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.
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Microplastics are defined as plastics under 5mm in diameter, and can be divided into five groups: fragments, fibers, beads, foams, and films. It has been documented that microplastics can em…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The laws of thermodynamics and Stokes’ Law with Cunningham Slip Correction Factor are used to support an updated atmospheric climate change model to include the effect of wildfire smoke ash…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A decline in photosynthetic rates of zooxanthellae due to heightened ocean temperatures decreases the energy produced by the algae for the coral, leading to an expulsion of zooxanthellae fro…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
By 2050, there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish (Parker, 2018a). This inspired me to research the mealworm as a possible solution to the global plastic problem. My goal was to de…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives We are studying Phytophthora ramorum, a water mold which is killing tanoaks and causing a foliar infection on Bay laurels in Santa Cruz County. Sudden Oak Death threatens the surv…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tsunamis are often tragic events, killing thousands at a time and striking abruptly from distant locations. Two tsunamis in the last six months killed thousands of people with no warning. Cu…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project was to investigate the relationship between the slope of the seafloor and the inland travel of a simulated tsunami. Methods Used three identical wood…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Diagenesis is the compositional change in geologic samples such as fossils, which are often used to date significant geological events in their vicinity. Fossilized dentin from teeth can und…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The endemic Dendroctonus ponderosae, or Mountain Pine Beetle, has long been present in the coniferous forests of the western United States. However, this species has begun to reproduce at ex…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
How does topography impact the formation, size and strength of a tornado? In order to better understand how a tornado changes when it travels across different land masses a small-scale torna…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Glaciers have exhibited increased melting rates due to rising global temperatures resulting from climate change. To track the effects of climate change on glacial mass balance, the equilibri…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
On regional and global levels, pollution from highways and industrial activities are major sources of environmental damage. Phytoremediation is the process of rehabilitating the quality of s…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study provides an assessment of the overall water quality of Gulpha Creek and three distinct points of concern within the watershed. It was hypothesized that water quality would be poor…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Due to growing interest in reusing grey water to combat drought, soapnuts, a natural berry shell, were studied for the past four years to see if its greywater could be used to irrigate lawns…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives We wanted to learn how different commercial building materials affect the contamination of rainwater. This project will help our community, nation, and world, because it will prov…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The estimation of bioindication (BI) of large ecosystems is a subject of great interest for various organizations managing such systems after destructive events - fires, floods, eruptions, t…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Celtic” tribes of the La Tène culture inhabited a considerable part of Europe in the Late Iron Age (ca 500–40 BC), which indicates the necessity of the existence of certain trade mechanisms…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground level ozone is one of the most abundant forms of air pollution worldwide. Ozone is regulated by the EPA because of its negative health effects, such as premature aging of lungs and di…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The problem of drought increase in severity leads to the conservation of water and the efficiency of water use in the garden. With this idea, I decided to test how the moisture of…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of my project was to see what materials would last longer in wave erosion and prevent the least erosion. For this my hypothesis was that the sand and clay mixture wo…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Thousands of marine mammals have been killed by paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), caused by consuming toxic shellfish. How did the shellfish get toxic? Research shows that it s…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to see which surface, cement, grass, asphalt, and sand, will reflect the most amount of ultraviolet rays. Methods UV measuring beads, UV measuring p…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives My objective was to determine if the retention time of the wastewater from the Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) and the Eureka Wastewater Treatment Plant (EWTP) affected t…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The phenomenon of the Sailing Stones refers to grinding tracks in the clay with stones at their end. The most common place showing this phenomenon is the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley Cali…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Noctiluca scintillans, a dinoflagellate species, has a unique capability as a mixotroph to both photosynthesize and feed on organic nutrients. This behavior has allowed it to persist in the…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Nitrophenols (Nphs), a chemical used for synthesizing in pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and other industries, is a major source of water pollution. Due to population growth, the usage…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: To determine the effects of location, weather, and time of year on small and large air particles in a quantitative analysis. Procedure: Download Dylos software to record data with l…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
In the past decade, Cookeville’s population has grown by 11%. This rate of urbanization will prove to be harmful to local infrastructure and watersheds. Thus, I wanted to investigate its imp…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Renewable wind energy shows promise for other uses beyond electricity for homes. This project proposes a method that will utilize the electricity generated by a wind turbine to move a water…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to prove that activated carbon can neutralize the harmful effects of Imidacloprid, a pesticide. Using activated carbon can be a way for farmers and landown…