Entomology in Science Fairs



Below you will find several impressive entomology-related science fair projects from the Brazos Valley Regional Science and Engineering fair this year. The junior division projects will have a picture, title, and brief description. The senior division will have a title and breif discription (no pictures available).

Congratulations, kids...you did good!


"Bee-Wildering Solutions! Computer Programming of Virtual Bee Pollination"

By: Paul Burgess, Coldspring-Jones High School

Description: Paul sought to optimize bee pollination within a field or orchard. Results were measured on a visual basis by examining a pollination range within a computer produced "field". The visual effects of the program fit into definite patterns but remained unique throughout each iteration of the program. These observations fit the somewhat erratic behavior of honeybees and yielded practical applications to the fields of apiculture and agriculture.


"Diffrence in Diversity and Abundance of Soil Mites between Natural Chichuahuan Desert Soils and Artificially Fertilized Soils"

By: Jana Wu, Montwood High School

Description: Jana's results show that artificially fertilized soils have a greater abundance and wider diversity of of soil mites.


"Winging It"

By: Brittany Leard, North Mesquite High School

Description: The results showed that normal winged fruit flies did in fact use more oxygen than vestigal winged fruit flies.


"Ask the Macro Invertebrates"

By: David Norman, Clear Brook High School

Description: David found through chemical and physical testing of Armand Bayou that the Horsepen Bayou is high in concentration of Nitrates and that the watershed is contaminated with undetermined levels of coliform bacteria. A flood control dam near a new neighborhood has killed off thousands of square feet of shrimp breeding area.


"How do Macroinvertebrates Populations in Natural and Unnatural Streams Compare?"

By: Zack T. Parker, Rosary Catholic School

Description: Zack collected macroinvertebrates with natural and unnatural substrate bottoms. The results showed that the macroinvertebrate populations in both natural and unnatural waterways were exact;y alike in quantity and diversity of macroinvertebrate life.


"Effects of Soil Variance in the Cone Building of Myrmeleon Obsoletus"

By: Johnathan D. Kline, Westmore High School

Description: Johnathan found that larger soil particles size creates larger antlion pits and smaller soil particles yield smaller pits. As particle size increased the slope depth, diameter and volume of the cones increased. As size increased the slope of the cones decreased. When particle sizes were mixed the antlion always chose to build with the smaller particles in order to make a cone with a steeper slope.


"The Effect of Mealworms in Different Types of Feed"

By: David P. Rice, Perrin-Whitt High School

Description: The feed with higher molassis contents caused more energy to enter the mealworm and be digested. The oilly feeds caused a higher fatality rate because insects breath throough there skin and when they were coated in oil they suffocated.




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