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 · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Can memories be warped and changed by suggestion? If so, to what extent does gender play one's susceptibility to suggestion? And finally, are eye witness testimonies trustwo…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Based on my experiments from the last two years testing the effects of plant essential oils on the growth of E. coli, I decided to expand on my previous research and separat…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine the shape, size, optical properties, and age of Borneo smoke plumes imaged by the MISR instrument between 2001 and 2009. The Mu…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which shape of horizontal stabilizers provides a safe, twenty-degree-angled touchdown for an air-plane. I tested seven shapes o…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals If it's possible to measure the speed of an object moving in a linear path with a strobe light, then it's possible measure the speed of an object moving in a circular path.…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Both a robotics project and an experiment comparing the effectiveness and tuning process of different control algorithms, I investigated a system in which a robot balances o…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if memory is affected by recording information on a keyboard versus handwriting. This study is particularly relevant in today's society, as key…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To build a working model of a small scale superconducting magLev train that provides sufficient dada to calculate weather or not building a full scale superconducting MagLev…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My purpose was to discover how classic Prisoner#s Dilemma changes or stays the same when expanded to three players, in terms of winning strategy and defection versus coopera…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to know how old is Monoceros R2, a little-researched start cluster in the Unicorn Constellation. We took images of Monoceros R2 using the Faulkes Telescope in Aust…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a solar cell attached to a sun tracker is more efficient than a stationary solar cell perpendicular to the sun's rays at noon. The scientist…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Greening (citrus), Psyllid Yellows (tomato) and Zebra Chip (potato) are diseases caused by 'Candidatus Lieberibacter' bacteria. Symptoms include yellow leaves, poor growth a…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To extract antioxidants from natural sources and to compare their polyphenolic content by Folin Ciocalteau Assay, and activity by DPPH Assay, and also to determine their ant…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals After noticing whiteflies on a plant at school, we decided that we would like to test ways of controlling them. After doing research and learning that synthetic pesticides a…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Does the sharpness and size of a beak affect how hard a bird can bite or puncture? Methods/Materials First I will gather the different birds I will use. My project is design…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate if while using the compouter there is a higher incidence of a human having a dry eye. Methods/Materials 17" MacBook Pro (with hid…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to confirm and refine results of a previous experiment conducted last year by myself regarding the effect of electricity on plants. A.C. curr…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if the psychological theory of the uncanny valley (Freud/Jentsch),as applied to robotics by Dr. Masahiro Mori in the 1970s, is scientifically valid,…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how atomic radii, atomic masses, and container shapes affect the time for two separate gases to become a homogeneous mixture and to explore the…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to identify the infection patterns of the Wolbachia bacteria in arthropods through DNA analysis in order to better understand the proliferat…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Research was conducted to develop a novel three-part approach of immunotargeted quantum dots for Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment. The system was composed of the primary…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I wished to see which variables on a vortex cannon ( lip size, diaphragm tension, and distance between cannon and force meter) affected the force produced by the vortex cann…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to cool your body down during exercise using chemical means? Through the application of chemicals to athletic garments, it is possible to make the sweat on th…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My science project's goal was to use colorimetric detection methods to determine if there was any significant difference between the lead levels in domestic and imported can…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if a formula can be derived to find the number iterations it takes to reach zero or a Kaprekar Constant with out going through the Kaprekar Routine. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals - Is it possible to build a Tesla coil at home using readily available materials? Can the ozone gas created by the Tesla coil be used to purify water? How efficient and effe…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In 1996, Congress passed a law stating that medications must be accompanied by "meaningful" written information. Patients' perception of a drug's risk can determine whether…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To see if green algae can be tricked into producing H(2) via photosynthesis and the optimal conditions for maximum production. I will also determine whether this H(2) can be…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment tests the performance speed gains or losses in a computer between doubling the CPU clock speed and doubling the amount of RAM. Methods/Materials -One 2.8GHz…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find the most insulating, durable and inexpensive refractory material for utilization in the non-ferrous industry. Methods/Materials Two i…