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 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…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the presence of CO(2) in a trumpet coral polyp's environment would cause the water to become more acidic and break down the polyp's outer shell. M…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if the bodily process of producing silk from silkworms can be affected by the heat and light in a specific habitat and temperature. Methods/Materials F…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether female fruit flies that are injected with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria produce more successful embryos. This could…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Behavioral scientists have recently begun testing canines for their ability to recognize simple forms of human social engagement cues, or body language. I wondered how dogs…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to observe and record the behavior of brine shrimp after exposing them to various wavelengths over different intervals of time. Methods/Materials We used s…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to determine if the iPad with embedded magnets can cause electromagnetic interference in patients with Implanted Cardiac Rhythm Devices (ICRDs), wh…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Though no treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) currently exist, evidence suggests that the disease is strongly rooted in genetic origins. Recently, expansions…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which food level would result in the most successful Drosophila hydei colony. It was hypothesized that the colony which receives the largest a…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out if fingerprints have more of a correlation between parents and their children or siblings and each other. Hypothesis: They are more similar bet…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find the effect of temperature on the development time of a Drosophila melanogaster. My hypothesis is that as the temperature increases the…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test a mealworm's resperation rate in various temperatures and see at which temperatures their respiration rate is the highest. I used the temperature wi…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine if people with lighter colored eyes get red-eye more frequently than people with darker colored eyes. I believe that if the pup…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was performed to discover whether a T- Band improves an individual's balance when it is worn on the wrist like stated in their advertisement. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project examines hand position and how it affects grip strength and muscle fatigue with repetative motion. Methods/Materials I used a Jamar hand dynamometer to measure…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals It has been documented that horses are capable of seeing color. If that is the case, then would a horse have a color preference for the food box that they eat from? Methods/…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Praying mantids use camouflage to avoid predation and to ambush their prey. Research shows that mantids pay attention to structural cues, by demonstrating a preference for a…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to determine how differences in snail size and in sun exposure affect how fast snails travel. My hypothesis was that bigger snails would move fast…