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 · 2012
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research was exploring the correlation among toeprints and fingerprints. The first aspect was to explore the relationship between pairs of correspondin…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to identify the best way to build an indoor navigation system that can help Alzheimer's patients find their locations at home and receive cues for accomplish…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of this research is to obtain a better understanding of optimal radiotherapy that can be used to treat cancer patients. Dedifferentiation is a relatively re…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals We compared playing classical music to rock music during the freezing process of water to see if it affects the size, shape, count of the crystals formed. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to create a complete system of Carbon Dioxide Gas capture and conversion into usable substance, and the recycling of waste CO2. By capturing atmospheric Carbon Di…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This study investigated differences in mood, fatigue, sleep, and mental health measures among middle-aged and older adults who participated in community-based classes - eith…
CSEF · 2012
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Renewable energies such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal could potentially help to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, but are expensive and not always availa…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether UV sterilization can pasteurize milk. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I used 8 different UV exposure durations:…
CSEF · 2012
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, three forms of management practices where tested. The goal of the experiment was to discover the most effective way to slow down soil erosion by water in…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project was to investigate whether the Leidenfrost effect can be used to reduce the drag on a metal object traveling through a liquid. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find how the amount of force put on the human knee and quadriceps muscle is affected by the knee#s angle. The results of this experiment c…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which form of a natural, Ayurvedic cure, amongst cinnamon, garlic, pomegranate, and wasabi, is most effective against E. coli bacteria. Methods…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to address the question: what is the effect of distance between a transmitter and a receiver on the propagation loss of signal power? Unlike…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a bacteria that injects its own DNA into plant cells causing cancerous tumors to grow. The objective of my experiment was to see if antioxidants…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of my science fair project was to investigate which age of paint, casein paint, tempera paint, Renaissance paint, or modern oil paint, would sustain i…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Mycorrhizae is a natural fungus that increases the surface area of the roots. This makes hard-to-capture nutrients available to plants, allowing them to be bigger, and healt…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals How accurate is eye witness testimony. The hypothesis for this experiment is that eyewitness testimony will not be accurate because memory is not an exact science. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine which type of reading platform is better: Back-lit (LCD) eReader, Non- Back- lit (eInk)eReader, and a book. Methods/Materials There…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if the Anopheles gambia mosquito larvae#s ocelli have the capability to detect color by measuring its affinity to certain colors…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal was to determine whether or not the temperature dependence of the speed of sound in air with harmful concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) would devi…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to be able to utilize the X-ray triboluminescence, emission of radiation through friction, from peeling tape by making an X-ray machine. Once…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The project objective was to determine how ferrous and nonferrous materials affect the magnetic field, if at all. In addition, I wanted to capture a visualization of this ef…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project investigated the effects of cooking oil as a water pollutant on the height, mass, and stomatal conductance of ivy plants (Hydra Helix). I predicted that, the grea…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which of the five natural substances (liquid vitamin C, goldenseal root, Echinacea, oil of oregano, and garlic) would most…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My interest is to determine the paternity of the Brodiaea santarosae in comparison to other related species. In analyzing already published chloroplast sequences I saw that…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective in this project was, to learn how does the type of fire protection substance (Barricade Gel, Phos-Chek Class A Foam, Wet Water, and Water) affect the time it ta…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Many galaxies have smaller satellite galaxies orbiting around them, known as dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). Recent discoveries of new dSphs around the Andromeda Galaxy (…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to construct a homemade polarimeter to find out if corn syrup is chiral, and if yes, what the angle and direction of polarization are. Methods/Materials We…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether large deposits of lead found in shotgun shooting ranges escape into the surrounding soil and water. Methods/Materials Me…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if Augmented Reality (AR) can be used to enhance learning among various individuals. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained from 36 rand…