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 · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to establish quadrants in three types of land in a burned coastal sage scrub habitat and count the number of each type of plant that regro…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect of physiologic doses of three glucocorticoids on gene expression of bone formation markers Bone Morphogenic Protein-2 and Osteocalcin in osteogenic c…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to increase the efficiency of resonant wireless power transfer by utilizing a passive tuned coil placed between a transmitter and a receiver, an…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This study is follow-up research from my 2007 science fair study. A primary aim of the current study is to test the extent to which the design of pharmacy medication informa…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether Eublepharis macularis (Leopard Geckos) have a taste preference for crickets that have been gut-loaded and flavored with either sweet or…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how biodiesel is made and produce a sample quantity of biodiesel from two different vegetable oils. I will then determine if the…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over the summer, while at a park near a beach, I noticed a sign that intrigued me. The park contained a small riparian habitat and the sign mentioned a process called "biore…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment explores the topic of how the run time of a carbon arc would affect its resistance. My approach was to build a carbon arc and measure the resistance at diffe…
CSEF · 2009
Toxicology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My Objective was to understand how runoff detergents affect plant growth. I hypothesized that runoff detergents would affect plant growth because detergents contain harmful…
CSEF · 2009
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Everyone knows the joke about dumb blondes. Are blondes really dumber than non-blondes? I think blondes are at the same intelligence level as any non-blonde person. Methods/…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether or not an electric field would affect the growth of a snow pea plant. Methods/Materials I chose snow pea plants because th…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals There is currently an enormous forensic DNA backlog, meaning a large number of DNA samples from criminals have not been analyzed to create DNA profiles and entered into the…
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To analyze the following fractal patterns which are found in nature: 1. Tree: Based on the length of the first iteration, derive a formula to find the total length of all th…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of my science project was to see if juices from plants native to Humboldt County, when used as base materials in Graetzel photovoltaic solar cells, could ge…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project title is Got Trash? II. My purpose in doing this project was to see if there is more plate waste now or three years ago. I decided to do this experiment, because…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to motivate people to recycle food waste by finding the best way to compost by differing amounts of aeration and noting the effects by examining its nutrient leve…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out the affects Sodium Laureth Sulfate,a chemical found in common shampoos,has on hair's length,tensile strength,and overall con…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Photovoltaic panels are commonly plagued with a single problem: inefficiency due to immobility. However, when photovoltaic panels track the movement of the sun, their effici…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if a horse's stride length is affected by its shoulder angle or height. Methods/Materials This experiment included measurements…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this project is to determine how well commercial tennis racket shock absorbers work. Methods/Materials Tennis racket handle vibrations were measured by affixin…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To use various forms of science including biochemistry and microbiology to preserve Madrona Marsh a vernal marsh in Torrance, California from harsh contaminants in local run…
CSEF · 2009
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to define the biological mechanism(s) by which multidrug resistance (MDR) to a fatty acid synthase inhibitor occurs. Hopefully this inv…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Multi-touch sensing touch screens are rapidly revolutionizing the tech industry. With capabilities of sensing multiple touches at once, multi-touch screens are becoming usef…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find differences in the nucleotide sequences of a highly conserved chloroplast gene of different native plant species. This involved extra…
CSEF · 2009
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Bacterial transformation is widely used in commercial applications and research laboratories as a way to introduce or transfer one or more new genes into a cell. My project…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Which turn is the most efficient for the transition between Backstroke to Breaststroke: the "Dropdown" turn, the "Swivel" turn, of the "Flip" turn? Methods/Materials Materia…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Our underlying goal of the entire project was to find a non-toxic, environmentally safe, pheromone based ant repellent. Methods/Materials We tested for the existence of each…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out how light of different wavelengths penetrates smoke. The hypotheses that I tested were that light penetration through smoke is independent of th…
CSEF · 2009
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if extreme climatic temperature changes would affect the bounce height and pressure of basketballs and if a recycled ball would perform as well as…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if dye-sensitized solar cells that implement berry pigments absorb more solar energy than dye-sensitized solar cells that implem…