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 · 2007
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals We did our project because we were interested in the eating habits of woodland birds. Methods/Materials We investigated the effects of location, environment, and seed type a…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My purpose is to determine if members of the same family have any fingerprint characteristics in common. Methods/Materials My methods were first to gather a sampling of fami…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to show that girls and boys at age eleven and twelve will have the same physical hand strength. I base this on data from government growth charts, hormonal d…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I would like to find out if there is an effect on the respiration rate of goldfish due to the color of light they are exposed to in their environment. I…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was a genetic experiment to determine if by crossing two totally different breeds of chicken, a Barred Plymouth Rock cock and a White Aracauna rumpless (no tail…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My original question was whether or not improving the fitness of one's heart would allow an Irish dancer to jump higher at the end of their dance, when they were tired. From…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover if horses have a preference as to which type of simple sugar they eat, if they will eat any at all. Methods/Materials My experime…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To find out how ants behavior and productivity is affected by beats,decible levels, and frequency level. Methods/Materials First, I prepared my six ant hills. Then, I put th…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The rate at which heart rate returns to resting level after exercise (heart rate recovery) is a good indicator of aerobic fitness. The effect of participation on school spor…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine whether the age of a subject has a significant effect on how quickly their eyes can adapt to the dim light in a darkened room and read a prepared…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To figure out how a hamsters senses and gender affect its time through a maze. Methods/Materials A hamster maze was made of wood glue, a jenga set, and cardboard and was use…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project is measuring the growth of eggs while changing the feed. I want to see if feeding my chickens different foods will increase or decrease the size of the eggs they…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To observe the effect grooming has on heart rate after exercise as compared to no grooming. Methods/Materials I took each horse's heart rate before exercise using a stethosc…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn if the amount of acanthocephalan parasites affects the swimming and burrowing times of the Emerita analoga. Methods/Materials Each sand crab was t…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to use different media to increase the tunneling speed of Harvester Ants. If agar gel is put in with Harvester Ants, then it will quicken the speed of buildi…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to determine if an individual can hold their breath longer in warm water, cold water, or on land. Methods/Materials 60 total individuals parti…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if butterflies consume more oxygen than ladybugs or crickets. Since they all fly or jump they need energy to move, and if they need energy then they need…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals An investigation was done to determine whether horses can learn to associate geometric shapes with a food reward. The literature reports numerous instances showing that hors…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover what color of hummingbird food Anna hummingbirds (Calypte anna) preferred in late fall. Methods/Materials 7 hummingbird feeders (90ml) White, bl…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In the doctor's office, doctors have had trouble testing some patients' blood pressure because they had been suffering from anxiety during their visit, thus making their blo…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In the continuation of our former project, In the Blink of an Eye, we are investigating the question: After working on the computer does the vision of adult subjects worsen…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals In 2006, the 'Mosquito Ring Tone' became the buzz. Invented in Britain, this 'uniquely created tone' was claimed to be heard only by teenagers. Believing they could possess…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if I could show that increasing the amount of weight of books placed in a student's backpack would increase the amount of pressure placed on the student's lo…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which eye color will be dominant when you cross a sex-linked recessive white-eyed (w) Drosophila melanogaster with an autosomal r…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Human infants are not born with the ability to move their fingers independently or rotate the thumb so that the pad of the thumb is opposed to the pad of the index finger. F…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our goal for our site is to compare the abundance in the mollusk (for instance: chiton, whelk, turban snail and mussel) populations that could indicate environmental change…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine if the age of a cow affects how active it is . Methods/Materials To archive this I attached pedometers to cows of different ages for…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment mice were tested to see if it is true that they prefer to stay next to walls rather than be in an open uncharted area. Research shows that mice are noctur…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to see if there is a substantial difference on the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) reproduction when they eat only organic or non-organi…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Gamete cryopreservation can play an important role in conservation strategies for at-risk abalone species. Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)are listed as threatened in Califo…