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 · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out where the pollution is coming from, how the environmental factors such as wind and lunar cycle contribute to the spread of beach pollution, and what the major ti…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We determined the impact of the dredging on the beach east of Seabright Beach and the harbor, Twin Lakes Beach. In comparing the profiles of the two beaches, we will determi…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experimental procedure demonstrates how 3 common ground materials [sand, soil, and cement] will behave during a simulated earthquake on a fault line. By using a shake t…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals One important factor that leads to the degradation of our environment can be traced to building construction and operation. We are responsible for engineering improved build…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine which of the most common sedimentary rock type (Sandstone, Shale or Limestone) provides the most ideal reservoir to store oil. The com…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted in order to analyze the flux rates of nanoparticulate fouling of microfiltration membranes in two different types of feedwater: clarified secondar…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to measure the efficiency, absorption rate, of phytoremediation of sodium selenite for two different concentrations using the plant, Brassica ju…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To observe and determine whether a higher or lower elevation release of pollutant would affect the pollutant levels within a city and also determine whether a "hot" would po…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of the previous 3 years to see if river water could be a source of the ocean water and sand contaminat6ion causing many Californian beaches to be…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the project are to design and construct a simple, field-assembled laser spectrometer for the detection of nitrogen dioxide pollutants in air. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine what additive(s) will most effectively stabilize and add to the shear strength of soil. Methods/Materials I used 40 lbs. of soil divided into six equal parts an…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I examined four different soil "types" to assess soil & structural survivability to earthquake damage. A model for ground motion was built using an electric motor to generat…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if adding different materials to soil will have an effect on liquefaction during an earthquake. I was curious about soil liquefact…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals After seeing pictures and articles referring to stalactites and stalagmites, I wondered how they formed. Because stalactites and stalagmites usually grow in hard to reach ca…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Water for drinking and irrigation is important for any community to flourish, making it necessary to protect underground water aquifers from surface pollutants such as chlor…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research is to develop a new approach of soil modification that takes advantage of intrinsic soil characteristics and the abundance of eco-friendly mater…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project is about which type of soil would be the best to build a building on and would withstand shaking in an earthquake. My hypothesis was that if clay soil was bette…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to increase the process of microbial degradation of an oil spill. It has been proven that bacteria, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, have the capability t…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find which common household material could absorb the most phosphate. This experiment measured the amount of phosphate remaining before…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project is a microbiology experiment on the effects of light frequency and intensity on growing Winogradsky columns. A Winogradsky column is essentially a self-containe…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal is to determine what effects soil moisture has on the percolation of volatile fluids. This is because there are people spilling loads of volatile fluids around the w…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out at what depth of a focus of an earthquake would it have the greatest magnitude and area of affect (or destruction). Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Do anthropogenic biomes, or man-made environments, affect our perception of ground shaking? I hypothesize that: 1.Ground shaking reports, or Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how rainfall affects creek water. The project also tests how soil impacted these changes. Methods/Materials Water testing supplies that test pH, wate…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of the three soil bases, sand, silt, and clay, lends itself the greatest stability with vast water intrusion and lack of proper drainage.…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals When Fullerene-based Nanoparticles (FNPs) undergo photoexcitation from the sun they produce toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS). The objective of this study was to investiga…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project was to determine the driving causes of fires in the state of California, focusing on two issues: humans and climate. I wanted to know…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This research investigates the potential for tree based oils as a substitute for diesel fuel. Firstly for an oil to be a viable substitute for diesel, it must provide compar…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To utilize the isotopic signature of macroalgae to identify the sources of nitrogen pollution in streams and rivers and to evaluate the usefulness of stable isotope analysis…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goals are to determen how slow low energy waves verses the high energy waves could affect the beach. Methods/Materials Methods:Step1: cover the shallow end of the paint r…