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 · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment uses the Stroop test, a psychological test first performed by J. Ridley Stroop, which targets the frontal lobe of the human brain, specifically the anterior…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to help parents cope with the ever increasing tuition rates by determining which college savings plan--the aggressive, conservative, fixed income, or prepai…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To find the frustration level between gender, Who will be the biggest offender? Methods/Materials Methods: Finding the human behavior by investigating the frustration and ag…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine if typical hearing students treat hard-of-hearing students differently than their non-impaired peers. Methods/Materials # Ten hard-of-hearing students from ages…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out which age group is the fastest age groups 10-12 year olds 20-30 year olds 40-50 year olds 60-70 year olds Methods/Materials -a yard stick -20 men - 5…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to research factors behind Internet adoption among people over 65 and discover why some seniors have adopted the Internet while others haven#t. As…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I hypothesize that the temperature of 67ºF will result in having the highest test score because it is the most comfortable temperature. I also think that when the classroom…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if children from ages 5-8 can tell the difference between vitamins and candy. Vitamins can be harmful if too many are taken at once. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the Stroop Effect will change the way human subjects process mixed colored signals, when using people who have no known ailments in comparis…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of these experiments is to see if illustrations help enhance a child's reading and/or listening comprehension, and if so which type of child (struggling reader…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My experiment dealt with the impact of reduced image clarity (grainy and blurred due to still images captured from video) on face recognition, and further examined the relat…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate whether or not facts are easier for children to remember if they are presented through a repetitive tune. It was hypothesized t…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my science fair project, I wanted to see whether or not kids could hear better than adults. Methods/Materials What I used to conduct this project was my laptop computer,…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how distractions while driving, including texting, cell phone use, and eating and drinking, increase the likelihood of both fatal and non-fatal…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals To determine certain amount of lights' role in melatonin production and a person's feeling of sleepiness and ability to focus in a classroom environment. If the amount of li…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out if talking on a phone impairs driving ability, and whether a hands-free-system improves driving performance as compared to using a hand-held ce…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to observe whether or not extended viewing of a 3D IMAX film causes any negative side effects. I chose to study levels of headache, eye stra…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I found the topic of distractions interesting as well as very current and relevant to today's society. Today's youth are grasping the technological wave by vigilantly checki…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment that we conducted is different and more realistic than many others. Our experiment was an interactive scenario. It wasn#t a survey so the subjects were expose…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to evaluate which gender is more easily swayed by suggestion. Methods/Materials Male and female subjects were independently shown a video clip…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether or not multitasking is efficient; however, I also wanted to find out the effects of multitasking on the brain. Methods…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals All high school and college students study for exams. Some students, whether musically talented or not, study with ambience around them. Many use classical music as a pathwa…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine the reasons for noise-induced loss in teenagers, as well as determining junior high students' knowledge and practice of safe hearing behavior. If the reasons ar…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To see if human behavior and sociology of analysis and perception or variables such as age and ability to perceive of Chromatic Adaptation makes a difference in how people c…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore variables possibly affecting a person's ability to detect "Duchenne" and "non-Duchenne" smiles. In particular, the project examines…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am determining which the brain would use more when confused by rearranged words, Phonics or Whole Word Language. I will determine if rearranging the letters in a word affe…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to discover if pictorial illustrations assist children in reading comprehension, and if so, which reading proficiency (below-proficient,…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to determine if visual perceptual skills can be trained using the card game SET, and to compare taught skills to skills developed from one's own…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals According to People magazine over half a million teenage girls, who became pregnant in 2008, kept their babies. This study was created to examine the impact that being a tee…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to test Robert Plutchik's psychoevolutionary theory of emotion, particularly the pairs of opposite emotions he depicts on his Emotions Wheel.…