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 · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I read an article on October 26, 2006 in the Union-Tribune that an area around San Diego#s Mission Bay had once been a hazardous waste landfill. I wondered if substances fro…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to research the occurrence of Ozone at ground level and investigate Ozone levels in the local area. I wanted to see if there are harmful levels…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experiment's question was, "Can a person receive harmful levels of radiation by visiting a hospital, oncology center, a radiologist, surgery center, or a doctor/dentist o…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of previous years in which we found that beach sand could be a possible contaminant of oceanwater and groundwater. We tested to see if sand could…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals California has lost more than 90% of its wetlands in the past 200 years. Environmentalists say that due to this wetland loss, artificial reservoirs and farm ponds have becom…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to measure the amount of light pollution in a California suburban area. The goal of my project was to compare the light pollution of points a…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine how the level of nitrate (NO3-), a common pollutant coming mainly from fertilizers, varied in different locations along Los Tranco…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal is to present evidence to the public as to the amounts of E coli and total coliforms that are going through are storm drains into our oceans and beaches. This will e…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I chose this science project because I was concerned about the effect on the environment through the use of certain household chemicals. I wanted to know which household che…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the levels of ozone and airborne particulates varied at different locations close to, and distant from highways, and in a downtown environme…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test which of the following areas had the cleanest air: the country, the city, or an area by the freeway. The hypothesis was that the ar…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Rose Canyon Creek is a watershed in San Diego County, California. Knowing that Rose Canyon Creek is contaminated is valid information because eventually, the water will empt…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see how different bay pollutants might spread in Humboldt Bay. Which pollutant would have the fastest and farthest spread rate if it fell into a coastal bay? Met…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Which foods (feed grain/hay or silage/hay) when excreted by two different calves give off the most amount of Carbon Dioxide through their wastes. Methods/Materials Each day…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Different types of pollutants can accumulate in parking areas. The purpose of conducting this experiment was to learn if our water is being effected by everday contaminates…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how toxic insecticide is in different types of water conditions. I used one insecticide, 6 different types of test variables of w…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if the water quality in a San Diego County lagoon, San Elijo Lagoon, varied according to high or low tide or location. Dinoflage…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how much gasoline is consumed by vehicles while idling at drive-thru restaurants in the state of California. Methods/Materials I collected data…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The San Diego County Cedar Fire of October 2003 was the largest fire in California's history. Black and white ash blanketed my hometown of Poway, and I wondered if the plant…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals It's hypothesized that the two downstream locations will have the highest results in all the variable tests. This is because sediment, fertilizer, and wastes are expected to…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Gray water is the water that comes from sinks, clothes washers, showers, and dishwashers. The gray water contains detergents (soaps) and other particulates (dirt, food bits,…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I wanted to find out what soil type would be most effective so that hazardous waste would not contaminate the ground water. I had two main goals when prefor…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to investigate how structures called green roofs affect the temperature of urban heat islands. More specifically, it measures the differenc…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our investigation was to determine how seasonal temperature changes affect respiration parameters (temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) for Oncorhy…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: #What are the pH levels at different areas in the stream at Oak Canyon Nature Center?# Hypothesis: The pH levels in the water should be close to neutral,…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals With recent news report of E-Coli outbreak contamination of our farm crops, I wanted to investigate the effects of dairy farm animal waste would have in our ground water sup…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals One Hundred Years Ago, Swedish Chemists developed the first theory connecting pollution to warmer global temperatures. They claimed emissions from coal combustion would rais…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to see whether or not it is healthy for Los Angeles residents to eat Channel Catfish caught from Echo Park Lake. I expected to find high concent…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals On January 23, 2006 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the allowable amount of arsenic in drinking water from 50 parts per billion (50 ppb) to 10 ppb. Arsenic…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We had two objectives: First we wanted to determine how plant growth is affected by varying degrees of acid soil. Our second objective was to determine what pH level will ne…