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 · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine to what extent alcohol extracts of spices like garlic, onion, and ginger exhibit antibiotic-like effects on the growth of Bacill…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the types of bacteria in dog's mouths. Methods/Materials Ten dogs that had similar habits were selected from my neighborhood. Once permission w…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if green tea inbibits the growth of oral bacteria. Methods/Materials Two procedures involving five test subjects were performed to determine if g…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see what the affect was of ultra-violet light on bacteria. I hoped that the bacteria would get killed, and wanted to see a decrease in bacteria colonies.…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether or not there is a difference between naturally grown ground beef and standard ground beef in terms of antibiotic additives. I hypothes…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Marine bacteria sustain life in conditions that may be detrimental to humans. This project was designed to find marine bacteria with bioactive compounds that could be benefi…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my research was to see if there are foods that are potentially dangerous to neutropenic patients that are not listed on the food guides they are given by thei…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover the effect that liquids of different acidities would have on the growth of bacteria found on raw meat. It was predicted that the…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to look at the normal human flora of the intestine for multiple E. coli strains and mutant strains in order to warn doctors of mutant strains…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of dental hygiene (manual tooth brush, rotary tooth brush, mouthwash, or dental floss) reduces the most number and variety of dental…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether aerobic bacterial growth is influenced by various gaseous environments. I believe that aerobic bacteria will grow the…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out if different diets of the ruminant species affect the growth of microorganisms. Methods/Materials Materials: 10 samples of stee…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if bacterial resistance (after repeated exposure to a disinfectant) depends on the concentration of the disinfectant. The indepe…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My research was to determine if Oregano oil works as an antibiotic on the Bacillus cereus bacteria because there are claims on the Internet that Oregano oil, through its pri…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Solar water disinfection (SODIS) is a method for improving the safety of drinking water in third world countries. 2-liter clear plastic bottles are filled with available wat…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to determine which types of commonly available spices would inhibit the growth of bacteria in food, and could be used as food additives…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see medications reaction to a household substance which was mixed with bacteria. Methods/Materials I used 5 different medications, Duricef, Zithromax, Augmentin,…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium are unusual in their ability to convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonium (nitrogen fixation) and are responsible for the majority o…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This research tested the effects of rhythm on reproductive rates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast cells). It was hypothesized that when fungi cells, Saccharomyces cerevisi…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if the amount of Ethyl Alcohol in soap will affect the amount of E. coli killed/removed when washing hands with the soap. My hypothesis is that…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals ABSTRACT My project, Fungus Among Us, deals with a unique kind of fungus, Arthrobotrys conoides. In this project I also used Rhabditis nematodes. I wanted to see what the pr…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of our science project was to see if time and brushing effected the amount of bacteria growth on retainers. Methods/Materials First we gathered ten test subjects th…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find the cause of crown rot disease in artichokes, Cynara scolymus, particularly in a Castroville, California field. There are many differe…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I grew bovine mastitis bacteria on trypic soy agar. I put the bacteria on slides and identified them. I used nine different antibiotics and tried to see which one worked the…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether exposing E. coli to a short burst of ultraviolet light before a longer exposure will increase survival by triggering the production of…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if fresh garlic, garlic powder, and Kyolic, aged garlic extract are antibacterial. First the fresh garlic was crushed and mixed with 2…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I isolated four different strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria and wanted to isolate the plasmids to determine the nature of the acquiring antibiotic resistance. Methods…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine if Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) could be isolated from raw and pasteurized milk. Our hypothesis was that the raw milk would contain Staph…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals For my science fair project, I experimented to determine how the growth of lactic acid bacteria is affected by salt, pepper, and time of fermentation in Korean traditional d…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to examine yeast colonies under different storage and environmental conditions to see when they produce the most live and active cultures.…