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
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how different types of water filters (sediment and carbon) affect the pH level, total alkalinity, total chlorine, total hardness, iron level, copper…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn which type of water produced the fastest growing bean plant. I initially hypothesized that spring water would work best because it was the purest,…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to use carbon dioxide measurements (an end product of bacterial degradation), to determine if the new Bioreactor landfill design could be a better option fo…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if the addition of polyacrylamide (PAM) will help water percolate through a hydrophobic layer of soil. This is a water repe…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Using chlorine to disinfect water can contribute to health hazards. I read an article this summer about a new method of water treatment through water electrolysis. The objec…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is the study of the biodegradability of disposable spoons. I selected 5 different types of disposable spoons and placed them in 4 environments. I observed the spo…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals When cement manufacturers make one ton of cement, heating and a chemical reaction release 0.87 tons of carbon dioxide into the air. If concrete manufacturers could substitut…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Do catalytic converters eliminate harmful pollutants enough in larger engines? I will test the hypothesis that catalytic converters will do their job quite well in small eng…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals If you fill a bottle with bad water and use the sun to heat it up, you can kill the bacteria that can make us sick. This can also be a tool for those who don't have good dri…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There is an urgent need for clean water in areas which lack basic sanitary conditions. Solar disinfection (SODIS) is a cheap and effective way to purify water in only six ho…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To help the water crisis in the Central Valley. Methods/Materials Created a basic frame out of PVC pipe. Used sun screen shade material to cover frame. Attach the screen to…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out whether Archimedes# screw could or could not lift fish over a barrier safely. The fish ladder used in american rivers has many p…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I could desalinate ocean water using a contained environment to duplicate the water cycle, and in addition determine if using solar power woul…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In the US, we cannot control the gas economy since most of the gas comes from the Middle East. Thus, we have to find other sources of fuel such as biodegradable fuel. Our ob…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover which common household waste most efficiently ferments into ethanol to be used as an alternative fuel source. Methods/Materials I started my exp…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to motivate people to recycle food waste by finding the best way to compost by differing amounts of aeration and noting the effects by examining its nutrient leve…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the most effective technique in water purification between coagulation, disinfection, and filtration. The hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How can different types of polymers be identified without looking at the Plastic Identification Code? The purpose of this science experiment is to identify different polymer…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the relationship between landscaping and energy conservation. Methods/Materials I constructed a cardboard house and a tree made…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was used to find if there is an environmentally friendly way to melt ice. Methods/Materials Snow freezes over road and forms very slippery ice. the ice is melte…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The need for fresh drinking water becomes more urgent as population growth and pollution deplete our supplies. Desalination stills remove salt from ocean water in an environ…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In the state of California, the native plant population has been overwhelmed by invasive plant species. Today, societies like the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy (SDRV…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Heating and cooling of households uses one-fifth of the total energy consumed in the USA every year. To reduce energy expenditure, new and existing homes should be better in…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Rooftop Gardens (living or green roof) are an environmentally friendly option that provides many advantages: i)creates space for agriculture, ii)adds beauty to the landscape…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Goals: My Science Fair experiment was to determine if the colors of an evaporative basin influenced the effectiveness of solar evaporation distillation. If one particular co…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Global warming is an urgent problem, and is mostly caused by the greenhouse gasses that come from burning fossil fuels. Algae have been talked about as an alternative fuel s…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How does soil composition affect the amount of time a levee can withstand water? Methods/Materials 1 Iris U.S.A plastic box with these dimensions: 5"L x 6"W x 3"H, 1 bag Ear…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a system could be created to harvest and recycle excess irrigation and rain water in residential and commercial landscape areas. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine the effects of terracing on erosion in order to apply this information to the Jesse Morrow Mountain project. Methods/Materials I us…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether or not landfills are an effective way of disposing of biodegradable trash. I predicted that biodegradable material…