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 · 2007
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test which evergreen street tree had the highest carbon and ozone uptake (calculated over a year) for the following three species: California palm, Mugo…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Problem: Does fat content effect the evaporation rate of liquid milk? If so, which amount of fat content will evaporate the fastest? Hypothesis Yes, I think fat content will…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was a genetic experiment to determine if by crossing two totally different breeds of chicken, a Barred Plymouth Rock cock and a White Aracauna rumpless (no tail…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The intent of our project was to determine the sources of energy in Saturn#s rings by writing programs to compute and analyze their temperatures. Methods/Materials We wrote…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to explore the best natural ways to deter Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus ponderosae from attacking Pinus ponderosa in the San Ber…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This first of two objectives of this study is to analyze the effects of gradual warming on microbial diversity in southern Californian beach, mountain, and urban environment…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals When a copper wire and a zinc nail are inserted into a fruit, electric current can be measured with a voltammeter flowing between the metals. The goal of my experiment was t…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Although air purifiers are advertised to improve breathing, some air purifiers emit harmful ozone. Approximately 10% of California households own an air purifier that may pr…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Stem cell technology can help pave the way for personalized medicine, but current methodologies prevent from doing so. Human embryonic stem cell cultures are contaminated wi…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was the development of an autonomous navigation system that does not require human input. To achieve this overall goal, additional objectives i…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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,…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2007
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…
CSEF · 2025
Alternative Energy Fourth Award
CSEF · 2025
Applied Mechanics Fourth Award
CSEF · 2025
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
CSEF · 2025
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
CSEF · 2025
Chemistry Fourth Award