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
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My purpose of my experiment is to find out if natural foods (mealworms, lettuce, carrots) or commercial food (pellets) increases weight gain the most. I want to know this an…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Everyday, we experience various levels of stress, good and bad. Being exposed to continuous stressors can show up in various physical or mental behaviors. My goal was to det…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Cardiovascular health is shown by heart rate and blood pressure. Interaction with pets and the presence of animals lowers blood pressure, heart rate and responses to stress.…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out how focus affects the semi-voluntary function of blinking. Methods/Materials I obtained informed consent from all my subjects. I created a progr…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In June, 2007 the American Medical Association (AMA) met to discuss the issue of video game addiction. The AMA stated that more research on this topic would be needed in ord…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Submitted by Partner
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine the relationship of incubation time and egg volume in various bird species. Methods/Materials We selected several bird species based on their…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Black Ghost Knifefish (BGK) is a nearly blind, weakly electric fish that produces and detects electric fields in order to both locate prey and communicate with mates dur…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Question: Does the amount of full spectrum light in a newt egg#s surroundings determine embryonic development and hatch rate? Hypothesis: The newt eggs will develop and hatc…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This year#s project is a continuation of our project from last year (Feeding Preferences of Woodland Birds), in which we discovered that seed-eating bird species differ in t…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if poor air quality during a week of extensive wildfires negatively affected children's lungs according to tests using peak flow…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine how much different types of music affect the heart rate of different age groups. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtain…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find out if dairy products affect a singer#s voice in any way. Methods/Materials In this experiment, five singers recorded how many scales…
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…