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 · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if the run off from rain on residential rooftops can be harnessed to the degree that rooftop hydroelectric systems can be developed to contribute to energy prod…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to investigate how changes in temperature, angle and exposure to the sun affect the wattage output of a solar cell. Methods/Materials This projec…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether it is more efficient to run an air conditioner in the day or night and in long or short time blocks. Methods/Materials M…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can a windbelt, an alternative wind powered device using a ribbon belt instead of blades, generate enough wave energy to oscillate a magnet and coil induction circuit to pow…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Last year my project was a broad investigation about the possibility of generating power with a simple microbial fuel cell. This year, I seek to determine which anode electr…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if a battery would last longer being turned off and on or staying on continuously. Methods/Materials I used six flashlights, three o…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which nutrients would be most effective in increasing the density of oil-producing algae when grown in a photo bioreactor. Methods/Materials Five…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine weather solar or wind is a more dependable energy source for private generating systems in Riverside,California, over a specific period. My hyp…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Question: By decreasing the distance traveled and therefore decreasing the input force, can I make a more efficient human power generation machine? Hypothesis: By using a ra…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to discover if the use of reflective materials would increase the output of a solar panel. Methods/Materials In my experiment, I used a variety…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if placing aluminum foil reflective panels on a photovoltaic cell would have an effect on the current produced by the solar panel.…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Determine how smoke from a forest fire affects the power output of solar cells and if either amorphous or crystalline solar cells perform better in a smoky environment. Meth…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Conventional solar energy usually means dozens of expensive solar panels pointed at the sun. A alternative form of solar energy is to use mirrors to focus more light onto a…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Current solar concentrator systems are either too expensive or too complicated to build and therefore are not used by the common man. My objective was to design an economica…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if light reflected onto a solar panel is an efficient way to produce electricity. Last year I tested at which angle to the…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Not all areas of the world have access to a source of clean water. In some countries people have to drink contaminated water and risk their health to stay hydrated. In natur…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to increase the power efficiency of solar cells by changing the alloys of the solar cells. Based on my research, the hypothesis I formed, the solar cell effi…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if the angle a solar cell is mounted at would affect the amount of energy the cell would produce. Methods/Materials Materials: multimeter, solar cel…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the use of solar power to generate hydrogen through electrolysis and measures the amount of electricity generated when that hydrogen is reabsorbed…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to investigate and test how sunlight intensity effects solar panel performance. The hypothesis was that during the summer, the solar pane…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine what section of a wave will produce the most electrical energy. The reason I did this project is to see if wave power is a credibl…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to create a device that would harness solar radiation and convert it into electricity. Our hypothesis was that the temperature of the air exi…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance is dependent upon many complex microbe-electrode interactions. To attain commercial viability, researchers must better understand the e…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a novel V-groove solar panel using solar cells on one sidewall of the V-grooves and mirrors on the other sidewall can generate electricity m…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if energy could be produced from water run off through a household drain and, if so, what factors influence the energy output. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My purpose was to invent and build a device that can harness the kinetic energy of the ocean waves to create an ecologically friendly, renewable source of electricity. Metho…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is determining which kind of ocean waves, short and frequent, or long and less frequent, will generate a greater measurable amount of electricity. I hypothesized…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals One of our main goals for our science fair project, was that our project should relate to everyday life. One day our science teacher told us how his neighbor was getting a s…
CSEF · 2025
Alternative Energy First Award
CSEF · 2025
Alternative Energy Honorable_mention Award