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 · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out whether playing the piano increases one#s manual dexterity and if so, to find a numerical percentage of increase. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if finger print patterns can be inherited. I believe that since every finger print is different, the patterns must be different t…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson#s disease ten years ago. Over time, his movement and coordination was greatly affected by this disorder. Watching his ability to…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A cockroach senses their environment with their antennae. The purpose of this experiment is to test the feasibility of stimulating the antennae to change cockroach behavior.…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Which factor will affect the blood flow rate (viscosity levels) the greatest: water, whole milk, or mango juice in both a 1/4 in. and 3/8 in. diameter of tubing? How will th…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to debunk a study by neurologist Michael Merzenich at the University of California San Francisco linking breastmilk as a contributing factor to aut…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The lung capacities of singers and non-singers, were compared in liters, by using a wet spirometer. The participants were asked their age, gender, years of singing experienc…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out how different breathing exercises affect lung capacity. I got interested in this project because one of my family members had ast…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if hamsters can be guided through a maze by a specific material that indicates the correct path. Methods/Materials I bought 4 hamsters, 4 cages and…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the effects of circadian rhythm changes on training goldfish was investigated. For this project to happen, one had to change the circadian rhythm of a tank…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if Tree Frog behavior could help predict Earthquake activity. My hypothesis was that the frogs would climb and be active before a seismic event. Met…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this auditory study is to evaluate three listening devices to determine which among them creates the highest decibel and vibration levels; thus having the most p…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to measure the changes in exhaled carbon dioxide levels before and after exercise in boys and girls. My hypothesis is if carbon dioxide levels of five girls…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine what common indoor air pollutant has the most effect on people's lung function being measured by peak flow. Methods/Materials Inf…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most difficult questions of cancer biology is how cancer spreads.Understanding the physical behavior and nature of cancer cells helps answer that question.A cost…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which scents crickets like the least. By understanding how crickets sense and react to scents we can protect gardens and crops in a safe and natu…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if younger or older dancers put more pressure on their feet when they dance. Methods/Materials I obtained 30 informed consent forms for dancers…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For this project, I tested whether or not hair got weaker over time by testing the amount of weight a top shaft of hair would hold verses the bottom shaft of the same hair.…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project aimed to develop and test a low-cost device potentially capable of detecting sports-related concussions based upon brain wave data collected from a simple elect…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this research, the effect of varying territorial distribution on the cohabitation of the two species in conflict was tested. Methods/Materials Because the ants previously…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether boys or girls have a faster physical reaction. Methods/Materials An index card was used to measure the one-inch distance between every…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment intended to see how exposure to the different types of radiation (microwave, UV light, and light bulb radiation) would affect the number of brine shrimp eggs…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to figure out if cell phones can affect living organisms. For my experiment I used planarian and observed their activity and speed. Methods/Materials Materials:…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover if canines have paw dominance or are ambidextrous. Methods/Materials I used a sample of 10 dogs, enough treats for each dog a total of 15 times,…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment tests the effect of a high fat diet during a fruit fly#s larval stage on its ability to respond to stress as a grown fly. Methods/Materials In this experimen…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if the particle size of calcium ingested by chickens affect how calcium is metabolized in increasing egg shell strength.Humans have…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if The Mendelian ratio really worked. Methods/Materials I used C. elegans as my test subject. First I get male and hermaphrodite C. elegans that have been mu…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether or not insects, specifically crickets, red harvester ants, and ladybugs, activity levels will be increased by ultrasonic sound. Methods/Materials I took…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cue among the spoken word, signed word, written word or visual picture produces the most efficient method of training a service dog to re…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was to see if the protein from peanuts would make chickens lay larger eggs. The hypothesis is that the eggs will get larger. Methods/Materials Method: Feed chic…