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
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether changing the symbols used on an eye chart would affect the vision testing results. Methods/Materials I used 4 different Snellen Eye cha…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to determine the effect of Fatal Vision Goggles on a person's Wii score. The Fatal Vision Goggles that I used replicated a blood alcohol level of .07-.10+.…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which of the following common distractions had the greatest effect on a driver's reaction time: eating, talking on a hands hel…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine/test which drivers are effected most by different distractions. Methods/Materials Materials: Cones, stop watch, clip board, nine people (two ad…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Since I was little, I've had a growing interest in human psychology which therefore led me to wonder which gender the placebo effect impacts most. In my science fair project…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of the project was to evaluate the effects of sleep on the performance of 6th grade students from 5 different schools in the Chino Valley Unified Distr…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Will using an exercise ball instead of a standard school chair help students have better short term memory? Methods/Materials I recruited 20 4th grade students and divided t…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if the psychological theory of the uncanny valley (Freud/Jentsch),as applied to robotics by Dr. Masahiro Mori in the 1970s, is scientifically valid,…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Several studies demonstrate a positive association between school performance and participation in sports. In fact human and animal studies demonstrate that physical fitness…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Facebook is widely seen as a miracle in the networking world and as a phenomenon between virtual social societies. The predominant motive behind this project is to discover…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The brain is very good at recognizing faces, even though the basic structure of all faces is relatively similar. People can recognize thousands of different faces. We wonder…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Font Frenzy My project was to determine if font styles affect a person's reading rate. I believe that the more ornate styles will slow a person's reading rate, while less co…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study attempts to identify whether people who use the Internet site, Facebook, exhibit signs of addictive-like behavior to the social network which in turn significantl…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if talking on a hand-held cell-phone affected your driving. I believe talking on a cell- phone does lessen your ability to drive. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if sleep deprivation affects the cognitive abilities of females between the ages of 14-17 years old. I believe that if a person d…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if context, word length or font affects the reading accuracy of scrambled words. Methods/Materials Test subjects were given six different parag…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine which age group is the most and least eco-friendly based on answers in a survey. Methods/Materials A clipboard, a pencil, a survey, directions Results The 60 ye…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I was interested in this topic because I wanted to know if people actually slow down when there are children or children's equipment placed on the street. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment examines whether visual or auditory prompts lead to a shorter reaction time, and whether age, gender, video game playing experience, or driving experience im…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Methods/Materials First, get a volunteer of proper age. Give that volunteer the right/left brained test and get their results. Once you write down their results, give the volunteer the Stroo…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to test and understand the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. The analysis included oral versus written, and accuracy over time. Methods/Materials In order…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if offering a candy incentive to 6th grade students will improve their achievement on spelling test scores. Methods/Materials Informed consent…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals For almost five decades, linguists have actively pursued the questions: What is "creativity", how do we think, and where does meaning lie in our communication? Combining fun…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what distraction makes it hardest to drive and why. Methods/Materials The materials I used were a Wii, a Wii remote and a steering wheel attach…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment examines the effect of age, gender, and musical experience on tonal memory and pitch matching. It seeks to determine whether the accuracy of pitch matching a…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals Through personal experiences with peers, I made the assumption that adolescents feel pressure to dress or behave in ways that make them feel uncomfortable. For my science fa…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Just how communication contributes to obedience is an underdeveloped area of psychology. One may obey an order due to an enlarged prefrontal cortex or due to societal pressu…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if the media affects how every day people portray beauty. Methods/Materials A survey with 17 questions was given to 120 consenting humans betwee…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out whether, as people age, their ability to hear high frequencies decreases or increases. Methods/Materials After having each participant sign an…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project uses the McGurk Effect and a new rhythmic variation on it to explore 1) whether young musicians favored audio information, visual information, or a combination…