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 · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives People's worldviews, opinions, thoughts, characteristics, and feelings are often reflected in the way they write. By looking at which kinds of words increased/decreased in their f…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives The fungus, Candida albicans grows on the skin and in the GI tract of healthy people as part of the normal microbiota. However, in hospitalized patients, the fungus can enter the…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives Our ecosystem is suffering from a major problem that includes only one thing: plastics. Plastics tarnish our air and cause damage to many sea creatures. Well that is a problem tha…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci studied "de Architectura," by Vitruvius, seeking out ways to perfect his art, at which time he created one of his most famous drawings, T…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives This project explored how changing the center-of-mass in a gravity powered model race car (pinewood derby car) affected its speed. My hypothesis was that the car would go faster t…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives The world s waters are continuously being contaminated and polluted by microplastics and microfibers with almost 30% of marine pollution coming from microplastics and microfibers…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives The goal of this project is to investigate whether Organic produce or Non-organic produce has more DNA degradation under the same conditions. This is to determine if the chemical…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main goal of this project is to provide one of the most in-depth analyses of the core vs. cusp controversy, which jeopardizes our current understanding of the universe,…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dyes are used in many industries. Because the process of cleaning dye out of wastewater is expensive, a cost-effective, eco-friendly method is needed. The purpose of this pr…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals My goals were to analyze the water quality of Escondido Creek at different sites to identify the effects of the seven-mile flood control channel versus the natural environme…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Motivated by the communication failure in Puerto Rico, I designed a low-cost, portable, person-to-person, communication network called WAEF-EL. The goal is to let civilians…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Torrey Pine (TP) trees are well known for their ability to efficiently harvest fog and survive under drought conditions. The mechanisms for moisture harvesting have not been…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My problem statement is "Does temperature affect the production of biogas when starting with the same quantity of biofuel?" I hypothesize the floating drum exposed to the mo…
CSEF · 2018
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find the best way to place Mycelium in a bee farm environment and to see its effect on honey bees and the Varroa Mites. I implemented a M…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Cold-chain methods and unsanitary conditions hinder vaccine transport in third-world countries. Climate detrimentally affects vaccine potency, and, without an efficient alte…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals There are known negative risks of cell phone radiation to health. Last year, my science fair experiment found that exposure to cell phone radiation decreases the lifespan of…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Previous studies of microbiome metagenomic datasets have relied on linear models (PCA, SVM, and RF, etc) and known species and biomarkers in reference databases and ignored…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Conventional ball-and-socket hip prostheses suffer from challenges that include painful dislocation requiring surgical revision, material wear, and bio-contamination from we…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of education and exposure on stress levels, as measured by blood pressure. Methods/Materials One sphygmomanometer, two…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals This 4-year project determined the effects of climate change components on freshwater microorganisms at the Arcata Marsh: 2015: Salinity Tolerance, 2016: Increased agricultu…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment, I wanted to test the effects of UVC light on bacteria. I decided to test two non pathogenic strains, known as Bacillus subtilis, and Micrococcus luteus, to…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals Emotion recognition from voice by machine is a challenging task, but it has great potential to make empathic human-machine communications possible. In conventional approache…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment tests the effectiveness of the formulation by testing for its effect in absorbing moisture (eg sweat), preventing odor, preventing bacterial growth, and for u…
CSEF · 2018
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The growing interest in remote sensing leads to my research for making sensors self-powered. Sensors are crucial for monitoring of structural integrities of bridges, railroa…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals We set out to determine the energetic cost for the Southern Sea Otter foraging in Moss Landing Harbor channel, a location with increased boat disturbance. This entailed answ…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the best way to educate people about environmental issues so that they will want to participate in environmental activism. Meth…
CSEF · 2018
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project answered 3 questions: (1) How accurate are the 10-day forecasts, for Walnut, CA and Boston, MA? (2) What cities have the most similar temperatures to Walnut and…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals 1)if byproducts produced by the removal of oxybenzone using phytoremediation w/wetland plants & a biotech method using laccase/ABTS alginate beads are harmful to Daphnia mag…
CSEF · 2018
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure the length of the worms, reproduction, mass, and the nutrients in the soil. Methods/Materials Worms, soil, ruler, soil test kit, fo…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how long Escherichia Coli needed to be exposed to ultraviolet radiation to kill it. Methods/Materials I used nutrient agar pet…