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 · 2015
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to develop a fast and accurate computer program to track and count the trails of charged particles in a cloud chamber video. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US. Early diagnosis is the key to cure cancer and increase the patient's survival rate. The current computer aided dia…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific study was to design a novel, effective, and highly efficient immobilized ionic liquid approach towards removal of heavy metal(s) from an aqueo…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals With global warming taking the center stage, more and more research is being done on CO2 and greenhouse gases. However, another lesser known, but equally important contribut…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science is predicting the drugs that will work for specific individuals diagnosed with varying cancer types. Tod…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dirtier, nonrenewable fuels, like diesel and gasoline, seem to be used much more extensively that the cleaner burning and renewable fuels, like biodiesel and ethanol. This e…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals To design a simple solar tracking mechanism, and test whether it improves energy output for a solar panel. Methods/Materials The heart of the system is a balancing fluid tha…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to investigate correlations between presence, immersion, perceptual modality, stress and kinetosis in vision-dominated virtual reality (VR) compared to limit…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if memory performance is affected by inaudible sounds with different frequencies. One study found that high frequency sounds audible to non-human a…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The current design of gene expression studies makes data sets susceptible to bias and hinders cross-platform comparison. To address these issues, an unprecedented global-sca…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if adding wood ash to top soil will adversely affect pesticide by making it more toxic or allowing it to last longer in the soi…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Just about everything has potential energy stored in it. The problem is releasing that energy to be able to do some work. A tiny almond contains stored chemical energy. When…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Euglena gracilis is a very important part of the marine environment, providing food for many organisms in a similar way phytoplankton does. The organism also has many additi…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The globally distributed Ediacara biota is comprised of the oldest macroscopic organisms on Earth. They lived on shallow sandy sea bottoms between 575 and 543 million years…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to try to find at least one homeopathic remedy that had the strength to slow down the growth of cancer or even kill cancer cells. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if honey production is effected when certain pollen is stored in hives prior to the honey production period. Methods/Materials During the course…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to determine what objects/liquids are safe and which ones are dangerous. I play volleyball, and after playing all day at the beach, my wate…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Internet as we know 5 years ago was made of mostly computers. Today it is more than computers - cars, dishwashers, clothing, keychains - the Internet of Things has arriv…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Antifouling boat hull paint contains biocides and copper which can harm sea creatures and even humans. There are other kinds of boat hull paints that are environmentally saf…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which plant will germinate faster, the invasive plant (Limonium ramosissimum) or the native (Limonium californicum) under the conditions of lig…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to determine if the number of cosmic rays changes with altitude. The secondary objective was to obtain temperature, other flight data, and video. M…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Develop novel hardware and software for a compact, low cost inertial navigation system (INS) for use in model aircraft. Data recorded in-flight by the INS should allow an ac…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which type of graphite is best for making graphene. Methods/Materials I used the graphite 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B, 9B, and the magic…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which of three different types of plastic would decompose at the fastest rate when exposed to the bacteria Pseudomonas fluo…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see from what height a ball must be released in order for it to complete a loop without falling. After carefully considering gravitational…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals Around the world, the environment is threatened by human pollution. Scientists are facing the problem of diagnosing corals before they become completely diseased. This study…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project is concerned with the question of how to effectively praise students for good performance to make them better motivated, more confident, and more inclined to ta…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to inhibit the proteolytic enzymes of adult and microfilariae Brugia pahangi using protease inhibitors to see if protease inhibitors could ki…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test what kind of swimming pool is best for competitive swimmers. Methods/Materials A fan was placed on one side of a box, which was f…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to demonstrate the time-dependent effects of humidity on tortilla chips. My hypothesis was that humidity is a leading cause of decreasing crispnes…