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.
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
This experiment evaluates the proportionality constant between 18 selected galaxies’ distances and recessional velocities from earth. Then, compares that constant to the current accepted val…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Will different chemicals affect the amount of acidity and alkalinity on the growth of E. coli bacteria in an inhibition zone? Methods/Materials The first step is to get all…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out the effects that different amounts of the essential elements found in fertilizer have on the growth of algae. This ties into th…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Dinoflagellates are single-celled, eukaryotic, planktonic species. Most dinoflagellates are completely harmless, but a few species have detrimental environmental effects such as the Red Tide…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Since the discovery of penicillin, bacteria have developed mechanisms to avoid its effects and, therefore, survive. Furthermore, during the last decades and because of the overuse of antibio…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out what different types of organisms grow in different environments and whether they prefer light or darkness. Methods/Materials Materials used wer…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate the antimicrobial effects of California monofloral honeys in the inhibition of Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the antimicrobial properties of honey can combat bacteria to the same extent as a common antibiotic, Kanamycin. I studied t…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a state of subclinical bacterial harboring associated with threefold increased infection risk for ~25% of the healthy human population. The first stag…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find out how different kinds of sweeteners may affect yeast growth. Methods/Materials Ten doughs with different kinds of sweeteners an…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project was done to determine if a rise in the salinity of the environment that Paramecia Aurelius lives in would impact the number of original Paramecia in a major way.…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals With all other growth conditions remaining the same, if I change a yeast's carbohydrate source, I expect to see more or less CO2 depending on how well the yeast use that car…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine which method of cleaning a toothbrush gets rid of the most bacterial content on the brush: hot water, hydrogen peroxide, salt wa…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To compare the effects of common sweeteners on tooth decay, by evaluating their effect on oral bacterial growth. Methods/Materials Oral bacterial samples were obtained and c…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to increase the lipid per cell of Chlorella vulgaris through natural nitrogen depletion by 130% compared to the control. Methods/Materials A sample of Chlo…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
This research investigated if and why specific proteins in H1N1 are able to inhibit the acidification of endosomes/lysosomes in order to mediate a host cell response favorable to viral repli…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that if fertilizers high in nitrogen and phosphorus are added to pond water, then the sample with the highest percentage of fertilizer will cause the most a…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The aim of this project was to explore the relationship between Coronal Mass Ejections (CME’s) and the Solar Sun Spot Cycle. CME’s and the Solar Sunspot Cycle are both caused by intense acti…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The rising temperatures associated with global warming are a cause of great concern. Carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere. To reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmo…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
The enterohemorrhagic strain Escherichia coli O157:H7 ranks fourth among the agents causing gastrointestinal illnesses in North America. Cattle are the main reservoirs for this human pathoge…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if bathroom counters exposed to fecal matter and urine would have more bacteria than kitchens exposed to food-born bacteria. I believe bathroom c…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove that library books bear high levels of bacteria which account for various illnesses. I hypothesized if I test one book from each section of the lib…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals I chose to study lichens in the Coastal Sage Scrub Community of Northern San Diego county lagoons because lichens are very important to our Earth, 8% of our Earths solid sur…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Physarum polycephalum are a unique slime mold protist species that contain a primitive intelligence when it comes to navigation and response to stimuli. Since the species P.…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The treatment of tuberculosis requires a minimum of 6 months of multidrug therapy. Antibiotic efficacy is complicated by a bacterial subpopulation of “persisters”. The persisters are genotyp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if Mycoplasma bovis could be isolated from milk fluid, blood, lachrymal fluid, and nasopharyngeal cultures. The veterinarian collected milk fl…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Through this experiment, I was trying to find a new way to treat illnesses and diseases. Methods/Materials The materials used in this experiment include; 3 petri dishes, e c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
On August 14, 2013, Nova Delphini was discovered by Koichi Itagaki. This nova erupted to a maximum brightness of magnitude 4.4 by August 16. The extraordinary brightness of this event allowe…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium that causes serious infection in immunocompromised patients. PA becomes much more pathogenic when it develops a biofil…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The purpose of the project was to detect solar g-modes which would consequently confirm existing theories of solar magnetic fields. Viable sunspots were selected based on set criteria, and d…