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 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…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Since no preventive methods or precise diagnostic tests exist for Alzheimer's disease, I hypothesized that one can create an accurate diagnostic/ prognostic software tool fo…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The primary objective in this experiment was to observe the effects of radiation on the growth of a developing organism. Tadpoles of Rana Pipiens were studied and observatio…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to examine measurements of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) and Cortical Atrophy derived from computer analysis of patient MRI#s, to be used…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Information on factors affecting their breeding season in both captivity and the wild are not well known in the literature. Being informed about breeding seasons of sharks i…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US. Early diagnosis is the key to cure cancer and increase the patient's survival rate. The current computer aided dia…
ISEF · 2015
Animal Sciences
Previous research has suggested that wound healing properties in stingrays may be due to an antimicrobial substance in the animal’s epidermal mucus. To investigate this, the minimum inhibito…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Apoptosis carries out the task of eliminating damaged cells through programmed cell death, and is therefore crucial in maintaining the health of the body. Here, we explore t…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the presence of one Lumbriculus variegatus affect the regeneration abilities of another Lumbriculus variegatus. Methods/Materials Segm…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to test how caffeine effected athletic performance in strength, speed or hand-eye coordination and if the placebo effect appeared to have any hand…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if you change the topography in a migratory mule deer herd's travel routes, will the deer adapt to the change or will they find a new travel route. Met…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals About 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. More than 80% of diabetes deaths in the world occur in low income countries because of lack of awareness. Current testing m…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if peripheral vision changes in adolescence. I hypothesize that around the age of ten, due to growth of the lens, a change will…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project tests four cat foods to see which is best for your cat: Meow Mix, Friskies, Iams, and Natural Balance. My hypothesis was that Natural Balance would be the best…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to determine which type of cat, cats in shelters or indoor house cats, have a greater prevalence of Toxacara Cati (Roundworms), Ancylostoma (Ho…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The basis of this research project is to determine whether the female eye can more efficiently distinguish the darker shade of a hue then a male. Methods/Materials The compu…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My eleven-year-old sister, Kate, was born with a heart condition which causes her to have a heart murmur. Kate's pediatrician first diagnosed her by carefully listening to h…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to identify whether species (of birds specifically) thrive more efficiently in higher habitat qualities. This was conducted because of inconsi…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The hypothesis is that there is a distinct correlation between Helicobacter Pylori infection and a specific type of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (C-constipation, D-diarrhea, or…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Can cattle discriminate between feed pans that are the same type, but two different colors? This research applies to showing cattle and the day to day care of them. This pro…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment I created a model and developed images that represent both monocular and binocular vision of a Clydesdale horse. Methods/Materials I created a model of th…
ISEF · 2015
Animal Sciences
An increasing dilemma in tropical climates is that of Rat Lungworm disease, caused by human infection by A. Cantonensis larvae. These larvae typically survive within a rat or slug host, the…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the US and worldwide. Despite multimillion-dollar research, the mortality rate continues to remain high. Most patients h…