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 · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives To extend the endothermic chemical reaction of ammonium nitrate by adding a hydrated polymer and alkaloid to create a survival shelter from a firetruck cab that will not exceed 37…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives In crime scene investigations, it is easy to miss evidence of blood stains without careful application of Luminol, a chemiluminescent substance. My objective is to study the impac…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The experiment I conducted is about the fat content of various snack foods. The purpose of my experiment was to gain knowledge about the types of fats that snacks contain and to help educate…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of my experiment is to determine if iron absorbs faster on an empty stomach or a full stomach. Methods Iron detector tablets, iron color chart, test tubes, distilled…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Aragonite is known to give plastics stronger mechanical property and heat resisting property than calcite when it is used for fillers. If aragonite crystals larger than 1.0 mm are available,…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to see whether it is possible to extract water from the juice of watermelon. The first part of this experiment consisted of obtaining juice from a watermelo…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of this experiment is to investigate which metal and pH of water would be most suitable and effective for the electrolysis of water. Methods equipment to fully compl…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD4) is commonly found to be mutated in cancers, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders. MBD4, a base-excision repair enzyme…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Since mid-eighties of the past century, a huge number of microwave-assisted organic/organometallic/inorganic transformations have been published with a growing number in every year. It is we…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Antioxidants are vital in maintaining good health. They terminate chain reactions that produce free radicals. As a result, antioxidants help combat against diseases caused by oxidative stres…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Hydrogen is a clean energy source. It can be generated from water by using electricity. In this project, I compare the rate of hydrogen production from water using solutions of di…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The use of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in the past few years. With this, people have been exposed to the many dangers that come with using them. In this project, we tested for metal content…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Denaturing proteins is a process vital to many fields of biology such as pharmaceuticals, biosensing, and synthetic biology. In order to denature proteins, however, the proteins must be expo…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Imagine a magnet and the items that are attracted to it. It is likely that what you imagined was something solid, maybe a magnet on a refrigerator or picking up cars in a junkyard. In this e…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives I love to bake and enjoy sharing my baked creations with my friends and family. I especially like baking cupcakes and cakes and my friends love eating them. Unfortunately, cupcake…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective of the experiment was to change the relative amounts of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and citric acid in bath bomb recipes to produce the optimum amount of fizz t…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Purpose: Chordomas are rare spinal neoplasms uniquely characterized by their high expression of the transcription factor brachyury. Recently, defects in endogenous antigen presentation, a we…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The algae have many abilities as a renewable lipid source of producing biofuel. Nevertheless, there is an inherent economic problem to make the algae use beneficial as the algae's fuel costs…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Delivering pharmaceuticals at the correct dosage to the correct site often proves an obstacle to a drug’s effectiveness. Cyclodextrin polymers can localize administration and lengthen the ti…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The title of this project is The Influence of Vegetated Coverage on Surface Runoff Losses of the Insecticide, Bifenthrin. Bifenthrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that is most common…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I wanted to study how vitamin C content is affected by cutting fruits well ahead of consumption. I grouped the test fruit into two categories: fruit that visibly oxidizes and frui…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Activated charcoal is a chemical that has increased in popularity. It is used in toothpaste to whiten teeth, in face masks to remove ‘toxins’ from the skin and is even taken as a food supple…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The objective was to determine what initial temperature for a hand warmer would create the most effective hand warmer in terms of warmth, crystallization rate, and voltage from it…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The project we developed starts from an element that has strongly characterized the five hundred and twenty years of the artwork: its fragility. The painting is one the most vulnerable among…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of this experiment was to determine which common oil had the largest effect on the elasticity medical grade latex. Methods I tested which type of oil decreased the ela…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Purpose: The leading causes of death globally stems from cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart failure, which both involve atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis refers to the buildup o…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a common characteristic of many diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and cancer. Normal mitochondrial function is regulated by post-translational mod…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives Methane in the Martian atmosphere was first detected by a team at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center in 2003. In 2014, the Mars Express Orbiter reported that concentration levels…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to measure the rate of corrosion in a wet/dry case in which the wet area of a given metal remains constant while the dry area exposed to air/oxyge…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Carcinogenic acrylamide naturally forms in common foods and drinks containing asparagines and reducing sugars when processed at temperatures above 120°C. Recent worldwide concern for consume…