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 · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Since 1991 the Monterey Bay has experienced eight algal blooms, one of the largest occurring during the summer of 2015. Many of the phytoplankton in these blooms produce dom…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Shingle Mill Creek is a non-point source of fecal coliform pollution into the San Lorenzo River. Last year, we determined that the coliform originates from an upstream locat…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project aims to improve the efficiency of efflux pump inhibitor Naphthylmethyl Piperazine (NMP). Methods/Materials I performed my tests in New England Biotech's C2992 E.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the effect of specific preservatives on the growth of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae.) Methods/Materials To set up the experi…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Algae have the potential to rescue mankind from lack of sustainable fuel sources and global warming. Algae absorb 90 percent of surrounding CO2 into their cells and produce…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the source of probiotic bacteria (live culture or commercial freeze dried capsules) differ in their ability to survive the stomach after ingestion. The…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if human tears can kill an equivalent amount of Staphylococcus aureus as Bactine, Neosporin, Isopropyl Alcohol, and sterile water…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to learn how to kill pathogens with heat treatment with as much energy efficiency as possible by determining whether, in a controlled environmen…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine the effects of an electromagnetic field on single celled organisms. The experiments involved observing three different types of si…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Antibiotics are commonly used to treat common human bacterial infections. Overuse of antibiotics disturbs human bacterial flora and causes emergence of bacterial resistance.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Bacterial cells can have DNA damage due to transcriptional error, or through the effect of an antibiotic. The SOS response is a bacterial cell program for coping with DNA da…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Skin cancer rates are continuing to rise in America and are primarily due to UV exposure. The purpose of this experiment is to determine the most effective skin protectant p…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effects of various cleaning methods on bacteria growth on cutting boards. Methods/Materials 3 cutting boards (plastic, antiba…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the latest artificial intelligence (deep learning neural net) image recognition algorithms had reached a level of sophisti…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals With the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a different approach is needed to combat bacterial infections beyond the continual overuse of antibiotics.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a global threat. Each year in the US alone, approximately 23,000 people die as a result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial i…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals This purpose of this project is to sanitize tea of harmful microorganisms to make for safer consumption by immunocompromised persons. Methods/Materials Twenty 5 gram tea lea…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to compare the antibacterial effectiveness of different states of oregano (essential oil and liquid herbal decoctions from dry and fresh p…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Cope#s Rule postulates that descending lineages of a certain species tend towards an increased body size. It has been hypothesized that larger sizes allow for greater geneti…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to study the antibacterial effects of onions and shallots on E.coli DH 5 alpha and to determine which herb has the greatest level of inhi…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Looking at which genus of diatom survives and reproduces the most successfully to the rise in salinity of the sample. Methods/Materials Pond water samples rich in Diatoms, m…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to ferment lactic acid, purify it, and create an effective acne cream. Methods/Materials The first study was to ferment the lactic acid usin…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the efficiency of bleach in relation to the time it remains on drinking fountains' spigots in reducing the amount of microorganisms in its wate…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effect of different temperatures on the chemotaxis of Physarum polycephalum towards food in a maze and its success rate in…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine what benifits the growth of mushrooms the most; water, plant-based fertilizer or animal-based fertilizer. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objectives and goals for my project were to clarify and prove the health implications of replacing sugar with artificial sugars, as they may be prone to causing less gut…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if the circadian cycles of an organism could be artificially altered using a timed light source without having a negative impact…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our project aims to extend the Iron Hypothesis, a potential solution to climate change, originally proposed by oceanographer John Martin. We tested the effectiveness of usin…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if magnetic bacteria are harmed by exposure to ultrasound. I did this to test an original idea, that magnetic bacteria could be u…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This investigation tests if ultraviolet (UV) radiation decreases the bacterial load on the surface of produce such as tomatoes and broccoli as compared to regular washing of…