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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,
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Environmental Science
Third Award
Objectives/Goals To compare the health of a location on the Kinabatangan River to a tributary that runs through a region of deforestation by measuring water quality. Methods/Materials Sample…
Environmental Science
First Award
Objectives/Goals Excessive nitrogen runoff from fertilizers results in an overabundance of algae blooms in water systems and also pollutes drinking water supplies. The goal of my project was…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals By collecting and testing various samples of water from fresh water lakes, then I can show that a moderate amount of bacteria will be found in the majority of these lakes, p…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My research experiment examined which soil medium would decompose different food waste particles the best to produce a better soil for producing the fastest, healthiest, and…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the speed of wind: high speed, low speed, or no wind, affects how oil disperses through water. Methods/Materials A 20" wide x 39" Tupperware co…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study the effects of common airborne pollution on the wavelengths and luminosity of sunlight and its effect in photosynthesis on plants. Methods/Material…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to use fluorimetric assay analysis to determine the activity levels of CBH, BG, BX, AG, NAG, LAP, and AP four years after the 2007 Santiago Fi…
Environmental Science
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to prove that a correlation exists between the presence of manufactured nanoparticles in wastewater influent and membrane fouling in Membra…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Cars and power plants release carbon dioxide. This dissolves into water and makes it acidic. This process is called ocean acidification. I want to know how this will effect…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine the transportation carbon footprint and price of locally sourced food versus wholesale food using a burrito as example. Methods…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The marine plant Halimeda, a genus of calciferous green algae have important roles in marine ecosystems that range from producing sand to removing carbon dioxide from the wa…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find the most efficient way of using Soil-Aquifer Treatment with different types of soils and different heights of soil columns to re…
Environmental Science
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to measure the effects the salinity of the water has on the germination rate of pea seeds. It was expected that as the salinity increase…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals There are 99 lakes in Los Angeles County that are not regularly monitored for water quality. The main objective of my project is to test four Los Angeles County lakes that a…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals I was drawn to studying fairy shrimp after hearing about how important they are from my neighbor who works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He showed me different typ…