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 · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate how different types of fruit peels affect the amount of oil absorption. There has been previous work in the scientific literature on this subject…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today, the effects of pharmaceuticals on the environment and living organisms are largely unknown, primarily due to lack of studies in the lab and field. Additionally, there is no standard f…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Because of global climate change that is occurring, this study was conducted to see how temperature affects an aquatic organism, Daphnia magna. It was predicted that temperature would have a…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi is known to produce long chain methyl and ethyl unsaturated ketones, also known as alkenones. Because of the global distribution of Emiliania huxleyi and…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic, one of the most commonly used materials in everyday products, has been piling up in landfills all over the world. The purpose of the experiment was to accelerate the biodegradation…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment focuses on the effect that increasing temperature has on plant development and nutritional content. By using Wisconsin Fast Plant Astro Plants and Broccoli Microgreens grown…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Recent studies suggest that Glyphosate based herbicides (GBHs) are more harmful to animals than suggested by the EPA and industry funded studies. Glyphosate (GLY) is the most commonly used h…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Little is known about the potential effects of “GenX’s” release into the Cape Fear River Basin. As stated by Rachel Carson “If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals - eatin…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Azo dyes are commonly used in the textile industry, and are a major constituent of textile factory waste. However, azo-linkages remain non biodegradable, and are highly toxic, linked the neu…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on the health of Dugesia tigrina. Due to the various novel application…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, approximately 39% of Americans live in coastal areas. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Maria, attention has been drawn to…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
From ancient times to modern times, Observation Astronomy have left us various astronomical charts. Among these charts is china’s celestial map known to be the oldest ever. But a chart named…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
In the arid West, conversion of intermittent streams to arroyos makes the already limited water even less available to the ecosystem. This study used two drones (one we designed and built in…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
From April 2017 to October 2017, 80 advisories on the beaches of Louisiana (Department of Health 2017) have been reported. Louisiana Department of Health has recorded bacteria count througho…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Climate change has caused diminishing water resources, affecting food crop yield globally. Frequent irrigation is necessary when soil moisture decreases but becomes a problem due to limited…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In order to prevent the release of pollutants due to fossil fuel usage people are switching to better alternatives like solar panels, especially in places like Texas and Florida which use mo…
CSEF · 2018
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I put soil in 3 different containers and left one with just soil, another one with just pebbles, and the last one with weeds and grass because it had roots. I then poured wa…