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
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if an expensive filter would be effective at removing drug residues from wastewater, using caffeine as a model. In this exper…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the potential of using capillary action and gravity and strips of fabric to increase the rate of water evaporation. Ultimately,…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to study how different surfactant monolayers reduce evaporation in order to find a more efficient way to conserve water. Methods/Materials Two test…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We are in the middle of a severe water crisis. This is an experiment to establish whether there is a simple relationship between three environmental factors: temperature, hu…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine the effects of three variables; water, aeration, and nitrogen; on the decomposition rate of standard compost. I believed that the com…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the best way to desalinate sea water. Methods/Materials In this project, I will compare three different methods of desalination…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Can water with bacteria (E-coli) in it be filtered out using natural substances such as sand, gravel, cotton balls or napkins in 2 different combinations? Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiencies of ancient water purification methods against the efficiencies of modern water purification methods. It was hypothes…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals Global Warming is one of the biggest problems in the world. In my experiment, I wanted to prove that algae would grow better with exhaust pumped in and the algae would clean…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To find an alternative method for absorption of oil spills
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to produce ethanol from green garbage, in this case, grass and wood and calculate the amount of ethanol yield from each substrate, otherwi…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine whether CO(2) emissions could be reduce by exposing CO(2) gas to microwaves Methods/Materials Fifty (50) empty water bottles…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my environmental engineering project is to determine which fabrics will do the best job of filtering the turbidity out of the water. My hypothesis is: If th…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objective: Determine whether magnifying (convex) mirrors (MM) intensify more solar radiation than regular (planar) mirrors (RM). Manipulated variable is type of mirrors (RM…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The initial impetus for this project was to see if a solar furnace could generate temperatures hot enough to make glass, and to determine how different factors affect the ma…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Blue green algae blooms are the cause of environmental, economic, and health problems world wide. In small quantities blue green algae is not a problem, but when it grows ra…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which sorbent is the most effective in cleaning ocean oil spills. I became interested in doing this project when I read about a…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I was trying different filteration materials to determine which filter will clean up pond water the best. If there was a natural disaster, is there household materials you c…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals For my project, I experimented with gray water, which is household wastewater from showers, sinks, and laundry. My primary testable question was "Can you sustain a garden us…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Title & Purpose of Exhibit: Corn, Cornstalk, Bamboo, or Sugar Cane? The theme of this exhibit is ethanol production using different materials. Ethanol is alcohol that is pro…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how quickly different pollutants would travel through different soils Methods/Materials I Collected Clay Loam, Sand, and backyard Soil (a mixture…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if adding super absorbent polymers to topsoil will help prolong the effects of pesticide. Methods/Materials For my experime…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Renewable, alternative energy sources such as photovoltaic and crop biomass (ethanol and biodiesel) are essentially solar energy conversion. If the efficacy of insolation co…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can I collect and store solar energy for our future needs? I hypothesized that if I create a vertical salinity gradient layer in a body of water in a solar-pond like environ…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals A key issue regarding water quality is an excess of nutrients. Fruit processing wastewater poses a unique problem due to the high level of nutrients and the lack of prior em…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to find out which everyday products biodegrade the most and the quickest. I was very interested in discovering which products were harmful to the environme…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I want to make the planet a better place to live in and keep it healthy. As well I want future generations to be safe and have the same habitat as the generation before them…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My question was, "How can we help our school's biodegradable plates decompose faster using environmental assistance?" I chose my topic because my sister studied biodegradabl…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if solar-heaters work efficiently for household use, eliminating the consumption of natural gas and reducing the green-house gase…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to monitor the water quality of the San Lorenzo River in Felton specifically levels of nitrate, turbidity and dissolved oxygen in addition to water velocity…