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)
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…
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…