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 · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project takes advantage of a "natural experiment" on stress and bone development. String players exert stress on the fingers of their left hands as they apply tension b…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine the effectiveness of various household and commercial materials to deter and repel the Brown Garden Snail (Helix aspersa). Meth…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine how density of organisms affects the metamorphic development of larval red rock shrimp, Lysmata californica. Results from this projec…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objestive for our project was to conclude whether or not horses short-term memory exceeded scientists origional assumption. Methods/Materials We placed five large bucket…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This math project is a continuation of a previous project to determine the use of a model as a predictor in field studies. In phase II of my study I looked at the correlatio…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Exploration of amount of stress dancers put on lateral and medial collateral ligaments when performing a plié. Stress on models of ligaments will be measured at 180° (straig…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does age have an effect on a horses heart rate during recovery after excercise? I hypothesize that the older the horse the longer the recovery time, and the younger the hors…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals By using both morphological and molecular analyses of tropical Atlantic and Pacific populations of Spurilla neapolitana, the first such study conducted in the Aeolidiidae fa…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals I spent my summer working with horses and learned anxiety may interfere with the ability of a horse to learn and respond to commands. This made me wonder how long it might t…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis Based on my research and experiment "How Does Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Affect a Colony of Harvester Ants?" I theorize that the exposure to low level EMR wi…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to pinpoint the gene for hydra regeneration by dissecting Hydra littoralis in four different orientations, then observing regrowth. It was hypothesized tha…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The project, How Sweet It Is: Ants and Sugar Experiment, is a scientific experiment that determines if ants, in their natural habitat, can tell the difference between real a…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to identify the infection patterns of the Wolbachia bacteria in arthropods through DNA analysis in order to better understand the proliferat…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Does the lunar cycle affect the litter size in Polish rabbits? This project looks at the relationship between rabbit litter size and the moon's phase at the time the rabbit…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project is on the species Musca domestica, (more commonly known as the housefly), and I am testing to see which product will attract the most houseflies: meat, sugar wate…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to discover whether or not moisture and temperature affect snail movement. My hypothesis was that snails would move farther on warm, damp nights b…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The orientation flights that honey bees undertake before foraging is crucial for navigation as the knowledge base of the environment is established during these flights. To…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project is designed to prove that zebrafish (Danio rerio) will completely avoid an area with a high pH level due to the presence of potassium hydroxide (KOH). Methods/M…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether or not colored hummingbird nectar is preferred by hummingbirds, and if so, which color would be preferred. Methods/Materials Before I s…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I recorded butterfly behavior when butterflies where exposed to variants of flowers. I wanted to find what causes butterflies to prefer one breed of flower over another. Met…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Belding's Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi) is an endemic and endangered species that lives year round in the salt marshes of Southern California and…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To effectively determine whether Red-Clawed Crabs have the brain capability to learn and retain information. Also, I would like to find out whether their times will decrease…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To test the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on the human body. Methods/Materials Baseline bleeding time, platelet aggregation, and blood samples were obtained from…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the color of flower affects how much sugar water has been consumed by hummingbirds. Methods/Materials 1.Red, Pink, and Yellow Surveyor's tape…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our project is about fish recompression and the corneal crackling, exophthalmia and ventilation rate that occurs in rockfish species after they are decompressed. Fish recomp…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment to determine if different amounts of Monosodium Glutamate to effects the heart rate of daphnia. My hypothesis is that the daphnia's heart rate…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was to first determine the bees' most preferred taste, color, and fragrance. Finally with these results, it will be determined whether they are most attracted t…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which plant digestive enzyme is most efficient in digesting proteins and from what source. Methods/Materials Egg whites, the protein source, we…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This study examined whether or not the tempo of music would affect spiders and the way that they would spin webs. Methods/Materials Four spiders were placed into two terrari…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals When jumping a horse, the biomechanics that the horse executes vary as the height increases. This experiment explores what adjustments occur as the height of a jump increase…