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 · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to find out whether altitude affects background radiation. The hypothesis stated that an increased altitude would result in increased backgroun…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if soil density affects water evaporation rates in soil. I believed that soils with greater densities will have lower water evaporation rates tha…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The Moon and the Sun have the largest gravitational effects on the Earth of all the celestial bodies. The resulting land tides may have the capability to trigger earthquakes…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to identify two species of Ordovician Gastropods and then determine if either of these species survived the End-Ordovician Extinction and due…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to determine the relationship between altitude and the cosmic ray count. The secondary objectives were to make measurements of temperature, pressur…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find out why animals make subnivean (meaning in the snow) homes in the freezing cold snow during winter. Methods/Materials We conducted our experiment in Januar…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project studied how temperature affects the intensity of fluorescence in fluorescent mineral samples. I studied four different rock samples (Argonite, Flourite, Scapolite…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals To learn how much soil can be carried away by water from a hillside Methods/Materials 1 large sheet of wood; 2 long pieces of wood; miter box; Saw; Power Drill; Hot Glue Gun…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Does the circumference or the mass of an impactor cause a larger impact crater as measured by the crater diameter, depth, and/or longest ejecta ray? Methods/Materials 6 impa…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Storm surges, created by high winds of storms, and tsunamis, generated by large disturbances in water, result in damage and flooding to coastlines if left unchecked. Current…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine what additives could potentially make saturated soil stronger. Methods/Materials We filled PVC pipes with different mixtures of p…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of the experiment is to test whether micrometeorites fall in greater quantities in locations where earth#s magnetic forces increase. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine the affect of atmospheric inversions on ground particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) levels. To compare San Lorenzo Valley's particulate matter 2.5 levels to neighbor…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out whether soil, gravel, or sand took the most moisture to compact. Methods/Materials Soil Sand Gravel Rammer Cylinders/Molds Straight Edge Balances Sie…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals Abstract I was led to this project because I have always loved heliophysics, and I have always loved researching the sun in general: I have always wondered about the solar w…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find a potential correlation between hurricane and tropical storm occurrence and the prevention of the formation of the Gulf of Mexico's…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if the pH of the water affected the soil permeability. Methods/Materials Materials used: potting soil, plastic cups, a funnel, a pitcher, measuring…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to investigate effective liquefaction mitigation methods. The hypotheses were: 1. If it is possible to increase bulk density and decrease porosity of the liq…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to build actual reservoir models using earth materials, then use Darcy's Law to calculate permeability and study the other factors affecting…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our Science Fair project investigated variables that affect the rate of water evaporation. We thought that the water with greater surface area will evaporate faster because…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate how the presence of solutes, CO2, and acidity in water, as well as organic compounds in soils, may interact with soil textures…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which household substance will increase the ice nucleation process of dew on oranges in orchards, with wind machines and witho…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The Ediacara Biota are the Earth's oldest macroscopic organisms. They lived 575-545 million years ago and are globally distributed. Scientists excavate fossil beds in order…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if air movements across the surface of a body of water have a greater influence on the development of water currents that form "trash islands"…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Many empirical hurricane loss models consider only wind speed but neglect storm size. Such models may not accurately predict the losses from super-sized storms such as Hurri…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to determine which foundation is the best to build structures on to secure safety and stability during an earthquake. Methods/Materials Our goal was to determin…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project studies how the Arctic Ocean is responding to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and global warming. Sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll a…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find the effects of different irrigation methods on various soil types. Methods/Materials Using three different soil types; clay, sandy, and loam, and th…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out the effect of the type of soil on its porosity. I believe that the clay soil from my garden will have a lower porosity than sandy soil. Methods/…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find out if it always gets colder as you get higher in the mountains. Methods/Materials We used thermochrons (called iButtons) which are thermometers about the…