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 · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cooking techniques [baking, boiling, steaming, and stir-fry] will retain the most vitamin C content. I thought steaming for a short perio…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if the conductivity of distilled water changes when it is mixed with various substances and to what extent. Methods/Materials A LED based conductivity meter is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the melting rate of ice with different concentrations of salt and sugar solutions. Methods/Materials 20 100 ml plastic cups 4 8…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Question - How do the concentrations of different solutes affect the conductivity of water? Hypothesis - I believe that the higher the concentration of solute in an ionic so…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Ethylene gas production has been shown to affect the spoiling rate of produce (especially in high concentrations). This experiment examined the ability of differing containe…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to measure the rate of diffusion of liquids using digital video technique. The technique is applied to determine the effect of temperature…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to measure concentration of very small volumes of solutions (such as dye colored water or juices) using light when it flows through small gl…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I chose to do this science experiment to determine how different metals react with hydrochloric acid. I hypothesized that Aluminum will be the most reactive metal tested, fo…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether the type of water and its temperature affects the ability of a surfactant to reduce surface tension. I believe that if hot salt water is…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Objectives: To create silica aerogel under subcritical conditions. Methods/Materials Method/Materials: In the first stage of a three-part process, tetraethyl orthosilicate i…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals I'd like to demonstrate high-yield synthesis of gold nanorods and their self-assembly into ordered structures. The assembly of gold nanorods into 2-D structures was carried…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to demonstrate a practical method of creating super-hydrophobic surface coatings and then to characterize the movement of water droplets on th…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Bill 821 becomes law on July 2008 the Californian Senate passed legislation to ban lead ammunition that is poisoning endangered Californian Condors. The bill is designed to…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to see how the amount of carbon dioxide captured was changed when using different amounts of calcium chloride with calcium oxide. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Every morning I take polyethylene glycol (Miralax) mixed in cold apple juice. Since dissolving Miralax is a slow process, I researched how to speed it up. My hypothesis was…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal was to synthesize a carbamate, bromomethylphysostigmine (BMPHY) for use as an imaging agent for Alzheimer#s Disease using positron emission tomography (PET). This r…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see how different chemical substances react with fire to produce different colored flames. Methods/Materials Materials: Safety goggles, lat…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the effect of gravity and counter ions on the rate of hydrogen ion diffusion. This rate is determined by measuring the time it takes for hydrogen i…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect of steel exposure in comparison to corrosion rates in simulation of an extreme oil field environment. Methods/Materials Five carbon steel corrosion c…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The project addressed the effects of various wetting agents on the capillary action of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) coated glass tubes. Poly(NIPAAm) is the most commonly used…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Currently, angiography is the primary method in imaging plaques, but it is an invasive technique and cannot determine the plaque#s vulnerability to rupture. As heart disease…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which citrus fruit contains the most ascorbic acid through iodine titration. Methods/Materials A vitamin C (ascorbic acid) s…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I want to find out what is in Becks Beer, and what is in Corona Beer. Both very popular beers.
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I tested whether liquid carbonated with dry ice keeps its bubbles longer than pre-carbonated water bought in a store or liquid carbonated with carbon dioxide in the form of…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine (a)if tea (green and black) contains the polyphenol type of antioxidants, namely, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, and epigallocatechin galla…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project is a two-part sequel to last year#s project, which showed that copper levels in my mountain house water were unsafe. The first part#s purpose is to see if the u…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals In recent decades, there has been increased interest in fluorescent semiconductor nanoparticles or quantum dots (QDs). QDs behave like single atoms and provide clear benefit…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Curcumin will have, if not a greater, a similar affect upon the dopamine structure as ascorbic acid. Because of curcumin#s aromatic diketone structure it will have similar e…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals What are different temperatures affects on growing sugar crystals? Methods/Materials I made a saturated sugar solution by boiling 9 cups of sugar and 3 cups of water. This w…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to compare the dissolution of different brands of ibuprofen tablets in 15-minute time periods, using varying pH solutions. Ibuprofen is a…