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 Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine the most cost-effective, least polluting fertilizer and soil combination for the backyard gardener to save money and minimiz…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if it is possible to cook frozen veggies in a homemade solar oven in Humboldt County where the temp never gets very high. My hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if I can extract distilled water from muddy water or salt water; also, how much distilled water I will be able to extract in one…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my study is to create a biodegradable packaging material using starch, glycerin, vinegar, and baking soda solution. The quality of the biodegradable packaging…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to identify which, if any, inorganic nutrient can be added to the environment of naturally occurring petrophilic (oil-degrading) microbes…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of three different plant based oils would produce the greatest quantity of biodiesel fuel. I used new (unused), slightly used and heavily…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine the efficiency of carbon, ceramic, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet purification systems of water. Their performances were determi…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals This research explores the potential for vegetable oil based fuels as substitutes for diesel. Increased oil prices and environmental concerns have focussed attention on alte…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the effects of nitrate as a cause of eutrophication, specifically in the wetlands of Hidden Valley Wildlife Preserve, and to co…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Fossil fuels are burning out at a rapid rate. An alternative, abundant resource needs to be found for human usage. Heating homes is a large energy consumer. Recently solar p…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to improve the efficiency of my solar still from 2007 by testing modifications to improve evaporation and condensation. The 2007 solar still wa…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Upper Newport Bay is an important natural reserve but unfortunately the Bay is threatened by numerous sources of pollutant loading by tributaries of its watershed. Santa Ana…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine the levels of lead, chlorine, copper, nitrate, nitrites, hardness, alkalinity and pH present in selected water samples and to quantitatively measure whether the…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals We tested to see which street trees are most effective in removing atmospherical carbon dioxide and the pollutant ozone, testing the broad spectrum of Palm, Pine, and Oak. W…