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 · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The project tested if increasing the amount of copper in a culture of Pseudo-nitzschia would encourage its growth and thus contain more domoic acid. It was hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine how ocean acidification will affect Foraminifera, some of the world's most common marine microorganisms which make their shells out of calcium c…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to study the effect of temperature on the growth of Emiliania Huxleyi under high-light intensity, mimicking conditions of stratified ocean…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals Create an open Halobacteria plasmid with do-it-yourself (DIY) methods Methods/Materials Materials--- Strains- E. coli K12 ER2267, Halobacteria NRC-1 Plasmids- pGreen, pBeloB…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. However, harmful bacteria may contaminate them. Nearly one-third of the major foodborne illness outbreaks were…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our goal is to identify and measure the presence of fecal coliform bacteria in the San Lorenzo River, with collected data to be used to answer our investigative questions: O…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if raw garlic or boiled garlic is more effective in inhibiting the growth of E. coli. Methods/Materials Four test tubes containing 10 ml of mil…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The problem with germs is that we can't see them with our eyes so it is hard to avoid contact. We share many things at school including germs.My experiment was to find which…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to investigate how a high CO2/low O2 environment affects the degradation of raw hamburger patties. I hypothesized that the bag containing C…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our teacher told us a story about how her dentist observed that even though American people pay more attention to dental hygiene, they seem to be more prone to tooth decay,…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals We hypothesized that when peas were defrosted, bacterial growth would increase and there would be a direct correlation between the duration of defrosting and bacterial growt…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals When inhaled, the fungus Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening meningitis and pneumonia in humans and animals. Two species of Cryptococcus, C. neoformans and C. gattii…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I like Cajun style fish and chicken. I read an article that said there could be antibacterial effects from Cajun spices, but the findings were still controversial. I decided…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether bacteria is growing on the three artificial turf fields in my home town. If so, which artificial turf field has the most bacteria? Furt…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Arsenic, a poison found in water, exists in environment in mainly two states: arsenite (carcinogenic and water-soluble) and arsenate (easily removed from water), with arseni…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Physarum polycephalum is a simple slime mold that crawls over agar and sends out pseudopodia, long projections, searching for food. Physarum can also navigate by leaving beh…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to investigate the effects of nitrate on aquatic microorganisms, such as plankton. Methods/Materials We built plankton net to collect p…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if longer or shorter exposure to light and/or darkness affects the length of time bioluminescent dinoflagellates, specifically the species Pyro…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals 25 million people in the United States and Canada have a phobia of using public toilets. The objective is to identify the bacteria in public restrooms to show what the commo…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to identify the quantity of bacteria, types, and potential health risks associated with the bacteria found in fast food establishments. I compared the overa…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Will the amount of bacteria colonies change based off of lighting of the environment? Methods/Materials Gathered lake water and placed in different bottles. Let the bottles…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to determine if reusing and refilling disposable water bottles is potentially unsafe to the consumer due to increased levels of bacteria growth.…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Due to its respiratory vesatility, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is widely employed as a model organism for the study of electron-transport processes including subsurface biore…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To identify bacteria growing on soccer shin guards in order to figure out how to prevent this growth. Methods/Materials Materials: Cotton swabs, Blood agar plates, sweaty sh…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find which out of five RGP contact lens solutions: Boston Advance Conditioning Solution; Lobob Soaking Solution; Boston Simplus Multi…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals my objective/goal is to see which sweetener the probiotics like the best Methods/Materials methods:make the yogurt,test the thickenss materials:milk,1 cup measuring cup,cand…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Taraxacum Officinale, otherwise more commonly known as Dandelion, is a large species of flowering plants belonging to the family, Asteraceae. The purpose of our experiment i…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how effective four different essential oils (thyme, lavender, geranium, tea tree) are in killing Escherichia Coli K-12. Methods/Materials Nutri…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment is to determine whether the antioxidants Beta Carotene and Vitamin C are effective in preventing tumor (gall) formation in Mammoth Sunflowers.…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective in this project was to see which chemical scrub worked better to defeat bacteria from the bottom of a horses foot better. The reason we did this is because hor…