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 · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was to determine which sinkhole repair technique would result in fewer sinkholes in neighboring areas where potential sinkholes can occur. The hypothesis was th…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the relationship between shear-wave velocity and density of different geologic materials at various critical structures, and h…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the effects of lateral compression on the folding of the Earth's Crust. The Earth's Crust is made of plates that are in constant m…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Aerosols are liquid or solid colloidal systems suspended in the atmosphere and are crucial in establishing a radiative balance in the atmosphere, yet understanding of aeroso…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am doing this project is because the left over used pesticide will either mix with runoff water, or percolate into soils and seep into ground water, making it undrinkable,…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the color of soil can predict the presence of iron. Methods/Materials Materials: 1 each of ACE Hardware paint color cards of all brown tones…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to determine if the size of trilobite fossils we found related to the probability of mortality. Methods/Materials We went to the Marble Mountains…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study investigated how La Nina in the tropical Pacific influences sources of rainwater over California. The ratio of heavy to light oxygen isotopes in storm water was u…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to determine which organic mixings have the least compaction rate when mixed with water and soil. The reason I am investigating thi…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if the addition of polyacrylamide (PAM) will help water percolate through a hrydophobic layer of soil. This is important be…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine how the transfer of force varies in different types of soil mixtures. The reason I performed this experiment was to measure how t…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Atmospheric haze is caused by several factors, including pollutants in the atmosphere. While few cities routinely measure Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) a unit of atmospher…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The ingredients of many common fire retardants and suppressants have both immediate and long-term negative effects on ecological communities. Common active ingredients inclu…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project determines whether or not Ballona Creek has high levels of bacterial contamination. I will also determine if the Del Rey Lagoon impacts the contamination of the…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if pollution from fishing weights, plastic, fishing line, aluminum, pesticide and sewage are absorbed by the digestive systems…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To test the effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems. To do this I will use a DNA dosimeter made of the pUC18 plasmid and expose it to solar UV radiation underwater and…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to discover the nature of Bioremediation. Bioremediation is any process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to return the environment alter…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Methods/Materials Materials1) 5 pennies: to drop into materials/to resemble a meteor 2) 1 roll of tape: to tape pennies together3) meter stick: to measure the height of drop4) vernier calipe…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to track the disposition of various pieces of debris in simulated Pacific Ocean currents to measure the speed of their movements and where they would come to res…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Phytoremediation is an environmental-friendly, cost-efficient, and entirely natural method of extracting unwanted hazardous heavy metals from soils and water as opposed to o…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The gravitational pull of the moon effects the tides on earth. This study was conducted to find out if the moon effects earthquakes as well. Hypothesis: If earthquakes occur…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if solar-powered fans can cause enough air circulation to decrease the ambient temperature inside automobiles in warm climates. Methods/Materials Materials: DC…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals All over the world, the issues of renewable energy and efficient use of energy are being frequently discussed. Following the thought, we noticed that our school's sprinkler…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn all I could about air quality by comparing outdoor air conditions with indoor air conditions. Methods/Materials I gathered data with a Dylos Corpor…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find ways to reduce the heat that builds up on housing shingles due to the constant heat source of the sun. The process is to find an in…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Contaminated soil can present harm to an ecosystem. Pollutants, such as lead, can accumulate in the soil due to the mixing of chips of lead based paint. Additionally, the ex…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to undertsand how different types of soil react to rain and potential for landslides they create. Methods/Materials The method I used to collect…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to see how rainfall intensity and culverts affect erosion on an 18 degree slope. Methods/Materials In this project, I built a model hill slope t…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Air pollution is without a doubt one of the gravest environmental threats the world is facing today in terms of its sheer toll on human lives. Each year an estimated 70,000…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals While walking along the shoreline of a beach, does it ever come to mind what it is you are walking on? Of course, it is sand; but what is it made out of and where did it com…