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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,
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Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study the current larvacides and their effects on the mosquito and then make my own plant extracts from plants found in Ventura County to determine wheth…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if age and gender would make a difference in decoding hidden images in optical illusions. This is important because if perception is affected…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Due to pressure from peers and images from the media, youths and adolescents are striving for thinness beyond the normal limits. Correct perceptions of body weight for middl…
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine whether soccer protective headgear prevents impact injury and if its underutilization is due to poor performance, comfort or coaching bias. Methods/Materials Th…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the practicality of using warm shower drain water to preheat the cold water supply through a submersive heat exchanger, there…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my study is to investigate which soil type is the stiffest and supports the most compressive stress. I hypothesized soils with larger size of particles will s…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In early 2006, scientists discovered the Norgeamide; a natural product found in a marine-derived fungus. The Norgeamide has shown some interesting biological activity, such…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I set out to determine if lowering the temperature of the human tongue would affect the taste buds' ability to recognize the different tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salt…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out whether the change in magnetic fields and diamagnetic materials affects to diamagnetic levitation. Methods/Materials Materials: A…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals "User Content Generation"(e.g. YouTube, MySpace) is attracting huge interest world-wide and growing rapidly as an industry. Since user generated content (UGC) undergo signif…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to measure the change in vocal pitch of Homo sapiens caused by drinking different liquids. Methods/Materials The informed consent of ten music…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine if the residue of oil from different marine environments is just as toxic as the oil itself. Methods/Materials Made a 3:1 water to oil…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if Xylitol will have an inhibiting effect on the growth of Streptococcus Mutans. Xylitol, a sugar alcohol found in plant cells,…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the original/first phase of this project was to test if a simple solar panel steering system might improve panel energy production enough to reduce the over…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project examines various methods to purify water to make it drinkable, and analyzes which method is the most efficient. Methods/Materials In this experiment, water is c…