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 · 2008
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to determine if hummingbirds preferred colored nectar from the warm end of the color spectrum (red, yellow) versus the cool end (blue, viole…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Nudibranchs are highly specialized feeders, consuming only a single genus or species of plant or animal. Hydroids are the preferred food source of most aeolid genera, of whi…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if there are spatial and temporal patterns of recruitment that vary among species. Also if recruitment differs between mainland and island site…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal of this project is to see if a single homing pigeon will fly faster in cooler morning conditions or in warmer late afternoon conditions. Methods/Materials The materi…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Before I started doing my experimant, I wondered why in the winter there weren't a lot of button quail eggs in our aviary, but in the summer there were many eggs. My goal wa…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose for this project is to see which gender of dog is the smartest. With this knowledge, future dog owners who wanted a specific gender of dog may choose the other b…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In "Man: A Dog's Best Friend?" the objective was to investigate whether or not culture has an effect on brain hemisphere dominance in dogs. Methods/Materials Thirty canine t…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals In worker honey bees (Apis mellifera), juvenile hormone III (JH) is responsible for regulating the division of labor within a colony. JH titers increase with age, and the ra…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My main goal was to determine if the food made to keep mice healthy would make them gain mor weight, or if the really, really cheap food would make them gain more weight. Me…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to inform people of the dangers of talking on a cell phone while driving or performing other potentially harmful activities. I wanted to find…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My dog howls when I play viola. The objective is to find out what part of the harmonic series my dog howls to. The harmonic series is made up of two parts which are called o…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To find non-toxic substances that repel ants Methods/Materials Tested each ingredient using 30 ants per substance. Ingredients included cinnamon, salt, black pepper, cayenne…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The time of exposure and the time of adaptation are directly proportional. If the eyes are allowed a longer amount of time to chromatically adapt, then the effects of the ad…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to determine if there are any similarities in families' fingerprints. Methods/Materials The materials were: Ink pad (Sirchie), different families(7), paper, penci…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if a magnetic field, and the intensity thereof, has an effect on the rate of regeneration of a planaria. Methods/Materials Th…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The point of this experiment was to see if there was a significant difference in the behavior of a lined shore crab that was subjected to an inconsistency of light caused by…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if a radiometric thermal imager can detect pre-clinical stages of arthritis in a quick and noninvasive method. Methods/Materials To est…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment was to study rats' intelligence that can be measured by speed of learning and if gender makes a difference. Methods/Materials I observed six ra…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Does the species of snake and how it lives determine the size of the head and the body? If a snake is poisonous or a snake is nonpoisonous and lives in a rainforest,then the…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals If Molly Fish are raised in a controlled saline environment, then they will ultimately recognize their #home saline concentration" and swim back up stream, similarly to King…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To understand if various animals react to high and low frequency sounds differently. Methods/Materials Procedure: 1. Observed each animal with a hidden video camera for two…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if there is a common perching distance between pigeons on different perches. One population perched on light post, the other on telephone wires.…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the study was to find out whether drinking cold water with a meal is harmful to your health. Methods/Materials My experiments were the following: The first…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals We are trying to determine how much a dog's age affects their understanding of a spatial relationship between objects. Methods/Materials 1. A large number of dogs to test, w…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see what effects age and exercise have on lung capacity. Methods/Materials My apparatus was made with a 1 gallon water bottle, plastic tubi…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to study and test the affect of body symmetry on athletic ability. Methods/Materials We measured 7th and 8th grade participants using a digital…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I have been raising rabbits for 2 years as a part of my 4-H breeding project. I raise Californian and Polish rabbits. This Science Fair project was a result of my interest i…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to be able to determine what certain body types or characters set an individual up for rowing ergometer success. Methods/Materials A consent f…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The effect of temperature and feeding on the growth rate of Anthropluera elegantissima was examined. Variation in polyp growth at several temperatures and feeding regimens w…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to compare the difference in heart rate change between an eyes open and an eyes closed period for Transcendental Meditators and non-meditato…