The seventeen seniors in our Science Research & Design program presented the findings from their independent science research at our annual BC science symposium. SRD is a highly selective, three-year program where students can explore a scientific topic that piques their curiosity in a dynamic way.
This year, students presented on a wide range of topics- from hermit crabs evading predators, anxiety among zebrafish, if soda advertisements actually make us want to drink more soda, and much more. The full list of presenters and their topics is below. Read their journals and watch their video presentations here.
Joseph Gordon - Optimizing Bioplastic Strength Through the Addition of Powdered Orange Peels
Simon Korotzer-Mariani - Long-term Effects of Ethanol Exposure on Sex Segregated Fruit Flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
Kemi Iyageh - Observing Memory and Learning Flexibility in Zebrafish Through Reinforcement and Color Discrimination Training
Annika Sheridan - Improving the Efficiency of Solar Stills
Zoe Pyne - Influence of Personality Types on Coping to COVID-19 in Berkeley Carroll High Schoolers
Carly Saba - Physiological and Psychological Effects of Probiotic Supplementation in Aquatic Organisms
Nika Sadeghi - Investigating How Eye Color Affects Mating Success Among Drosophila melanogaster
Margot Schiller - Oosorption in Milkweed Bugs as a Result of Poor Diet
Daniel Chian - Effects of Advertising on Soft Drink Consumption and Choice in Young Adults
Augie Swetow - The Effect of Social Isolation on Zebrafish Behavior and Ability to Interact with a Shoal
Nathaniel Snow - Do We Act As Risky As We Think?
Zoe Krashes - Auditory Predatorial Stimulus Concordance and Discordance in Coenobita clypeatus
Weezie Wilson - The Short Term Effects of Caffeine on Alertness and Performance
Carter Swetow - Purification of Contaminated Water Using Low-Cost Materials in Slow Sand Filters
Leo Intelisano - Investigating the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety-like Behaviors in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Grace Freeman - Utilization of PCR to Identify GMOs in Tortilla Chips
Anya Renzi - Observing the Effects of Microplastics of Varied Concentrations of the Population Biomass of Daphnia magna