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 · 2011
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The project "Would you like Some Bacteria with That?", was developed by testing a whole restaurant to see which area contains the most bacteria.The main goal of this project…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals Current detection methods for pathogens such as Salmonella are time consuming and laborious. Biosensors are a fast, portable, and user friendly test method that could potent…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Three different strains of micro algae will be obtained from Carolina Biological Supply (Oedognium Filamentous, Spirogyra, and Oscillatora). These samples will be divided an…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals An experiment was conducted to identify if algae grown in waste water could be an economically viable way to grow algae. For this experiment, six tubes of Nannochloris ocula…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Greening (citrus), Psyllid Yellows (tomato) and Zebra Chip (potato) are diseases caused by 'Candidatus Lieberibacter' bacteria. Symptoms include yellow leaves, poor growth a…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae are a potential means for producing renewable hydrogen gas. However, current methods to produce hydrogen using these algae are inefficient, c…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Goal 1 - Grow the diatoms Goal 2 - Get the diatom to engulf the LAL molecule - to create packaging for LAL Goal 3 - The LAL engulfed diatom must detect endotoxin consistentl…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The initial idea was to determine the reasons for Korea to have the strictly low rate of flu affects such as SARS, AI, and SI compare to other countries such as the United S…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals There are currently three scientific studies in contention over whether or not plants are producing the potent greenhouse gas methane; this experiment aims to find a possibl…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find what types of antibiotics E. coli, bacteria commonly found in raw or undercooked meat and produces, can grow resistant to. My hy…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals How much bacteria are actually found on the bottoms of shoes, and if there is a significant amount, is there an effective way to get rid of them? If there is a great amount…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This experiment evolved from last year's Science Fair. Previously, silver was found the most potent agent in killing bacteria. Findings fostered an interest in the potent an…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This project seeks to demonstrate a non-wasteful method to produce hydrogen using Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, strain CC-125. I will be using an algae, also known as a photosy…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if LuxR genes that allow for bioluminescent properties would confer ultraviolet resistance in E. coli. This may suggest ano…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if ultraviolet light will reduce the bacterial count in a useable water source making it acceptable to drink. Methods/Materials A sam…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if there are any adverse effects to reusing a water bottle for at most one week without being washed. There are two types of bacte…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective for our project was to determine the most sanitary cow bedding that dairymen should use to reduce the chances of mastitis and contaminated milk. We believe tha…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals A proposal to mitigate global warming calls for cooling the earth by placing manmade clouds over our oceans, reflecting a portion of the light from the sun into space. Becau…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Spices have been used around the world for centuries and have been believed to prevent microorganism growth in meat. The purpose of my experiment is to prove if such is true…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to check whether size of a plasmid affects how easily it is accepted into E Coli cells. I believe that a plasmid with a fewer number of base…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Each year in the United States there are about 1 billion colds. Some of these are caused by emergency vehicles. I hypothesized that out of the ambulance, police car, and fir…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to test whether the water usually poured out after washing rice has any nutritional value. Methods/Materials I tested the nutritional factors by observing how it…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Do medical office doors carry staph? I hypothesized that at least 3 out of 10 samples would test positive for staph. Methods/Materials Nutient agar, petri dishes, sterile sw…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to test the effects of small concentrations of ammonium phosphate when introduced into cultures of the dinoflagellate prorocentrum.By…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which condition would eradicate the most E.coli when applied to ground beef. Methods/Materials The materials I used were cotton swabs, test tub…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project was done to test the viability of using bacteriophages as delivery mechanisms for organic materials to fight bacterial infections, and compare the results to cu…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to test two different methods of producing environmentally friendly hydrogen using the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Under certain cond…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The fungus Candida albicans can enter the bloodstream in immunocompromised patients, infecting most organs of the body and resulting in disseminated candidiasis, which has a…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project was done to know the safest type of packaging out of the three: Ziploc bag, plastic container and aluminum foil. Methods/Materials The food samples were tested…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Diatoms produce within their cell membranes fatty lipids and triglycerides from which an abundant amount of oil may be extracted. A large number of factors affect fatty acid…