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 · 2009
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals I am interested in microbiology. I heard myths about a local plant that is a member of the native coastal sage scrub community. The purpose of this project was to see if Lem…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment is to examine different materials of saddle pads by measuring a horse#s core temperature, after a twenty-minute work out. The comparison is between three diff…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to demonstrate an economical 50 percent increase in photovoltaic produced power through use of short focal length, static, cylindrical Fresnel lenses. Metho…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project investigates whether calcium chloride (CaCl(2)) works as an effective agent for suppressing harmful algal blooms (HABs). Methods/Materials In Phase I, I practiced…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project were to synthesize fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FSNPs) with RGD peptide covalently linked on the surface amino groups and to employ these…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology Second Award
Methods/Materials First, I made a testing light box out of a plastic lid by making a hole in the flat top of it. Then, I took a sheet of graph paper and punched a hole the size of an LED in…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals A detailed understanding of the bonding structure of ambient liquid water is of high importance and interest. The intention of this project is to probe the bulk structure of…
CSEF · 2009
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether a ball's roll length varied on artificial Turf versus natural grass. Methods/Materials The experiment used a soccer…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a novel V-groove solar panel using solar cells on one sidewall of the V-grooves and mirrors on the other sidewall can generate electricity m…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to learn what concentration of sugar is most preferred by hummingbirds. Methods/Materials Concentrations of 0%, 25%, 35%, 45%, 55%, and 65% were made with w…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals All harbors have a stone breakwater to stop waves, thus preventing costly erosion. But these breakwaters are difficult and expensive to construct. My project tests whether a…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment are (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of the geolocation of sound source by simultaneous noise power measurements at different locations,…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals There are two main physical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease: plaque formation resulting from the aggregation of beta-amyloid protein and abnormal deposits of tau protein cal…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my research is to find the effects certain patterns of iPod useage have on our hearing both at rest and when exercising. Methods/Materials I required an iPo…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Disseminated candidiasis occurs in hospitalized patients when the fungus, Candida albicans, enters the bloodstream and infects almost all organs of the body. The mortality r…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Space travel is a major concern for the 21st Century. Astronauts will need to provide much of their own food for lunar habitats and deep-space travel. The engineering goal w…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to evalueate low-speed ramjet technology to see if it is possible to build and run a low-speed ramjet efficently, to get an idea of power to…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals With the astounding number of digital images available, there is an increasing need to search image collections. Many systems such as Google and Flickr use text-based search…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is first, to determine species of dermatophytes most likely to colonize the canine claw, and second, to explore how the percentage of dermat…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to discover if different amounts of coats of a mixture of mosquito repellent and paint repel different amounts of mosquitoes. I would like to…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out what solution is most effective in removing hard water deposits on glass. Methods/Materials Hard water deposits are mostly calci…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project focuses on discovering natural ways to best preserve Pinus ponderosa from attacks by Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus ponderosae, the bark beetles affec…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine how much the material of a skateboard#s bushings effect its turning performance. Methods/Materials Eight bushing pairs made from dif…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to determine if hummingbirds preferred colored nectar from the warm end of the color spectrum (red, yellow) versus the cool end (blue, viole…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Although air purifiers are advertised to improve breathing, some air purifiers emit harmful ozone. This study examines the hypothesis that ozone-generating air purifiers and…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to figure out if students would pick up new vocabulary in a foreign language faster when the vocabulary was associated with a picture, or wit…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to produce a flying machine capable of sustained flight without wings or a visible propulsion system. The lifter will levitate using only…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was performed to determine which types of sensory perception (visual, aural, or tactile) resulted in stronger short-term and long-term memory for humans. Method…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the contribution of water hyacinths in nutrient purification and to find the rate at which they reduced ammonium hydroxide…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals Liquid marbles,first created in 2001, are formed when a liquid such as water, is encapsulated within a skin of super-hydrophobic powder; this protective skin results in the…