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 Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine the effects of varying concentrations of phytoplankton on the larval arm to body ratio of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, which is esse…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment used malathion and carbaryl, known neurotoxicants, at a sub-lethal concentration (0.05 mg/L, approximately 1/100 of LC50) to induce neurodegeneration in Duge…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Parkinson#s Disease (PD) is a locomotor disease characterized by toxic aggregation of the protein a-syn in neurons. Recent research: mice with a PD-causing mutation failed t…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Vespula pensylvanica (V. pensylvanica), or western yellowjackets, are the most common species of yellowjackets in California and the western United States. Outdoor summertim…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to examine if Environmental Enrichment (EE) encourages learning in FMR1-KO mice, a model for human autism. Another objective is to see if the…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The California Gnatcatchers# fluctuating endangerment status is a reflection of gains and losses in the struggle to save this iconic California bird from the edge of extinct…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to investigate the potential beneficial effect of grape skin on Parkinson#s disease by incorporating grape skin powder into the daily food int…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Hippocampus is critical for the formation of new episodic memories in rats and humans. O Keefe's Nobel Prize winning work demonstrated that "place cells" in the CA1 regi…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine how diet would affect the reproduction rates of red wiggler worms and impact the nutrients of the castings they produce. Methods…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether the distance from a body of water affects the number of mosquitoes that could be counted at a site or location. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Objectives/ Goals: My project was to determine how weight affects blood pressure in adults. I believe that as our weight or BMI (body mass index) increases, our blood pressu…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which senses Turkey Vultures use to locate carrion. Turkey Vultures have exceptional eyesight and they also have an exceptional s…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to conclude whether hypertension is occurring in adolescents, if so specifically which ethnicity has the greater reported incidence cases…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine a biological agent within alfalfa that potentially attracts Darkling beetles, which are in the same family as Blister beetles. Du…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Substance (tobacco, alcohol) use and various inflammatory diseases (periodontitis, oral lichen planus, leukoplakia) induce chronic inflammation, which is a mechanism for hea…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine what temperatures/environments it would take to make Aedes aegypti eggs no longer viable. Methods/Materials Get approximately 1,…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Copepods are very important to the ocean's ecosystem. Copepods, a type of zooplankton, are at the bottom of the food chain but they are major food organisms needed for all t…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In the United States, athletes suffer roughly 3.8 million concussions per year. Unfortunately, many current concussion diagnostics are subjective or easily memorized, which…
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
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to show that if planarian were exposed to magnetic fields while regenerating they would regenerate faster. Methods/Materials 24lb pull mag…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are lipids or proteins that become glycated due to exposure to sugars which buildup in cells due to aging and life style. They can be…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The metabolism of brine shrimp was studied to determine if it was a valid organism for ginsenoside study. If brine shrimp are capable of metabolizing ginsenosides, they coul…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives and goals for this experiment were to find if dogs have a dominant paw or prefer a paw. Methods/Materials I used: 30 dogs, paper, pencil, dog treats, sticky ta…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The visual system of a planarian is relatively rudimentary, allowing for them to perceive incoming light and move away accordingly in a response known as negative phototaxis…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Will performing one set of pushups to failure prior to performing one set of pull ups to failure effect the number of repetitions completed in the one set of pull ups to fai…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages cerebral cells leading to debilitating neurological symptoms. A concussion is mild TBI affecting over 2.5 million people/year. The annua…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project focuses on increasing population of zooplankton(copepods) in the San Francisco Delta to sustain native fish species in these marshes. The delta has been facing is…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which colored light is most effective in deterring cockroaches. Methods/Materials In this experiment, six different light bulb…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the ants' preference on sugar by testing two different species of ants with various types of sweeteners. Methods/Materials Two tanks for Harvester a…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is the determine how age affects the ability to hear high pitches. Methods/Materials A quiet environment for testing, 24 8th grade subjects and 3…