Middle & High School Science Fair
Cabrillo Point Academy
Please take a look and learn a little about their exceptional projects below!
Student Projects
Alana - 11th Grade
Project: How much Mars soil can plants tolerate and how does it affect their nutrient content? It tested whether plants are able to tolerate mars simulant in their growing mediums, and if it affected their nutrient content.
Hypothesis: "The plants would have some level of tolerance to the Mars simulant. The predicted result was that the plants would not survive beyond the 50/50 mars simulant ratio (i.e., plants in 75% to 100% mars simulant would not survive)."
Conclusion: "On day 10 of the experiment, only the control group and group 1 had grown enough to gather samples. The control group sample was juiced and measured 3 Brix. Group 1 was unable to produce a sample big enough to produce juice. On day 10, the control group was mostly 8 cm tall, while experimental group 1 was sparsely 2.5 cm tall and experimental group 2 was sparsely 2 cm tall. The other two experimental groups mostly germinated but did not continue to grow enough for further measurements. This data seems to indicate that plants have little tolerance for Mars simulant. Alana does not think her data supports her hypothesis. In this experiment she learned that plants seem to have no tolerance of the Mars simulant. However, in the future she would like to run this test again but with a different plant to see if it would yield different results."
Aria - 10th Grade
Problem: "Turning the ocean into a source of freshwater."
Process: "I tested a desalinator that I constructed by using the water cycle process and investigating how salinity affects the process."
Conclusion: "My project of making a desalinator provided accurate results. The low salinity bowls had an average of 19ml of freshwater collected after the desalination process was completed. The high salinity bowls had an average of 9ml of freshwater collected."
Dean Elizabeth - 8th Grade
Project: "The Power of Hair"
Hypothesis: "When human hair is used for oil clean-up it will quickly and successfully remove it from the ocean."
Conclusion: "Crude oil spills take place all over the world at any given time. However, a new technique has been scientifically proven to remove oil spills at more affordable costs and eco-friendly compared to traditional methods."
Jason - 9th Grade
Hypothesis: "Using my knowledge of robotics and engineering I will make a headset that can recognize words, identify objects, and sense its surroundings, conveying all this information through speech. I think that all this will aid those with degenerative diseases by allowing them to slowly become more reliant of the device. Over time reading is a common struggle many face when suffering from degenerative eye disorders. As the sight of the user worsens identification of certain objects may deteriorate as well."
Conclusion: The I See Headset was a success! "The sensors used in the headset were very accurate, as they can detect almost any obstacle in their path - even glass. The user of the device is alerted whenever an objects are within a meter of them."
Sebastian - 7th Grade
Hypothesis: "I believe that if I can make the corn husks boxes there will be less pollution and deforestation. The problem is that there are a lot of trees being cut down to make paper and cardboard and this process creates a lot of pollution. My project will solve this problem by generating less pollution and deforestation using corn husks.
Today the US produces 15.1 billion bushels of corn and this leaves 1/3 of the total solid waste produced in the United States."
Conclusion: Sebastian successfully made boxes out of corn husks."I think this project can solve pollution and deforestation at the same time and it would be a great solution for the environment."