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
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Polymers are very useful materials that are used in many applications, but over time they undergo wear and tear. An appealing solution to this problem is the creation of sel…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to formulate and use an assay that would help me test the purity of aspirin, and then help me determine the aspirin#s decomposition over time…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Synthesis of doped Zintl phase compound and structural and thermoelectric analysis Methods/Materials metal flux synthesis technique was used to synthesize the doped compound…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if it is possible to achieve a 2:1 volume ratio of hydrogen to oxygen during an electrolysis process. I believe that it is possible because a wat…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine the correlation between conductivity and corrosion rates in various solutions in simulation of a typical oil field environment. Methods/Materials Part I: Carbon…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the difference in calorie content for peanuts with different coatings. Methods/Materials 45 plain peanuts were used as a control and compared t…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I love tie-dying yet I am often disappointed by the end result. Some fabrics just don't absorb dye as well as others, which makes me wonder: how exactly does dye work? Do di…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the concentration of FD&C Blue #1 would effect the time it took a latent fingerprint to become visible in the Cyanoacrylat…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Vitamin C is an important vitamin, and tomatoes are a good source of Vitamin C. Most tomato products we consume have been processed by heat, and I wanted to discover if cook…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals A detailed understanding of the bonding structure of ambient liquid water is of high importance and interest. The intention of this project is to probe the bulk structure of…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Fertilizers used for better crop growth mainly depend on urea. However, the impurity biuret(harmful to plants) is also created as a residue. It is possible to convert biuret…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if organic acids can react effectively with ethanol in an esterification reaction, and possibly be used to eliminate alcohol from the human bod…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Alkaline batteries consist of a strict combination of different elements in order to produce energy; however the quantity of different ratios or combinations possible is nea…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to test the safety of bottled water when exposed to extreme temperature over time. My objectives are: 1. To examine the media reports concerning th…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a significant difference in how long different dose forms of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen take to dissolve in the gastro-intestinal tract compa…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see which octane grade of gasoline releases the most carbon dioxide. Methods/Materials I used 3 different cars with 3 different grades of…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project focuses on proving that vegetable oil will degrade in quality when fried five times, and if the addition of Vitamin E(antioxidant) will help in retaining the oi…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine the least corrosive of commonly available road deicers. I hypothesized that sodium chloride would be more corrosive than other higher cost deicers. Met…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In baking a cake, it is important that all ingredients are configured correctly in order to produce an attractive and edible cake. Acids are significant in this configuratio…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if it is possible to detect mercury in water using light and the electromagnetic spectrum. I hypothesize a red shift of the spectrum when light is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the viability of freeze desalination (FD) as a preliminary treatment process to reverse osmosis (RO) by measuring its efficiency…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective to my experiment was to discover the optimum grinding time of coffee beans to make the darkest coffee within a given percolation time. Methods/Materials The wa…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn as much as possible about electrolysis and to see if sodium hydroxide could be produced from common table salt. It was also interesting to learn which e…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this year#s science project was to explore the process of electrolysis of water by using a Hoffman apparatus. Specifically, we tested the variables of the vol…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Does naturally occurring orange juice have more electrolytes than Vitamin Water or Gatorade? My hypothesis is that naturally occurring orange juice will have more electrolyt…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project are to determine whether Genipin, a naturally occurring compound found in the Gardenia plant, could be used as a fingerprinting reagent on pap…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This projects goal was to determine if different types of flour used in an angel food cake would affect the density. I believe that cake flour will produce the least dense c…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test the effect of chlorine on disinfection byproduct formation: 3 source waters from varying locations and 1 "purified" water (Arrowhead bottled water)…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I took three fuels and determined which one produced the most amount of heat energy and could be considered an alternative fuel to gasoline. Methods/Materials The fuels were…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Many of the approaches for synthesizing superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals require complex processes and the use of toxic materials. I selected a co-precipitation met…