective at sanitizing people's hands after handling raw hamburger meat. The researcher hypothesized that if les…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn about how your brain dominance (left or right) affects your short term visual memory. Methods/Materials We gave a hemispheric dominance inventory t…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My goal for my project was to find out how polluted the local beaches were. Also, if the pollution or bacteria in the water is harmful to humans. Methods/Materials First, I…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal is to find out which area of the Santa Ana River contains the highest degree of pollution contaminants. I hope to get a better understanding of the quality of the Sa…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: A wave is produced when there is a disturbance in a flexible medium. What happens when two waves travel through the same point? Hypothesis: I predict that…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine how and if elevation, bedrock type and distance from streams affect the distribution of coast redwoods in Santa Cruz mountain forests. Methods/M…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to discover which commonly used building material will disrupt a wireless internet signal the least. This is important to know if you are downlo…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to discover in what temperature a crystal grows best. I wanted to learn how different temperatures affect crystalization. I believed that a crys…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The problem hoped to be solved is to find the best way to prevent surface erosion of earthen levees, by testing four different erosion prevention methods. Improved levees ar…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To test if females have a better sense of smell than males. Hypothesis: I think that females will have a better sense of smell and get more answers correct than the males. M…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Which is the best ratio of leaves and greens to make the best compost, in term of high mass percent of nitrogen, carbon and low mass percent of water, in normal condition? M…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine which of the two linear motor propulsion technologies is most effective at propelling a roller coaster vechicle down a track. Methods/Materials In order to prov…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I'm trying to figure out which metal has the ability to conduct the most amount of heat. By doing so i hope to help engineers around the world build better exteriors for spa…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to build a magnetic levitated train, a working EMS system, and a rail gun system. Methods/Materials I used 44 1in neodymium magnets, 46 ½ inc…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Determine which mouthwash/ingredients and concentrations are the most effective at inhibiting oral bacteria. Methods/Materials We melted Nutrient Agar,collected our saliva a…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To successfully reach my goal, I had to confirm which of selected natural materials filtered contaminated water the best. Methods/Materials I took the approach to pollute wa…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to determine which room in an average house is the cleanest. Bacteria, yeasts, mold and fungi live everywhere. Yeast and bacteria live in our b…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to test which sense, of smell, vision, or hearing, will help a rat get through a maze the fastest. Methods/Materials My materials were nails, cardb…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The experimenter#s objective is to find which spider web is the strongest out of the three different spider web that is being tested by an average of 100 grams. Methods/Mate…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test different types of roof shapes through three dimensional and finite element modeling, and report the maximum deflection of each roof s…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our question was "Which type of wind turbine is more efficient and useful?" Our purpose for performing this experiment was to determine whether it is more efficient to use H…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: I think that the beet will create the best dye because it has a very dark color. I also noticed that when I cut the beets the juice immediately stained my hands.…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Weather is an important part of our everyday lives. My science fair project analyzes the accuracy of seven different San Francisco Bay Area weather forecasters: weather.com,…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Running a wet finger around a wine glass's rim produces a musical tone. The more water in the glass, the lower the tone's frequency is. I predicted that the frequency is lin…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether musicians, who play a wind or brass instrument, or athletes, have the greater vital capacity, or the amount of air that can b…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Nowadays there is a variety of antibiotics that can fight bacteria, yet we are still looking to nature for answers and continue to try to emulate it. It is the danger of ant…