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 · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether Bti (a biologically-active mosquito larvicide) is responsible for the recent decrease in Dragonfly populations at the Madrona Marsh. Methods/Materials 1…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My science fair project is a biology-based investigation that addresses the question: Does Bisphenol A have an effect on fish? The purpose of my science fair project is to d…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if what you drink can affect the rate of tooth decay due to the acidity and increase in growth of oral bacteria. Methods/Materials Human teeth…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study the growth of wheatgrass seeds in 2 environments. The 1st environment is next to a Wi-Fi router. The 2nd environment is away from a Wi-Fi router. A…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure the effects of diesel oil on the hatching of brine shrimp eggs and the survival of live brine shrimp. The hypothesis of this experiment was that…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The use of genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has been prevalent over the last 2 decades to combat the effects many pest insect populations. The development of new varie…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The focus of this project was to determine whether pesticides permethrin, carbaryl, and imdacloprid, affected mitochondrial activity and mitochondrial DNA levels in C2C12 mo…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if plants produce less oxygen in the presence of pollution. This was thought to be true, based on the facts the stomata size…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to prove sodium hypochlorite is a more effective water disinfectant than chloramine, a product that forms when ammonia and sodium hypochlorite react. Metho…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Spodoptera frugiperda (FAW) is an important pest of maize. Bt resistance has been studied for more than 50 years, however there is still an interrogation on the susceptibility to the Bt-Cry…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals It is hypothesized that radish seeds which are induced with DC voltages will experience a higher growth rate. Methods/Materials 5 pots, a bag of soil, a packet of radish see…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to test if exposure of Elodea plants to different amounts of motor oil affected oxygen production during photosynthesis. It was expected that pl…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Substantial challenges of drug delivery to treat various diseases exist in our modern world. For example; the acidic environment of the stomach, combined with an array of in…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to find out at what temperature (29°C, 23°C, 20°C) adult small hive beetles(SHB) emerged first from the soil. The hypothesis of this experiment was if temp…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to expand my experiment from last year when I observed the effects of GMO versus organic papaya diet on the longevity and fertility of fruit flies.…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals We wanted to test the claims that major name-brand detergent companies put on their bottles. We wanted to see if the "greener" washing detergents actually yield a a less har…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) is a threatened species in New York State. In July, 2011 and 2012, E. obesus were collected by the PI (IACUC Protocol #371/ NYSEDC Threatened and End…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out an ideal time interval for applying a beneficial fungus-based biopesticide (used for controlling pests) and some fungicides (used…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine f x-ray radiation affected a seed's growth, or germination. The experiment involves x-raying a seed then watching it grow. I chose…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cancer cells, unlike healthy human cells, have perpetually active telomerase, which allows their cells to reproduce indefinitely. I wanted to see if I could interfere with t…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway is commonly mutated in glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer (Huse & Holland, 2010). I investigated combination…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The experiment was done to see if there is a natural way to repel fruit flies with herbs. Methods/Materials Six fruit fly traps were created using 6 small glass containers,…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
To determine how the distance from various Southeast Alaska hatcheries to Icy Strait, Alaska affects the migration timing of juvenile Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), fish were examined from…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see whether children ten and under or children over ten would have a higher increase in heart rate after drinking 60mL of Mountain Dew. M…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Medical researchers anticipate that stem cells will soon be able to treat many diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and Celiac disease. Nevertheless, before st…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Does Eucalyptol, which is secreted in eucalyptus leaves, affect the development of native and foreign plants and potentially result in the elimnnation of native species in a…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals MicroRNAs are known to regulate gene expressions through mRNA degradation and translation inhibition, and expression levels of certain genes that code for drug-metabolizing…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, have been shown to cause a variety of adverse health effects on the immune, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems. Due to their once widespread usage…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells are commonly used in the biotechnology industry to produce recombinant proteins for therapeutic protein medication. Serum is expensive, so…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal is to prove which plastics are the most dangerous when microwaved. Methods/Materials I microwaved water in each different type of plastic for three minutes. After I…