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 · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which color (out of red, yellow, green, and blue) an adult could see most easily using their peripheral vision. Research done on this says tha…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to discover the different effects, if any, of aloe vera and caffeine on the regeneration of planaria. Methods/Materials Planaria, Aloe Vera…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To search for patterns, trends, and commonalities among patients with a bicuspid aortic valve in order to help diagnose or predict the condition in others. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The Shark Stopper Experiment tested if Samarium or Magnesium attached to a wetsuit, can prevent shark attacks. Methods/Materials Based on the shark's senses in it's head, th…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to examine whether E(z)/EZH2-dependent H3K27me3 may be one epigenetic mechanism underlying transgenerational programming of longevity, and EZ…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine what scent insects are most attracted to. Methods/Materials I chose to test five different scents: blood orange, exotic spices, v…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals We wanted to learn if dogs showed paw preference similar to human handedness. Methods/Materials We performed two tests for paw preference, ten trials each, on twenty differe…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which amount of nitrogen concentration is the most effective to reduce whitefly fecundity while benefiting the host plants. Met…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if fully incorporating the lower body mechanics, while pitching, will affect the speed and accuracy of a pitch. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine what gender (at an adolescent age) developed better hearing during the past few millions of years of evolution. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Chickens need 14 hours of light to lay the the optimal amount of eggs. They get this in the summer, and lay over twice as many eggs then. My goal was to trick the chickens i…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was performed to see if changes in sleep cadence affected the retention of knowledge by mice. This project builds on the previous six years projects; each ye…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective for this study was investigating any possible correlations between physiological differences, biological differences, and various environmental conditions from…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To examine the overall result of applying an abundant pharmaceutical (naproxen) into an environment that can be easily susceptible to any amount of changes. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine whether frequent texters have greater finger dexterity as compared to those that rarely text. This project is influential to presen…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To study the effects of calorie restriction on the longevity of drosophila and to compare these results with a control group. Methods/Materials Drosophila, culture tubes, dr…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project studied the effects of disc golf on plethodontid salamanders. My hypothesis was that, because of the constant passage of players, salamanders would be less likely…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to investigate the regenerative response of Brown Planarian worms to increasing global water temperatures. Methods/Materials 45 brown planarian…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if certain dietary supplements increase the longevity of Drosophila melanogaster. Methods/Materials There were 15 vials contain…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was done to find the ratio of straining between the quadriceps muscle and the patellar tendon while decreasing the angle of the knee from 150 degrees to 30 d…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to observe how smell is involved in the ability to taste and which flavors are easier to identify with an impaired sense of smell. I believe…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To compare the effects of El Niño conditions on two different ecosystems in Henry Cowell State Park, determining if increased soil moisture as a result of additional rainfal…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Fingerprints develop while a person is within the womb. It is not known whether fingerprint patterns are due solely to environmental factors in the womb, or if there is a ge…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Early detection of Cognitive Impairment Diseases (CID) is challenging. Overlapping symptoms cause misdiagnosis & catastrophic effects. For e.g., Robin Williams's DLB (Dement…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see which activity, biking a 5K or running a 5K will increase your heart rate more. Methods/Materials Measured the heart rate of two people while biking…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Due to the current drought conditions in California I wanted to see what the effects were on worms. Methods/Materials I made 15 individual worm environments. Five environmen…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In accordance with the research I have gathered, Abscisic Acid, a plant hormone, has been shown to inhibit seed germination, or uncontrolled cell growth in plants. The objec…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what factors affect Pacific mole crab (Emerita Analoga) location and distribution within the swash zone throughout the year. M…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out how adipose differentiation to chondrocytes is affected when the adipose stem cells (ASCs) are exposed to various conditions.…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop an inexpensive handheld hematology analyzer that can concentrate and separate white blood cells (WBCs) from red blood cells (RBC), and…