
Science Fair Ideas - Biology
Investigations
/ Projects (Intermediate to Senior entries)
- Gardasil
/ Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine - facts and
fallacies surrounding immunisation debates
- Insects such as bees and butterflies. Observations on
life cycle, feeding habitats, populations.
- Affect of fertlilser on plants
- Carniverous plants - how they trap insects and digest
them
- Why plants grow towards light
- The effect of light intensity on plant growth
- Build a simple
data logger for science and maths classes.
- Build sensors
for your science experiments.
- The effect of sound on plants (at different frequencies?)
- The effect of carbon dioxide levels on plant growth
- Connect a Casio
graphics calculator to a simple data logger for
science and maths classes.
- The effects of gravity on seed germination
- Transpiration and how water moves through the plant
- Plant reproduction - sexual and asexual
- The effect of different colours of artificial light on
plant growth
- Hydroponics experiments
- Crime Scene
Investigation our award winning CSI course requires
some applications of biology
- The effectiveness of Antiseptics and soaps on household
bacteria
- Conditions necessary for the life of a brine shrimp
- Conditions for optimal edible mushroom production
- Nitrogen fixation
in clover seedlings with and without symbiotic Rhizobium
bacteria
- Presence and
distribution of Caulobacter in waterways
and drinking supplies
- Field Studies - plant and animal life in the school grounds,
a creek or stream, a grassy field, a tree, a home garden,
a balanced aquarium, during winter. - diets of various animals
- A chemical analysis of the extraction
and make up of DNA
- Experimenting with various biomolecule separation techniques
(e.g. electrophoresis)
- Factors affecting the production of alcohol during anaerobic
fermentation
- The effect of alcohol on proteins and cell function
- Effect and toxicity of alcohol on living systems (Humans)
- Producing mutations in bacteria, yeast, protozoa or molds
- Experimenting with microbial
degradation of petroleum
- Isolation of luminescent Photobacterium from seawater
- Reaction
of Paramecium to pH variations, light and
temperature conditions
- Sugar level in plant sap at different times and dates
- A study of territoriality in mice
- Studies of memory span and memory retention
- Age versus learning ability
- Observation of conditioned responses in different animals
- Design and test a simple datalogging device for biology
experiments. Perhaps a good PICAXE
project?
- Photograph
images from a microscope
- A study of the relation between physical exercise and
learning ability
- A study of the percentage of DNA (by weight) in different
species
- Factors affecting the enzyme's reaction rates
- Effects of cigarette smoke on the growth of plants
- The effects of phosphates on aquatic plants
- A study of the tumours produced in plants by Agrobacterium
tumifaciens and similarities to root nodule formation
in clover by Rhizobium
- The effects of electric fields on plant root cell mitosis
- The effects of magnetic fields on plant growth
- The effects of X-ray and other radiation on plants
- Study of population fluctuations in insects
- Build
a colony of simple robots to study emergent behaviour
from simple reflexes
- A study of toxicity of insecticides versus temperature
- A study of diffusion through cell membranes
- Growth of plant and animal cells by cloning or tissue
cell culture