BIOLOGY AND ALLIES SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS. AGRICULTURE.

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BIOLOGY AND ALLIES SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE Vegetative reproduction Organic vs. chemical fertilizers Vermiculture - compost Biogas production Nitrogen fixation and plant production (Rhizobium) Decomposition

BIODIVERSITY

BIODIVERSITY Fossil mollusk assemblage diversity Canopy and understory diversity assessment Lichen diversity Forest species richness Insect biodiversity

ECOLOGY

ECOLOGY Fungi and seedling communites survival Interaction between trees and insect seed predators. Matureness of the seed vs fungal infection Symbiosis: Fig-wasp interaction Herbivory vs plant vigor and reproduction

ECOLOGY …ECOLOGY Work with databases – TROPICOS, STRI Population growth extrapolated to human population Bioindicators - assessing mating strategies Herbivory types – insects

ECOPHYSIOLOGY

ECOPHYSIOLOGY Factors that affects transpiration rates. Global warming affecting Seed germination rate or O 2 -CO 2 production rates Positive or negative allelopathy in plants. Stomatal density and pollution Temperature, salinity and pH effect on…

EDAPHOLOGY

EDAPHOLOGY Soil formation process Soil characterization based on rocks Soil biological composition

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIA) Soil or water bioremediation Recycling non-biodegradable ítems – decomposition aids Habitat fragmentation Bioassays – Water or soil quality assessment Climate temporal analysis using foraminifera, plakton, algae or diatoms.

GENETICS Cross-breeding – artificial pollination Plant hybrids Clonation

MEDICINE

Pathology Testing antioxidant activity of vitamins Measurement of the pharmacological activity of new or chemically undefined substancespharmacological Compare protein structure and function – PROTEIN database ( Protease content – Homemade turbidimeter.

Determination of the side-effect profile, including the degree of drug toxicityside-effect profiledrug toxicity Assessing the amount of pollutants being released by a particular source Determining the specificity of certain enzymes to certain substrates. …MEDICINE

MICRO BIOLOGY

MICROBIOLOGY Bacteria antiobiotic resistance - evolution UV radiation and bacteria growth. Growth experiments – media culture +Gram vs -Gram bacteria Nosocomial bacteria Lichen characterization and ecology Fungi culturing Comparison of micorrhizal activity in trees Agar art

Photography Botanical – Animal illustration CONTEST