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Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) Topic List
Students can choose an experiment in any of the following areas:
AEROSPACE SCIENCE - Airplanes, Rockets, Satellites, Other Equipment
- Design, manufacture, and operation of aircraft
- Space travel - rockets, satellites
- Observations of airflow patterns within tunnels
- The use of navigational equipment
ASTRONOMY - Space- Galaxies, Stars, Planets, Other Objects
- Planets and their satellites
- Comets and meteors
- Stars and interstellar matter, and galaxies
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE - Animal and organism behavior
- Humans and other animals
- Effect of stimuli on organisms and their responses
- Learning, motivation, emotion, perception, thinking
BIOCHEMISTRY - Living organisms and their chemical properties
- Processes and physical properties of living organisms
- Chemistry of absorption, digestion, metabolism, respiration
- Photosynthesis as an organic processes
BOTANY - The study of plants
- Plant functions including: Structure, reproduction, physiology, growth, classification, and disease
CHEMISTRY - Study of elements and their uses
- Structure, composition, and properties of substances and of their transformations
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The formulation of various compounds, the study of gas laws, atomic theory, ionization theory, and the analysis of organic and inorganic products.
COMPUTER SCIENCE - Study of computer and its uses
- The study and development of computer hardware, and software engineering
- Internet networking and communications, graphics, simulations/virtual reality or computational science
CONSUMER SCIENCE - Evaluating consumer products
- Product tests
- Color preferences
- Quality control and product efficiency
EARTH SCIENCE - Study of earth's processes
- Composition - rocks, fossils, minerals, and fuel
- Geography- landforms, soils, streams, erosion, and sedimentation
- Oceanography - waves, currents, composition of water
- Geophysics - seismology, gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, radioactivity
- Meteorology - weather, weather patterns, atmosphere ,clouds, rain, thunderstorms, lightning, mirages, rainbows, halos
ELECTRONICS - Evaluating electricity and its uses
- Electrical communication - radio, radar, laser, transistor, television, and integrated circuits
- Electricity and Electric motors
- Solar cells
- Amplifiers
ENGINEERING - Designing/building equipment to help improve society
- The design, construction, and operation of roads, bridges, harbors, buildings, and machinery, lighting, heating, and communication systems
- Testing of building materials
- Strength composition of building materials
- Collection of data from operating systems to compare and contrast their effectiveness
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - Care of the earth
- Solar energy and its uses
- Water purification and usage
- Pollution control
- Soil chemistry
- Insecticides
- Ecology - ecological systems, and ecological population studies
HEALTH SCIENCE - The study of health practices
- Proper diet
- Care of the body including teeth and eyes
MATERIALS SCIENCE - The study of materials used in society
- Nonmetals and metals - adapted and fabricated to meet the needs of modern technology
- Uses of plastics, ceramics, and other nonmetals in applications formerly reserved for metals
MATHEMATICS - The study of mathematical principles
- Arithmetic (use of numbers, symbols, and numerical systems)
- Algebra (probability, theory of equations, progressions, permutations and combinations)
- Geometry (topology, study of geometric figures, similar figures, and scale drawings)
- Calculus
- Trigonometry
- Statistics and graphing
MICROBIOLOGY - The study of microorganisms
- Bacteria, viruses, yeasts, fungi, and protozoa, and studies involving cells or tissues in cultures
- MUST BE COMPLETED IN A LAB - NOT AT HOME
PHYSICS - The laws governing motion, matter, and energy
- Hydrostatic force and pressure
- Gravity - Newton's Laws, relativity
- Kinetic theory - Motion and Forces
- Work
- Energy
- Sound
- Light
- Magnetism
ZOOLOGY - The study of animals
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