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 · 2016
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was meant to figure out whether there's a meaningful difference in the way different types of pesticide affect a bee's lifespan. I decided on my question beca…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to construct a novel, point of care biomedical device using smartphone technology that can reliably and economically determine pentosidine concent…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to make a multilayer hydrogel patch with drug-loaded nanoparticles using 3D printing for combinational therapy. The hydrogel structure provided a…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to build a homemade security system that can compete with commercial security systems in features and usability, and to build it in a DIY, (Do It…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In accordance with the research I have gathered, Abscisic Acid, a plant hormone, has been shown to inhibit seed germination, or uncontrolled cell growth in plants. The objec…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals To detect and measure the strength of solar flares using the interactions between Very Low Frequencies and the Ionosphere in order to provide early warnings for the harmful…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop an inexpensive handheld hematology analyzer that can concentrate and separate white blood cells (WBCs) from red blood cells (RBC), and…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to determine if bacterial metabolism plays an important role in soil-based Microbial Fuel Cells based on its increase or decrease in voltage, am…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this engineering project is to reduce impact acceleration felt on the head. I added an air bladder similar to an airbag in a car in between the padding and sh…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) is of major concern to growers, especially to those who farm in semi porous soils. Actinomycete bacterium is found in many types of soil, but m…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study investigated the development of antibiotic resistance in the bacteria E.coli and S.epidermidis from natural mutation caused by repeated exposure. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals We discuss arrangements of equal minors in the totally positive Grassmannian. It was previously shown that arrangements of equal minors of largest value correspond to the si…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The bouba kiki effect is the psychological mapping of physical features with sounds. I chose this project after watching a dance performance and noticing how much the dancer…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals According to World Health Organization, over 360 million people have disabling hearing loss, and the situation is expected to get worse with the younger generation due to ex…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Solar-driven water splitting with earth-abundant, efficient and robust photoelectrode and catalyst materials can meet the challenges of providing sustainable energy globally…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Current LED Technology converts electricity into light very efficiently compared to incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs; however around 5-40 percent of electricity suppl…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Crumb rubber is used is playgrounds and turf fields because of its elasticity which provides a cushion for breaking falls. However, rubber has been found to contain many har…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Bee pollination accounts for about $15 billion in added crop value and 1/3 of the food consumed in the U.S. For almost ten years, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been res…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Recently, I have been researching whether music or foreign language proficiency impacts the ability to distinguish the four primary Mandarin tones. As a Chinese adoptee, I w…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to use polarimetry to measure the activation energy of the inversion of sucrose in the presence of a catalyst. Sucrose inversion occurs when it is dissolved in…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals Understanding elements and their atomic structure is a very interesting and important study. But, the logic involved is not straightforward. My goal is to come up with a sol…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal and objective of the experiment is to figure out the duration of memory for natural memetics (e.g. learned information) in three species of captive Tetras, includin…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals A microbial fuel cell is a renewable means of generating electricity using anaerobic bacteria that decompose organic matter. The goal of my project is to find out how the pH…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The number of people using visual aids is rapidly increasing. However, it is still not completely clear what is causing this. This epidemiological study uses a sample of the…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to create a new design of wind turbine blade and test its efficiency at varying wind speeds against two previously designed blades, the stand…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals To investigates English phonological change (California Vowel Shift) in the Bay Area in the past twenty years, and attempts to explain the causes of the sound change and pos…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to conduct a pilot study investigating if organic chicken has higher quality protein than conventional chicken. Food science research indicates that some org…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effect of trigger hair stimulation on the generation of action potentials and their relationship to trap closure in a B52 Venus Flytrap (Dionea Musci…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to develop a shelter that will address both the radiant and convection heat that is generated in wildfires. My goal is that this improved fire…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether sound waves could detect secret tunnels and sinkholes in the ground. Watermelons were used as a model of the ground, and holes represe…