38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine what effect the inoculation of corn seeds at planting with endomycorrhizae fungi would have on both the overall growth of the corn plant and the…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the best location for the mounting point of a parachute in a Landspeed racing configured Acura RSX. The best location would be…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical First Award
The human brain contains 10^11 neurons and 10^15 synapses, which are the crucial connective parts between neurons. Synapses gather sensory inputs and interpret specific patterns of action po…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology First Award
Acintobacter baylyi, a gram-negative soil bacterium, is highly competent for natural transformation and exhibits twitching motility. It was previously observed that the addition of DNase (a…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software First Award
The Leidenfrost effect, a phenomenon by which liquids on surfaces high above their boiling points form an insulating vapour layer, has itself caused significant challenges for engineers. Thi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2015, Hyperion Treatment Plant (HTP) will divert its effluent from the 5-mile outfall to the 1-mile outfall, resulting in a significant nutrient input into coastal waters…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure the spin lifetime of surface states on the topological insulator Bi2Se3 by a direct all-optical method. Methods/Materials A pump-probe femtoseco…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics First Award
A pandemic outbreak of a highly pathogenic influenza virus such as the avian H5N1 or H7N9 strain could potentially kill millions of people before new vaccines become available. Since current…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals A pandemic outbreak of a highly pathogenic influenza virus such as the avian H5N1 or H7N9 strain could potentially kill millions of people before new vaccines become availab…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals A camcorder filmed a pool with swimmers above and below the water, and a computer system determined when swimmers were in danger of drowning. Methods/Materials The initial a…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The first objective of this study was to build a home-made wind tunnel and to perform meaningful quantitative analysis of the lift and drag performance of airfoils. Also, to…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to determine and measure the effect of banana peels on water containing copper ions. My hypothesis was that the banana peels would decrease the amount of…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The Ediacara Biota are the Earth's oldest macroscopic organisms. They lived 575-545 million years ago and are globally distributed. Scientists excavate fossil beds in order…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a Cownose rays epidermal mucus will inhibit three types of bacteria: Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococci epidermidis, and Escherichia coli. If…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a relationship between teacher gender and the achievement of female students in secondary science. Methods/Materials My hypothesis states that femal…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Photonic crystals are structures with a periodic index of refraction that can prevent the propagation of light within a certain range, known as the band gap. This photonic e…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Since texting came to the U.S. in 1996 it has grown rapidly. It has grown so much that the average teen sends over 3,000 texts a month. Many students text while doing homewo…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals With the rapid growth of portable electronics, it has become necessary to develop efficient energy-storage technology to match this development. While batteries are currentl…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Obesity and related diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are caused by chronic imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. A novel…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover novel influenza endonuclease inhibitors as leads for a new type of anti-flu medicine that is effective against all influenza viruses including p…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if Zea mays, corn, inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi would be able to communicate with their neighbors and warn them about pest…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The homotopy groups of a topological space are commonly studied as a topological invariant which gives information about the space's holes, homotopy type, and connectedness.…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals As the global population grows, it has become common for infrastructure projects (e.g. dams, solar farms) to adversely impact the habitat quality and overall viability of wi…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals Create an open Halobacteria plasmid with do-it-yourself (DIY) methods Methods/Materials Materials--- Strains- E. coli K12 ER2267, Halobacteria NRC-1 Plasmids- pGreen, pBeloB…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Though no treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) currently exist, evidence suggests that the disease is strongly rooted in genetic origins. Recently, expansions…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals If the independent variable "organic vs GMO diet" is fed to separate populations of fruit flies, I expect the dependent variables "longevity" and "fertility" to be reduced i…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effect of insulating and conductive cylindrical tubes on induced eddy currents caused by movements of magnets. Methods/Materials The experiment compa…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals This research aims to discover how and why the Neuroterus saltatorius wasp larvae cause galls jump and how this mechanism of motility can be applied to other areas of scienc…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Under applied electric current, interconnects in integrated circuits are known to fail when lack of resistance to electromigration causes directional diffusion and the forma…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's disease is a neurological degenerative disease projected to affect 13.2 million people by 2050. The many observed causes of Alzheimer's, varying from tau aggrega…