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 · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to demonstrate a practical method of creating super-hydrophobic surface coatings and then to characterize the movement of water droplets on th…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of previous years in which we found that beach sand could be a possible contaminant of oceanwater and groundwater. We tested to see if sand could…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine whether electrical energy can be generated at a reasonable efficiency by combining non-imaging optics with the Seebeck effect, to di…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Every morning I take polyethylene glycol (Miralax) mixed in cold apple juice. Since dissolving Miralax is a slow process, I researched how to speed it up. My hypothesis was…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see what effects age and exercise have on lung capacity. Methods/Materials My apparatus was made with a 1 gallon water bottle, plastic tubi…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of my project is to determine the toxicity level of different residues produced by various aquatic environments. My hypotheses were the residue from…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals This research explores the potential for vegetable oil based fuels as substitutes for diesel. Increased oil prices and environmental concerns have focussed attention on alte…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to examine the properties of soils around the UC Davis area and to create methods and materials which will aid in the prevention of forest…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In patients with Huntington's Disease (HD), the transcription of several genes is altered. One emerging notion is that the down-regulation of genes may be due to the formati…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals When sulfur is mixed with sand, heated to melting, and cooled it forms sulfur concrete. Sulfur concrete is becoming widely used industrially because of its attractive charac…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Two separate populations of Haminoea vesicula (Gould, 1855) are assessed based on complete specimens and shells collected primarily in British Columbia, Canada and Southern…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this project is to see if the density of a liquid exerts the same resistance to flow as the liquid's viscosity. Because viscosity is a fluid's resistance to fl…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals To study whether or not people in a small town would be more likely to help a stranger by mailing an envelope than people in a large city. To study whether or not people wou…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals I enjoy solving the Rubik's cube, and I have developed my own method for solving it. I am interested in mathematics and have written programs to solve Sudoku puzzles and mag…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Viscosity is a fundamental property of fluids. The goals were to determine alt classifications of viscosity for representative fluids and to experimentally measure the visco…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine (a)if tea (green and black) contains the polyphenol type of antioxidants, namely, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, and epigallocatechin galla…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to verify if women#s hair color makes a noticeable difference in social perception of women#s intelligence. Methods/Materials Using Adobe Photos…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to evaluate if there is a correlation with thermographic assessment of vascular reactions among three distinct groups of participants using BM…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if dermatophytes (fungi that typically grow on skin structures)and yeasts colonize the claw tissue of healthy dogs, including guide dogs used b…
CSEF · 2007
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals The recent successful attack on the widely used hash function, the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, was a breakthrough in cryptanalysis. Original papers, published in 2004 and…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The research examined the control sequence between host plants and nitrogen fixing bacteria and determined whether such bacteria were screened at successive host-regulated c…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how living with a smoker affects lung function in children throughout the four seasons of the year, in comparison to those who do not live with…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn if the amount of acanthocephalan parasites affects the swimming and burrowing times of the Emerita analoga. Methods/Materials Each sand crab was t…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to determine if an individual can hold their breath longer in warm water, cold water, or on land. Methods/Materials 60 total individuals parti…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to determine if infrawaves could be used as early warnings for natural disasters, not only by scientists and seismographs, but by people in…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project examines the viability of one alternative form of solar concentration, the Fluorescent Solar Concentrator (FSC), as a more efficient and inexpensive method of p…
CSEF · 2007
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals There has been a push to make more environmentally safe products, such as solder. It is unknown if non-lead based solders have better or worse mechanical properties in compa…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cesium hydrogen sulfate (CHS) is a solid acid that has been demonstrated as a promising fuel cell electrolyte; however, its poor mechanical strength may undermine fuel cell…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The seeds of the tropical and subtropical plant, Moringa oleifera, have undergone studies in environmental science as a primary coagulant for water treatment. This investiga…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals Astronomical observations suggest that there is an immense amount of matter in the universe that is invisible and seemingly undetectable. This invisible matter is known as d…