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Physics
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See if sugar concentrations in water can be determined using the index of refraction of the solution.
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Will salt water freeze?
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Do Objects Float Better in Salt Water Than in Fresh Water?
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Study the ability of a glucose solution to rotate polarized light.
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See if sugar concentrations in water can be determined using the index of refraction of the solution.
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How Salty Does the Sea Have to Be for an Egg to Float?
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Polarimetry: Measuring the Optical Activity of Sugars
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Determine the effect of sugar concentration on the index of refraction (IOR) of sugar solutions
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Determine if sound will travel faster in different salinities of water.
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The Effect of Salinity on the Height of a Floating Object Above the Water
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Investigate whether salt water allows heavier objects to float than tap water and whether liquid density plays any role.
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How much salt does it take to make an object float?
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The effect of dissolved salt and sugar on the melting rate of ice
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How does sugar density affect the index of refraction of water?
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Environmental Sciences
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Biodegradation of a Sugarcane-based Disposable Plate and a Tree-based Disposable Plate in a Landfill
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Desalinated ocean water by duplicating the water cycle in a contained environment
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Determine if acid rain can be used in a good way to help plants grow in places, like playas, where the salts are too high for plants to grow.
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Determine which cellulosic waste material contains the most glucose which could be converted into ethanol.
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The Effect of Water Salinity and Temperature on Oil Spreading Rate
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Is there a relationship between the surface water temperature and salinity of a stream?
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The effect of salinity on the survival rate of daphnia
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The Effect of Deicer Salt on the Growth of Barley
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How does saltwater mix in an estuary
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The Effect of Oil, Weed Killers and Salt on the Survival Rate of Daphnia
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Determine what aquatic environment freshwater or saltwater has the highest amount of
weight lost with the use of oil-hungry bacteria as a result of oil degradation over a 5-day period.
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Will oil-hungry bacteria clean up better the most oil spill in freshwater or salt water?
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Find a biotic alternative to road salt
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Determine which cellulosic waste material contains the most glucose which could be converted into ethanol.
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Saltwater Pollution
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Solar & Renewable Energy
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Generate a direct current using solar cells to power an apparatus that desalinates enough water for an average person's use.
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Turning waste paper into fermentable sugars for bioethanol
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Which source of fuel for a fuel cell will create the most energy - distilled water, tap water, salt water, or vinegar.
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Test salinity gradient power (blue energy)
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Find out if the temperature of the water used to cool the condensation plate of a homemade solar powered desalination device affects the amount of desalinated water produced.
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Build a basic fuel cell using salt water, batteries, and a platinum wire.
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Solar Water Purification, Distillation and Desalination
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Electricity
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Show the dependence of Current vs. the Concentration of sodium chloride in the salty water.
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How is the conductivity of distilled water affected when substances such as salt, sugar, vinegar or baking soda are added?
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How Salt Affects Electrical Conductivity
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Can a mixture of salt, sugar and pepper be separated using static electricity?
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How is the conductivity of distilled water affected when substances such as salt, sugar, vinegar or baking soda are added?
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Earth Sciences
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Find out if rocks are affected over time by varying levels of salinity as reflected in a freshwater environment.
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Compare the salinity of a river at the ocean outlet to its salinity at different points inland at both high and low tides.
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The Effect of Latitude on Ocean Salinity in the Antarctic Waters
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Does Temperature Affect the Salt Formation in the Dead Sea?
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Why is the ocean salty?
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How much salt there is in ocean water?
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Biotechnology
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Test the effects of salt on canola and its transgenic lines (seed germination and plant growth).
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Microbiology
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Explore chemotactic responses of P. polycephalum (slime mold) in culture exposed to various amounts of glucose.
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The Effects of Sucrose and Xylitol on the Growth of Streptococcus mutans
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Determine if Xylitol will have an inhibiting effect on the growth of Streptococcus Mutans.
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Culturing Strains of Volvox to Become Acclimated to a High Level of Salinity
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Psychology & Human Behavior
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Find out if age, gender, or occupation matter in distinguishing a candy from a non-edible
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Does Meditation, Exercise, or Sugar Eating Improve Short-Term Memory?
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Compare depressive symptoms of diabetics in African-American and Hispanic women.
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Biochemistry
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The Effect of Glucose and Sucrose as Dietary Additives on the Lifespan of Wild-type and GAPDH Mutant Caenorhabditis Elegans (roundworm)
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Test the efficiency of lactase enzyme, with varying concentrations and temperatures of lactose.
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Polarimetry and Hydrolysis of Sucrose
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Study the ability of a glucose solution to rotate polarized light.
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The Effect of an Electrical Control Device (Taser) on Human Cell Salts and Proteins
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Test if starch would combine with glucose and exit the semi-permeable membrane of a sausage casing representing an intestine.
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Ecology
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Hunt for M&M® prey in a series of different habitats to discover which M&M's® survive in each habitat and why.
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Engineering
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How the salinity of water influences the travel of a torpedo?
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Genetics
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Regional allozyme divergence in Sugar Gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx)
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Mathematics
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Which formula is the most accurate for estimating the volume of an M&M candy?
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Salt and Sugar in Medicine and Human Anatomy
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What Is the Optimal Ratio of Glucose to Fructose that Prevents Fructose Malabsorption?
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Effects of sugar and caffeine on heart rate
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Explore the basis of lactose intolerance
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Explore the biochemical basis for lactose intolerance
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Determine your threshold of taste for sweetness, sourness and saltiness.
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Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?
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What is the lowest concentration of a solution that still has perceptible taste for salt, sugar and vinegar.
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Can Small Children Mistake Medicine for Candy?
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Diabetes Science Fair Projects & Experiments |
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Chemistry
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Chemistry Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Food Sciences
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Chocolate, Candy and Sweets
Food Science Fair Projects & Experiments
Cakes, Cookies and Ice Cream Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Botany
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Botany Science Fair Projects & Experiments |
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Zoology
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Zoology
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Future Science
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Nano Mist regulates glucose levels to improve the quality of life for diabetics.
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