Search past science fair projects

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.

1588 projects · showing 421–450 CSEF — clear fair filter Behavioural and Social Sciences — clear category filter Clear all

CSEF · 2016

Which Will You See First: Blue, Red, or Pink?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which colored square could be seen at the lowest angle put of the volunteers side vision. I believe at the pink colored square would be seen at t…

CSEF · 2015

ADHD vs. Non-ADHD Reaction Time

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals People diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ("ADHD") tend to be more hyperactive than those who do not have ADHD. Unfortunately, ADHD is often thought of…

CSEF · 2015

A Puzzling Parallax Perspective

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals To understand how distance affects parallax shift--specifically how far an object appears to leave your field of view as it is moved closer. The observer stands at a distanc…

CSEF · 2015

Are There Superhumans Among Us?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to identify whether synesthesia is rare or is synesthesia more prevalent than we think? I believe that synesthesia is rare. My research stat…

CSEF · 2015

A Tactile Approach to the Bouba Kiki Experiment

Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award

Objectives/Goals The bouba kiki effect is the psychological mapping of physical features with sounds. I chose this project after watching a dance performance and noticing how much the dancer…

CSEF · 2015

Be Sun Smart

Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of education on the attitude towards sunscreen. Exploring this topic is extremely important because wearing sunscreen an…

CSEF · 2015

Birth Order Effects on Leadership

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if birth order effects leadership. Methods/Materials First, have students fill out a survey that asks their name, gender, birth date, birth order,…

CSEF · 2015

Can You Learn by Playing Video Games?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see if people could learn by playing a video game. Methods/Materials I created a video game using RPG Maker 2003. In this game, I had informatio…

CSEF · 2015

Can You Pass an Eighth Grade Science Quiz?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals To find out if adults with different levels of education could pass an 8th grade science quiz with a score of 70% or better. Methods/Materials I used a basic 8th grade scien…

CSEF · 2015

Confused Colors

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see if scrambling the letters of the words in the tests would affect the speed and accuracy of the subjects scores on the Stroop Effect test. T…

CSEF · 2015

Does the Golden Ratio Affect Facial Beauty?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether or not people regularly find celebrity faces with proportions closest to the Golden Ratio to be most attractive. I believe that if I cal…

CSEF · 2015

Does Time Actually Fly When You're Having Fun?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine which two minute task, sitting in silence, listening to music, and playing 'Temple Run', 6th graders thought went by the quic…

CSEF · 2015

Do You Agree?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The idea for our conformity experiment sparked one day at school when we began to notice that during a class vote, many people changed their vote to fit the majority. We won…

CSEF · 2015

EEG Usage to Indicate Mental Imagery

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals I did this project to see if left-brain and right-brain hemisphere activity could be recorded on an EEG to indicate (left brain) mental imagery/preparation and transition to…

CSEF · 2015

Effects of Inaudible Sounds on Memory Performance

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if memory performance is affected by inaudible sounds with different frequencies. One study found that high frequency sounds audible to non-human a…

Save projects to your library

Sign in with Google to keep track of projects you find interesting, organized into folders. An account also raises your daily allowance for “Has this been done?”, and lets you create a key for the MCP server with a much higher limit than anonymous use. Browsing stays public.

Continue with Google