Middle School Projects Listed by TITLE

A Breath of Fresh Air: How oxygen content in plant roots affects the growth of hydroponically and traditionally grown plants 

Honorable Mention

A Dog’s Favorite Meat 

Honorable Mention

Affordable DIY Hazard Detection (ADHD) Haz-A-Fire 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

Age-Related Differences in Coping with Stress: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Coping Techniques 

Honorable Mention

All About UV and Temperature 

Honorable Mention

Animal Populations in Action 

Second Place

App "TimeIsYours"

Honorable Mention

As Fast as Heat 

Second Place; OCSEF

Autism Game 

Second Place

Automated UV light for Safe & Effective Pathogen Elimination on Toilet Seats 

Honorable Mention

Biodegradable Hydrogels: Astonishing or Awful? 

Honorable Mention

Breaking the Silence Barrier: ASL to English 

Honorable Mention

Calcium Carbonate Fights Ocean Acidification 

First Place; OCSEF; IRWD Water Award

Can addition of hydrogels in soil truly reduce a plant’s dependence on water? 

First Place; OCSEF; IRWD Water Award

Can Plant Bio-enzymes work as a safer and more eco-friendly alternative to Synthetic Cleaning Agents? 

Second Place; OCSEF

Cleaner Electricity Generation 

Second Place; OCSEF

Comparing Geoengineering Methods based on Cost-Effectiveness and Productivity 

Second Place; OCSEF

Computer Vision AI E-Bike Warning Detection 

First Place; OCSEF

Cracking the Code of Iron - A Science Journey Inside your Stomach 

Second Place; OCSEF

Differential Tooth Decomposition by Acids 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

Earthworm: A Search and Rescue Soft Robot 

Honorable Mention

Eco Paper 

Honorable Mention

Electrodialysis Simulation Tool 

Honorable Mention

Elephant’s Toothpaste Tests 

Honorable Mention

Enhanced PAT FPV Inspection System: Cost-Efficient Arduino-Based FPV Pan and Tilt Camera System Controlled with Head Motion Tracking 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

Eurica! Investigating the Effectiveness of Ayurvedic Plants on Lowering Uric Acid Levels In Order to Combat Hyperuricemia 

Second Place; OCSEF

Eye-wear: An assistive navigational wearable device for Visually Impaired 

First Place; OCSEF; Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award

GramPot 

First Place; OCSEF

Graphs for Struggling Students

Honorable Mention

Height: A Boon or Detriment? 

Honorable Mention

How do exercise and music affect sleep length and sleep stages? 

Honorable Mention

How effective is subliminal messaging? 

Honorable Mention

How efficient is a educational hydrogen fuel cell kit? 

Second Place; OCSEF

How to Filter Water at Home 

Honorable Mention

Human or Bot: An Experiment in Exploring ChatGPT’s Capabilities 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

Increase the Beats 

Honorable Mention

Insomnia 

Second Place

It Must be in the Water: The Effect of Stream Substrate on Water Chemistry and Plant Fertility 

First Place; OCSEF; IRWD Water Award

Legumes: Growth of Different Species in the Same Environment 

Honorable Mention

Light tracking solar panels 

Second Place; OCSEF

Machine Learning in Paleoclimatology: Temperature and Precipitation Predictions Based on Water Isotopes from Greenland Ice Cores 

Honorable Mention

Magnetic Car Crash Reduction 

Second Place

Making Biking at Night Safer 

First Place; OCSEF

Natural vs. Synthetic: How does Synthetic antibacterial substances perform compared to Natural antibacterial substances on bacteria found on human hands? 

Honorable Mention

Nurture Nest 

Honorable Mention

Organic & Conventional: A Food Fight for Your Money & Your Health 

Honorable Mention

Ping! Swipe, Distraction The Impact of Smartphone Notification on Concentration and Task Success 

Honorable Mention

Playground Safety - Impact Force Analysis for the Three Different Cushioning Materials 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

Prevent the Breeding of Fruit Flies in Homes 

Honorable Mention

Preventing The Drying Of Aquifers 

Honorable Mention

Read,Set, Pop!How Does the Density of Fluids Affect Its’ Ability to Coagulate Into a Spherical Form? 

Honorable Mention

Solar Powered Desalination Unit 

First Place; OCSEF; IRWD Water Award

The Correlation of the Heart and Exercise 

Second Place

The effect of different solutions on metal 

Honorable Mention

The effects of smart watering systems on plant growth and water efficiency 

Honorable Mention

The Giza Power Plant 

Second Place

The Mysterious Glow of Luminol 

Honorable Mention

The Power of Plants 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge

The Preservative Problem 

Second Place

The Stair-Climbing, All Terrain Wheelchair (Chassis 

Second Place; OCSEF

The Ultimate Solution to Safe Food Preservation 

Honorable Mention

Tuning into your Heart: How does music with different tempos affect humans’ heart rate and blood pressure? 

First Place; OCSEF

Turning Milk into plastic 

Honorable Mention

Vibrating & Tilting Wind Turbines 

First Place; OCSEF

Waste2Volt+: Enancing a Piexoelectric Soccer Field with a Bio-Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Generator from Food Waste for an Innovative Wearable Fall/Drop Monitoring and SMS Alerts (TumbleAlert) 

First Place; OCSEF; Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge; Lemelson Early Inventor Prize

Water Filtration: Supplying water to refugees in the aftermath of a natural disaster

Honorable Mention

What are the effects of using your screen for long periods of time on color differentiation? 

Honorable Mention

What is the Most Effective Method to Desalinate? 

Second Place

What's Bumping the Crash Dummy? 

First Place; OCSEF

Which dissolves faster, M&M's or Skittles? 

Honorable Mention