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 · 2017
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate the disparity between abundance of Tamalia spp. galls on non-native Arbutus unedo and native Arctostaphylos spp. and explore t…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals Studying emission line stars helps improve our understanding of stellar evolution, types of stars, and their environments (Prichard et al. 2016). In this study, we investiga…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hunger, one of the most prominent problems in the world today, is primarily caused by a shortage of fresh water. Significant optimization of water use can be achieved by kno…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to create 2 things: 1) a low-cost lens that attaches to the back of a smartphone and allows laypeople to take a picture of the back of the eye and 2) an alg…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to take a novel approach to breast cancer metabolomics in order to reveal biomarkers with the potential to be used in a breast cancer diagnosis t…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Torrey Pine tree is well known for its ability to efficiently condense moisture and water itself to survive under drought conditions. However, the mechanism of Torrey pi…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if visual cues help the interaction between humans and machines. Methods/Materials Solar cell, headlamp, microcontroller (Arduino…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals 795 million people, or one out of nine people suffer from chronic undernourishment. Food, such as meat can spoil as quickly as a couple hours at room temperature. The object…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to find out if cabbage butterflies demonstrate social learning and, if so, whether cabbage butterflies learn association tasks faster when o…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to find the effects of silver nanoparticles of various sizes on the CO2 production and cellular respiration of yeast cells. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals To find if there is a correlation between radon levels and building ages Methods/Materials Materials: 2 Corentium QRI Home Radon Digital Monitor 10 houses (measured radon le…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of amylose and amylopectin in different types of rice grain/starch in the formation and tensile strength of a ri…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Inspired by my own gymnastics training and an article I read about sonification used for training Olympic swimmers, I wanted to apply the techniques of sonification to aid i…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Currently, nanomaterials with high magnetophoretic velocity and magnetic susceptibility are needed for various applications such as drug delivery systems and bioseparations,…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals A vortex tube has the ability to separate faster and slower moving air molecules. When compressed air is injected tangentially into a circular chamber, the faster (hotter) a…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if genotypes (thus species) influenced wheat#s phytoextraction capabilities for metals observed at fracked sites. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to understand how best to preserve and restore the native coastal sage scrub community. Methods/Materials Materials: 48 Salvia apiana plants,…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test how temperature and material affect the speed of sound in a gas. I tested the hypothesis that if the temperature is changed, then the speed…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to find the correct increments of the hormones auxin and gibberellin to increase the growth of Brassica rapa. We want to find this so that farmers could spr…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study measured the variation in number of guesses required for different types of passwords using a brute-force program I created and modified on scratch, a computer co…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals Climate change is one of the biggest challenges my generation will face. The purpose of my project was to find what factors influence junior high students' opinions on clima…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see how widespread the ability to digest and degrade PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is among organisms. Methods/Materials I used a bioin…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine what additive would best increase the porosity of permeable concrete with the least decrease in compressive strength. Permeable…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the role of the amphipod Megalorchestia corniculata (beach hoppers) in the removal of giant kelp blades once they have washed…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dogs typically don't get enough exercise during the day, which leads to diabetes, heart problems, ligament failures, and other health and behavior issues that cost Americans…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals Swarms of robots offer an alternative to the conventional single-robot approach in navigation and exploration problems. In this project, I show the viability of using Artifi…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals To establish predictors of readmission in patients admitted with primary complaint of chest pain. Methods/Materials The study was performed at Community Regional Medical Cen…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to to quantify how good or bad a nutrient is for microbiome health. Methods/Materials Tested how health-promoting nutrients (protein, vitam…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if a tokamak scaling law will still apply (in L-Mode) if reactor size is scaled down. Some goals include building an ultra-high v…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out which source produces the best quality biodiesel. These sources include, fish tank algae, chlorella algae, scenedesmus algae, duckwee…