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 · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Prostate Cancer metastasis caused by the activation of cell surface receptors, such as EGFR, ERK, and AKT1. Cleaved high molecular-weight kininogen (HKa) is an anti-adhesive…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment that I have put together is designed to determine the genome toxicity of certain common household chemicals that allegedly cause cancer. I want to know how mu…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Last year, I tried to develop a nontoxic, visual selection method for identifying transgenic organisms using a reporter gene assay. I was able to accomplish this with modera…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A brief overview of this project is to find out which drink has the most electrolytes. The main purpose of this experiment was to see which drink has the most electrolytes a…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals After returning from a 10 day vacation, I realized that milk from only one of the two containers with the same expiry date had gone bad. One container was opened for use man…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In my project, I wanted to find out which kind of primer is the best to prevent mold on painted drywall and if a commercial mold prevention paint additive is an effective an…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to understand what will be the best beverage choice when chili is consumed and creates a burning sensation within the mouth specifically milk, w…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out the affects Sodium Laureth Sulfate,a chemical found in common shampoos,has on hair's length,tensile strength,and overall con…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective in doing this project is to test the effectiveness of using a hand sanitizer versus washing your hands with soap and water. Methods/Materials To carry out this…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether honey or Neosporin have a greater impact on the reduction of bacterial growth. Methods/Materials Materials: 15 petri dishes divided into…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which of eight home remedies tested would reduce the acidity of vinegar, a substitute for stomach acid, the most effectively, and would that reme…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective in this project was to find out how the five following counter tops rate against each other in terms of bacterial growth after food preparation: Quartz, Formica…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to test how the temperature of a substrate and the concentration of a catalyst affect the rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. I hypothes…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In the past, genes for fluorescence have been utilized for tagging viruses. The insertion of these genes allowed for viral strains to be more immediately visible and facilit…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Experimentally influencing the chemotaxis of Schmidtea mediterranea, a planarian oft chosen for biomedical research because its genome (which is currently being sequenced) s…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate if natural environmentally friendly cleaning products are more effective and longer lasting for killing bacteria than conventiona…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if "green" cleaning products are better for the environment,your budget and your household cleanliness than conventional cleaners. My hypothesis…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if the pH of any common breakfast drink will stop the breaking down action of starch into maltose by the enzyme salivary amyla…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Many enzymes are essential to the vital biological processes and reactions that take place inside our body. However, enzymes catalyze reactions in very specific types of env…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I predict that most people don#t know what makes and removes the green that builds up in a swimmer#s hair, because according to my research, copper creates that green and re…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Determine if the amount of lactase has an effect on the process of breaking down sugar molecules in milk. Methods/Materials Procedural Method: 1.-3. Gather and label test tu…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to see whether a sugar solution or lemon juice works better to preserve cut gala apples. To do this I will cut six gala apples into four sl…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out which cleaner or disinfectant works best to inhibit the growth of bacteria from sour milk. Methods/Materials The method I used for testing was a…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to perform molecular analysis on human cheek cells for ABO blood typing. The objective is to determine if molecular analysis will offer a less in…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if some plant species with similarly colored flowers use the same pigment molecules which exhibit varying rates of migration thr…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find differences in the nucleotide sequences of a highly conserved chloroplast gene of different native plant species. This involved extra…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal was to determine if the N-terminal domain of the Aer-z affects oligomerization of the receptor when it is oxidized or reduced. Methods/Materials P. aeroginosa fragm…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test whether the juice of fermented organic grapes and fermented organic apples would create enough natural yeast to cause rise in bread…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science project was to find out the best cleaning product for removing peanut butter from a hard, non-porous surface. My hypothesis was that bleach (3-6%…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if plants would produce salicylic acid in response to stress. Methods/Materials Plants were grown for testing and stressed wit…