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
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…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I predict that more honey bees will land on the yellow disc compared to any other test surface, per ten minute exposure time. Pollination of food crops by "portable" bee col…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to explore and determine the effects of the body mass index on median and nerve conduction velocity, latency and amplitude. My hypothesis sta…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if the fat content of a Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, can be a factor contributing to colony collapse disorder. Methods/Materials I used a CardioChek Portable Bloo…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to investigate the physical effects of exposure to constant auditory stressors on Mus musculus (mice) by observing changes in weight, food…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to learn how to effectively collect accurate data (biodiversity counts) from the tidepools at Davenport Landing and to compare our data with ot…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Chronic abdominal pain occurs in 30% of children (ref. 1). A symptom of fructose malabsorption is abdominal pain (AP). Fructose is commonly used as a sweetener. Initial stud…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I and doing an experiment in which texture ladybugs are most attracted to. I am doing this project because I want to know which types of terrain have a texture that ladybugs…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the best alternate solution (instead of surgery) that would decrease the size of an enterolith to the greatest degree. An ente…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals If I expose six sets of (5) bisected Planaria to 3 different magnetic fields of increasing strength (2 sets of 5 bisected Planaria per magnetic strength), will the Planaria'…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which worm compost produced the best fertilizer based on the plant root that grew the fastest in a period of four weeks. Meth…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine whether the absence of light will effect the time it takes a trained rat to navigate its way through a maze. Methods/Materials Ma…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) has been highly endangered since being nearly hunted to extinction one hundred years ago by fur traders. The population is t…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the presence of native ants indicate a potentially healthier habitat for the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygd…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether Eublepharis macularis (Leopard Geckos) have a taste preference for crickets that have been gut-loaded and flavored with either sweet or…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The menstrual of placental Mammals is speculated to be related to the gravitational effect of the moon. The moon is theorized to regulate the menstrual cycle and trigger ovu…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if placing a crushed L-Lysine tablet in my brine shrimps' habitat would help them grow larger, compared to the regularly grown shrimps. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our monitoring project is to raise environmental awareness of an ecosystem's health by using riparian birds as indicator species. We monitor two sites, the Co…