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 · 2014
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Determine the role that mitochondria plays in Drosophila melanogaster lifespan Methods/Materials Flies and Daily Care: This experiment uses flies with mitochondria that are…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if milk provided by schools to students should be served in plastic bags or paper cartons. Methods/Materials Many schools have…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to build a simple and inexpensive cellphone spectrophotometer that would allow us to measure the absorption of visible light through different colored solutions an…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals Elements heavier than iron are formed via two neutron capture processes: the rapid r-process that occurs in supernovae and the slower s-process that occurs in less massive s…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Mathematical models of the heart have proven essential to the study of cardiac arrhythmias, which are poorly understood yet the leading cause of death in the industrialized…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals Abstract I was led to this project because I have always loved heliophysics, and I have always loved researching the sun in general: I have always wondered about the solar w…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find a potential correlation between hurricane and tropical storm occurrence and the prevention of the formation of the Gulf of Mexico's…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of common Californian soil treatments in restoration plots on the development and activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal f…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to develop a cost effective method for increasing biofuel yields from algae by investigating how different extraction methods of the antioxida…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project aimed to develop a thermosensitive injectable hydrogel that will form gel at body temperature. When loaded with antibiotics, the hydrogel can locally release th…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to reduce rollover accidents involving large truck by engineering an Electronic Stability Control system called Active Tilt Compensation (AT…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In the Coachella Valley, the golf industry consumes an enormous amount of water; they frequently use aquifer water to achieve this. However, this resource is limited. The ot…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals We want to know if we need to protect our ears from NIHL, to become aware on how we could prevent acquiring hearing loss and to stop or avoid wearing hearing aids. To prove…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goals are: 1) to develop a cookie-baking like method to fabricate micro-devices (with feature size of 10 µm) at home; 2) design, fabricate, and test a homemade micro-dev…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals About 130 neutral and about a dozen positively-charged molecules have been discovered in space (the most abundant of which include H3+, CO+, N2H+, CH5+, etc). However, only…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project was designed to determine whether commercially available bio-based lubricants offer viable alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants when all relevant factors (t…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if there was a co-occurrence among allergies and asthma, if there was a certain age when people develop and outgrow allergies,…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Biosensors employing fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescent proteins (FPs) are powerful tools for non-invasively monitoring intracellular processe…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives and goals for my project was to find out which practical material would soundproof a room the best. Another goal that I was testing was to see if certain mater…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to expand upon my previous study concerning children with cancer who suffer from mouth sores from chemotherapy by testing a broader variety of…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the effects of circadian rhythm changes on training goldfish was investigated. For this project to happen, one had to change the circadian rhythm of a tank…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cell phones are becoming a crucial part of peoples lives in Africa, however in some places people may have to walk for hours to get access to power and pay large amounts jus…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project's purpose was to determine if clay sculpture can influence, or have an effect on children's human figure drawings. In addition, similarities and differences bet…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to create a program that can create new music through analysis of existing music using a computer. The objective of this project is to demonstrat…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to explore whether the increased use of text-messaging as a means of communications by my peers might be impacting our ability to effectively read facial ex…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to see if coco coir, an eco-friendly, sustainable growing medium, can be used as a substitute for non-sustainable growing mediums. If coco…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals Carbon Sequestration in Coastal Redwoods is a valuable resource to reduce Global Warming. My project#s purpose was to evaluate whether or not Coastal Redwood owners should c…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study was to conclude whether people's "dominant" sense can be determined through tests pitting several frequently-used senses against each other. The stu…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals To create a mathematical model of a beating heart that combines mechanical contraction with electrical excitation. Methods/Materials I developed a novel method for combining…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals One of solar energy's setbacks is its efficiency. A solar cell only obtains its full energy potential when the sun is directly above it. Based on the speed of earth's rotati…