Agriculture and Natural Resources

Soil Erosion: How Can It Be Best Prevented? 

Alejandra Ahumada, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

For the agriscience project above , soil erosion tactics were used to see what soil erosion practice worked better. A sample of soil was tested with other soil samples that were different in a way. Later, water was poured into the soil samples and the amount of soil eroded was recorded and compared.

Does Sugar Effect the Fermentation Process?

Alex Sewell and Travis Maestri, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

Our project affects the agricultural industry and consumer of agricultural products by teaching winemakers how to make more wine with a shorter amount of time. By using more sugar in the wine making process, the fermentation process would happen sooner. The glucose concentration has been shown to affect the rate of yeast fermentation.

How does compost affect the growth of green leafy lettuce?

Alexis Busch & Hailey Busch, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

In this project, we grew lettuce at home inside three different types of compost, determining if the compost had any affect of the growth of the lettuce plant. Our results ended with the control group grew the most, having the highest growth and expansion rate.

Stepping Stone

Angel Herrera, North Salinas High School, Agricultural Mechanics 1-2

During our Concrete Unit, we were taught the components of concrete.  I learned that you can mix any ratio of the ingredients to make different types of concrete for different applications. We were able to select our mold to cast.  Concrete must CURE to harden, after 3 months my stepping stone is fully cured and is ready to put in my garden.

Conventional vs. Organic Green Grapes: Refrigerated + Non- Refrigerated

Catherine Pozas and Ava Saccone, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

This project determines how the bacteria growth green organic and conventional grapes is affected by the refrigeration process. This is done by swabbing the bacteria of non-refrigerated and refrigerated grapes and growing it on petri dishes.The refrigerated conventional grapes contain the most bacteria colonies, but the results were inconclusive.

WHICH COMPOST MOST EFFECTIVELY GROWS TOMATO PLANTS  

Jack Nolan, Anna Eldredge, Salinas High School, Honors Agriculture Science

Our agriscience fair project was discovering which compost most efficiently grew tomato plants. We has a control group with just soil and three different tomato plants with half soil and half of their own unique composts. 

Household Simple Circuit

Jaime Vega Mendez, North Salinas High Agricultural Mechanics 1-2

During the Electrical Unit, I learned about duplex receptacles, toggle switches and lamp holders. I learned color codes of household wiring and what to do in case of an emergency. Starting at the duplex, we used pigtails attaching the component to the main wiring. Then  a toggle switch and lamp holder were added. We tested for voltage and shorts.

Organic vs. Synthetic Fertilizer

Jonah Saccone and Andrew Waddell , Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

If organic fertilizer can produce the equivalent or better results as synthetic fertilizer, then farmers should use organic fertilizer because it is more sustainable and healthy for the environment.

Does the color of light affect plant growth?

Luke and Nolan Borel, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

The work that is being shown in this project because it is important to show the affect that lights has on color growth. In this project we showed the amount of growth per week with colored lights vs normal light on plant growth. We watered the same amount to each plant everyday and we measured the height of each plant.  

What pH level is best for the growth of a green bean?

Nathan Wasson and Deme Crandall, Salinas High School, Advanced Agriculture Science

Me and my Partner worked on agriculture related project to help better understand our class. We planted green beans and experimented with multiple variables. With this project we are able to enhance our agriculture skills and build knowledge in the ag. world.