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 · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Greek inventor of the catapult, Archimedes, found that wheels increase launch distance of projectiles. He might not have known the physics behind his experiments. I want…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Since I live in California where earthquakes are common, I decided to look at earthquake effects on the structural integrity of arches make from materials of different flexi…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To demonstrate gyroscopic force Methods/Materials To begin my experiment I needed the following materials: ¡# Bigger bike wheel (68.58 cm diameter) ¡# Smaller bike wheel (50…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine the effects of a 1% honey solution on extending the shelf life and preserving fruits and vegetables. Methods/Materials Last year I tested 3 different dilutions…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to find out why some cars travel faster on a surface with less friction than a surface with more friction and potentially waste more fossil f…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see how much more efficient the fluorescent light bulb is compared to the incandescent light bulb. Methods/Materials Three fluorescent light bulbs (10, 1…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objetive for doing this project is to find out which paper towel brand has the strongest paper towels. Methods/Materials To test a paper towel brand, I place a paper towe…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our goal is to create a hovercraft using house hold materials. Basically things you would find in your home. We got this idea from watching a movie of a man building a space…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Every year, the MESA program hosts a national engineering design competition and this year's competition is the trebuchet. The object of this project is to gain a better und…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test leather and synthetic basketballs in an effort to evaluate grip and bounce consistency. My interest was ignited by the recent controversy in the Nat…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Recent research on baseball bats by Robert Adair, Rod Cross and Daniel Russell has shown what happens when the bat hits a ball, and why there are some locations on the barre…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To prove that fiber wrap strengthens materials Methods/Materials 20 square foot sheet of SikaWrap Hex 103C, 20 square foot sheet of SikaWrap Hex 100G, Sikadur epoxy resin, 4…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to build a highly robust custom autonomous search and rescue robot platform. The design of the robot would be a major improvement on previous desig…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The project is find out the relationship between difference factor between different types of truss bridge, for example, the longevity of a covered truss bridge and to the t…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn which of three truss bridges will support support the most mass. The three bridges are: the Baltimore (Pratt), the Lattice, and the Subdivided Warre…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective for this experiment was to find out which truss design, a Warren, a Warren with Vertical Supports, a Pratt, or a Curved Chord Pratt, would have the…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the original/first phase of this project was to test if a simple solar panel steering system might improve panel energy production enough to reduce the over…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Can mechanical legs work and move without the use of electricity, rather the amount of energy supplied by the maneuvering of the lever by human hands? What type of soles wou…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals What are the factors that contribute for water velocity in different conditions and circumstances? I added direct mass pressure and created a siphon to conduct this experime…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine what affects the distance of a hit ball. Methods/Materials Materials- wood bat (30 oz.); Composite bat (30 oz.); Aluminum bat (30 0z.); baum swingin…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project's goal was to determine at which pivot point of my catapult was the most effective to throw a golf ball the farthest distance. Methods/Materials My methods for te…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment determined which type of substance was most effective at sanitizing people's hands after handling raw hamburger meat. The researcher hypothesized that if les…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Determine which mouthwash/ingredients and concentrations are the most effective at inhibiting oral bacteria. Methods/Materials We melted Nutrient Agar,collected our saliva a…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test different types of roof shapes through three dimensional and finite element modeling, and report the maximum deflection of each roof s…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I hypothesize Gas mileage can be considerably improved by greatly reducing both the rolling resistance and aerodynamic resistance to a small enough level such that a much mo…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find if relative humidity affects the strength of wood. I predict that as relative humidity rises, the strength of wood will diminish. I don't think that…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see that if weight tape is used to measure and thus #weigh# both Caprine & Ovine species, if that #weight# read on the tape is the same a…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find out whether or not temperature affects the viscosity of bio-diesel fuel blended with different bio-fuel/diesel fuel ratios. Methods/Mate…