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 · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals How much time does it take to transfer bacteria from a contaminated wood surface onto clean food? I predicted that bacteria are capable of transferring from a contaminated s…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project studied the effects of gamma irradiation on reducing bacteria levels of E.Coli-contaminated spinach leaves, extending the shelf life of non-contaminated spinach l…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Is tap water free of biological contaminants and safe for drinking? The quality of drinking water varies from place to place, depending on the primary source of water and tr…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project is an investigation into what is actually in the French fries we eat and the oil in which they are cooked. My initial idea was to try and determine if freshly mad…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals For my experiment I wanted to see if I could increase or decrease the brightness of the dinoflagelates and the amount of time they glowed for by changing the amount of light…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to increase the amount of starch broken down in fermentation to produce more ethanol through the use of enzymes Methods/Materials Glucoa…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Measure the impact of microwave radiation on the growth of bacteria Methods/Materials I made an incubator out of a lamp and a box. Then I put the milk into the incubator for…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals With an increased surface area to volume ratio, silver nanoparticles exhibit a more efficient antimicrobial potential than its metallic counterpart, silver ions. The abundan…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether and what concentration of salicylate can induce phenotypic antibiotic resistance to ampicillin in E. Coli. Methods/…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I examined the effects of cigarette smoke exposure on the rate of mold growth on bread. My objective was to find out whether or not cigarette smoke halts natural growth proc…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Unlike adults, babys immune systems are unable to fight off harmful bacteria. The mouth is the most common way bacteria enters their immune system. I was wondering if baby f…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was performed to find the best topical application, among Sulfur, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Trichoderma, in prevented the onset of powdery mildew on cucurbits. M…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This study tested whether or not a higher percentage of sunshine and more photosynthetically active radiation have an effect on the amount of chlorophyll produced by algae i…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test the effectiveness of cinnamon on reducing the growth of E. coli in apple juice using an amount of cinnamon which allows the apple ju…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to observe the effect of two applications of different disinfectants on the resistance of E. coli. Methods/Materials E. coli was plated onto…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find the effect of different colored gradient-coated sunglass lenses on yeast growth after exposure to UVA rays for ten minutes. The obj…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Objective is to see whether differing amounts of time, seconds,of microwave radiation will effect growth of mold on one specific fruit; the raspberry. "Do differing time amo…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Many cookbooks and recipes state that adding acids such as vinegar to foods will stop harmful bacterial growth. I decided to test this idea by determining the ability of the…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if adding vitamins, minerals, and iron to a sugar solution fermented by yeast would increase ethanol production. I thought that the container wi…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals There are nocosomial infectious bacteria like the Staphylococcus Aureus which no know antibiotics kill. It would be crucial to find an alternative use of potential killer fo…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to find out which variable of different types of light, temperatures, and starting volume affected the amount of yeast enzyme activity. Methods…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Because superinfection has clinically been shown to have different effects under various conditions, this research project attempts to determine whether virulence of multipl…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project was to determine if organic lettuce had higher levels of gram-negative bacteria than conventionally grown bacteria. The hypothesis is if the produce…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine the quality (the absence of bacteria) of water stored in automatic hog waterers for a period of up to 4 days. The hypothesis is th…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals In this project wild natural yeast was added to bread dough. The purpose of the project was to test whether bread dough with wild natural yeast would rise higher than bread…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals What is the most efficient, fish friendly way to keep a pond free of algae. Methods/Materials I tested four different methods of algae control; Aeration, a floating plant, b…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Third Award
Objectives/Goals To optimize the growing conditions of the alga strain Neochloris oleoabundans at the lab scale and then in a photobioreactor to maximize lipid production and extraction for…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to compare the amount of bacteria in the ice machines and the toilet water in hotels. Do we know if the ice served from the ice machines ar…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals When it comes to chocolate, we are all torn between love for this luscious treat and fear of its supposed unhealthy hazards. However, there may be an incentive for consuming…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals One of the goals for our project was to discover the effects of the centripetal force on bacterial colonies. We wanted to determine whether or not bacteria grown under the c…