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
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective within my experiment was to determine if the Jade plant and the Chrysanthemum are efficient means of filtering the chemical Benzene from an enclosed, controlle…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: In my science project I am going to experiment if worms help the dead soil replenish. I have researched on this topic and scientists have found out that earthwor…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective last year was to determine whether soil, sand, cat litter, or sawdust absorbed motor oil spills the best. I found that soil was the most absorbent. So my object…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to find a way to get rid of whiteflies with out harming the ecology around. Methods/Materials The question is, How does changing of the natura…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Small internal combustion gasoline engines contribute significant amounts of exhaust pollutants into the environment. These include such things as polycyclic aromatic hydroc…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To see if a layer of canola oil on top of water can stop or at least slow down the process of evaporation so cities that have water evaporation issues can help preserve thei…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which is better at removing chlorine from water: a tightly-packed (commercial) carbon filter or a loosely-packed (homemade) carbon…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find whether gravel, sand, or clay transfer heat to water the quickest and highest degree Celcius, depending on the temperature they intially have. Methods/Materials Tape…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out if maintaining the bacteria at 30 degrees Celsius (optimal bacterial growth temperature) to increase growth and gas production co…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to investigate the bioremediation effectiveness of oil-eating bacteria under various environmental conditions.Oil spreads rapidly and covers hu…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals my objective for this project was to test my hypothesis. My hypothesis was that it would be possible to generate electricity using passive solar energy. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if motor oil slows the evaporation of water in order to conserve water in field agricultural operations. Methods/Materials Fill 6 cups of water…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals # Objectives/Goals- Our objective was to build a microbial fuel cell of our own design and see if it would produce electricity with a bacterial environment growing in the an…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The seeds of the tropical and subtropical plant, Moringa oleifera, have undergone studies in environmental science as a primary coagulant for water treatment. This investiga…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see how much oil soil samples absorbed, and if the absorption rate differed over a course of five days. I also wanted to investigate if th…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine an economical and efficient method of EDB/DBCP removal in an acute situation of EDB/DBCP contamination by analyzing the chemi…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To test the effect of starch as an additive on the strength of recycled copy paper and that of recycled newsprint Methods/Materials Two kinds of paper were used in the exper…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to eliminate and/or reduce the problem of agricultural runoff through the use of different biofilter mixtures or ratios. Methods/Materials A…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the practicality of using warm shower drain water to preheat the cold water supply through a submersive heat exchanger, there…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to stop the depletion of the ozone layer. In this project, I am proposing my strategy to stop ozone depletion. Methods/Materials I created a method…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Cleanup of soil pollutants is often expensive and environmentally unsound. Phytoremediation is an area of frontier science that provides a safe and cost-effective alternativ…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Algae, when fertilized with iron, can combat global warming by photosynthesizing rapidly and consuming CO(2). Iron fertilization, however, can cause harmful algal blooms. My…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the efficiency of various materials in cleaning up a simulated oil spill by measuring the amount of oil and water absorbed. Methods/Materials F…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to create a natural filter that farmers can use to clean pesticides from their storm water runoff. I will use my findings from this year and my…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project examines various methods to purify water to make it drinkable, and analyzes which method is the most efficient. Methods/Materials In this experiment, water is c…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Many contaminants can enter the water system through various ways, greatly endangering human health. Excess iron can cause chronic fatigue, cancer, and heart disease, while…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to purify water using only solar energy. I chose to use a solar still based on the El Paso Solar Project model. Methods/Materials The El Paso S…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Which is the best ratio of leaves and greens to make the best compost, in term of high mass percent of nitrogen, carbon and low mass percent of water, in normal condition? M…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To successfully reach my goal, I had to confirm which of selected natural materials filtered contaminated water the best. Methods/Materials I took the approach to pollute wa…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my project, I used motors and fan blades turned by wind to generate energy. For my first variable, I tested different motors and saw how adding gears would affect the amo…