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 · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective is to answer the question: How does the wind speed change with height? My hypothesis was that the wind speed increases with height in a fairly similar way from…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To theorize what weather and climate would be like on a cubical earth. Methods/Materials Materials: A globe, a self-made cube,one-half a softball, gfood-coloring, a pencil,…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine the relationship between porosity, permeability and diffusion in a model aquifer. Methods/Materials Five different soils (clay, gravel…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if it was reasonable to use electric conductivity as a measure of soil water content for use in watering plants. Methods/Materials Eight insula…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine what effect additives have on the transfer of weight through saturated soil. The reason I performed this investigation was to try…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if fossil source material could be vertically translated through the sedimentary layers due to tectonic vibrations. I believe that the fossil sou…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if hardness in water correlates to nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in soil in three Northern California lakes. Methods/Materials We collect…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Earthquakes are naturally occurring phenomena that occur throughout the world with regularity. There is more than one mechanism for the generation of earthquakes, though the…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objectve was to ground-truth THEMIS an infrared spectrometer on the Mars orbiter Odyssey. To see if you could find out the size and composition of rocks using thermal in…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To see how abiotic factors such as precipitation, ash fall, and temperature affect the Santa Ana River's pH. Methods/Materials I took samples of the Santa Ana River and test…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn the infiltration rates of a wide range of soils. I wanted to find out what types of soils would be best for farming. Methods/Materials Materials: 9 soil…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals I initially started my project by trying to figure out how much salt there was in ocean water. Later in doing my project I realized there was more than just salt in the soli…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out which areas in the Monterey and San Francisco Bays are most dangerous during an earthquake (the danger being due to liquefaction,…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the strength and stiffness of the soil when exposed to vibratory, shock loading, such as explosives and earthquakes. Liquefaction is a condition whe…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Simulation of terrestrial impact craters will determine if the parameters of low velocity impact craters obey power laws and confirm or extend published impact crater data.…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to observe the progress of the remediation process at the Stringfellow Acid Pits through soil testing in Glen Avon, California. By testing…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals I want to find which soil foundation can withstain the most water before liquifaction occurs. Methods/Materials I am going use 4 different types of soils. Sand, Clay, Loam,…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To demonstrate the formation of strata in sandstone using a mixture of art sand and granulated sugar. Methods/Materials Mixtures of art sand and granulated sugar, art sand a…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if microclimates occur in the city of Brisbane and if the topography of the mountain causes these microclimates to occur. Brisb…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether Newport Bay boatyards were a point source for the heavy metal copper. Methods/Materials Materials: 15 bottles (small) Filter 2 Large Zi…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the accuracy of using lichenometry to find the dates of past earthquakes. As a result of the seismic shaking that takes place…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if a person, such as myself, can forecast the weather by using simple techniques such as observing wind patterns, cloud formations…
CSEF · 2004
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to ascertain which method of collecting extraterrestrial particles called micrometeorites is more effective. In my experiment I concentrate…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To evaluate the University of California (UC) school campuses as to ambient air quantity standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The study period took pl…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn if types of soil or sand decreased the magnitude of compression waves to a larger extent. In addition, we aspired to learn if placing a wooden box…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To prove that air pollution levels in different areas of a city can vary widely. Methods/Materials An air particle collection device was constructed by taping an index card…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate the effects of upper-air weather conditions, such as temperature, dewpoint temperature, relative humidity, and barometric pressure, on cloud…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the concentrations of the pollutants Uranium, Cadmium, and Phosphate, and whether they stemmed from a point or non-point source within the New…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To measure the magnitude of marine surface currents using infrared themography. Methods/Materials I utilized my connected pool and spa, and rented two infrared cameras. The…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if wild fires, such as grass and redwood forest fires, affect soil infiltration rates. I think that water will take longest to i…