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.
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Purpose: Luminol testing is used by forensic scientists as a presumptive blood test at crime scenes. Because Luminol can detect the presence of blood that has been diluted 10 million times,…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Are the advance in technology really helping us? Or, are all of us just unaware of the consequences it brings? We wanted to see how technology really affects our generation by comparing data…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Do people make poor first impressions of a person based on their visible area of their sclera? People make misguided first impressions daily based on the person’s physical appearance. In ord…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Wild-type (WT) AgTG3 produced by the male accessory glands (MAGs) of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae catalyzes cross-linking of a substrate called Plugin. The resulting coagulated mas…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
This study was designed to determine whether traumatic experiences, defined as those which cause physical, emotional, or psychological distress or harm, affected the outlook of students outw…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The purpose of this project is to test the effects of psychological distraction on the problem solving process in the average adolescents mind. Adolescents struggle with stress and learning…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Texting while driving is a major contributor to road accidents worldwide. In this experiment, a procedure was designed for measuring the safety of texting while driving, hands-on and hands-f…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to see if harmful chemical phthalates leach out of polyethylene terephthalate bottles into drinking water. Methods/Materials 2 flats of wat…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
There is tangible proof that music therapy works in treating symptoms of mood disorders (clinical depression and bipolar disorders), neurological disorders (schizophrenia, amnesia, Alzheimer…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The initial objective of my experiment was to find out which fruit or fruit/liquid mixture can charge my iPhone faster. After failing many times, my objective evolved into a…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
In 2013, over 400,000 Americans died from Alzheimer’s disease. Early diagnosis may play a key role in increasing the success of potential preventive treatments, thus we sought to develop a n…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Titanium (IV) Oxide is a common whitener found in a variety of substances with little to no research conducted on its effects on cellular activity. This lack of research provoked me to begin…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Many global and national recessions have been caused by or exacerbated by bank failures. The most recent economic crisis, the recession of 2008, was triggered by a banking panic. Accurately…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this project is too see if more voltage will increase battery shelf life. My hypothesis is that the batteries with the larger voltage will last longer than…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project is to find which food product out of a KFC bite, an almond, a crouton, a McDonalds patty, and a marshmallow can produce the greatest amount of…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the measured fat extracted from ground beef will be less than what is published on the label. Methods/Materials Purchase packages of ground be…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project is to see what ocean acidification does to the marine environment and marine creatures with shells. Methods/Materials The materials…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
It is unquestionable that our generation is infatuated with technology, however, as it becomes increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, we must question whether this excessive usage is aff…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to test the combination of two different inhibitors on the 8266 Multiple Myeloma cell line. While conducting this experiment, all of the materials, procedu…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The purpose of this project is to find what circumstances and substances could luminol give a false positive result at a crime scene? Additionally, can blood residue be concealed, cleaned, o…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Cypermethrin is a highly chiral synthetic pyrethroid pesticide. Despite having desired insecticidal effects, it is harmful to the environment because certain stereoisomers i…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals About 130 neutral and about a dozen positively-charged molecules have been discovered in space (the most abundant of which include H3+, CO+, N2H+, CH5+, etc). However, only…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Photonic crystals are structures with a periodic index of refraction that can prevent the propagation of light within a certain range, known as the band gap. This photonic e…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out how the amount of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) and the concentration of solvent used to remove the templates from th…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To find out what coin works as the best battery and if size and material affects the amount of produced electricity. Methods/Materials I stacked a penny under a small square…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of bacteria on rusting by adding different samples of bacteria to iron nails in water. My hypothesis is that adding b…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Fuel cell technology is about 60% efficient but costs around $1500/kW. Optimizing the energy output of the platinum catalyst by altering the individual structures could lowe…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build an environmental friendly CO2 filter that is safe and economical for home use, and a CO2 absorbent recycling machine that is capable…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Through this experiment I tried to make successful glazes for potters to use made from materials near my home. Methods/Materials I gathered and processed twelve materials fr…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment intends to answer the question, #Can the most optimized positioning of water molecules in a multidimensional system, in order to reach the lowest possible sy…