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 · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if garlic inhibits the growth of oral bacteria. Methods/Materials Two procedures were performed. For the first procedure, saliva samples were co…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if water temperature had any affect on the amount of oil digested by microbes. I thought that this would be important in cleaning up oceanic oil spills. The…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn about the fundamentals of water purification. I used three treatment methods: iodination, boiling, and filtration. I believed that boiling would be the…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I compared three different ways of detecting tomato spoilage. I did this by following the steps of the Malthus Method, the Direct Microscopic Count, and the Petri dishes met…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test if sweat is a natural antibacterial. Methods/Materials In order to conduct this project, I collected skin flora samples and grew ba…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to see which antibacterial hand soap has the most effect on E. coli bacteria. Methods/Materials I tested six different kinds of antibacterial hand soaps. I m…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find how effective essential oils are at killing e.coli bacteria. I used dilutions of five different essential oils to test the effectiveness of essential…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to develop a strain of yeast high in folate through a process of selective mutation. Methods/Materials SAF yeast was streaked onto PDA media. A folate analo…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To determine how fungal allergens form respirable aerosols by: investigating whether fungal cultures release respirable-sized allergens, examining the conditions that lead t…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To determine if liquid Colloidal Silver would kill bacteria found on your hands. Methods/Materials Using 27 human subjects, I had each individual wipe their fingers on agar…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objectives were to find optimal conditions for nitogen-fixation in the oceanic cyanobacteria Trichodesmium, with respect to irradiance and to determine if phosphorous is…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to find out which environment (in a car, on a kitchen counter, on an outside surface, or in the refrigerator) makes a Crystal Geyser Natural alpine…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The Center for Disease Control has recently published new guidelines for hand hygiene in health-care settings. The guidelines recommend using alcohol-based products as an al…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To analyze through tests what is the most effective herbal/organic substance, (curry, garlic, ginger root, jalapeno pepper, mint, onion, red pepper, thyme, contant) that wil…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The aim of this project was to determine which of the chosen additives has the greatest inhibition effect on bacterial growth. The hypothesis was that vinegar will be the mo…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals We assessed how different ambient temperatures affect the fermentation rate of yeast. We also observed how yeast minerals and nutrients affect the rate of fermentation. Begi…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find the abundance of plankton at different depths of the ocean and if the depths affected the amount of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton in each sampled d…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if different amounts of honey Methods/Materials Bacteria from my fingers were grown over night in nutrient agar. One colony was transferred int…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if punica granatum (pomegranate) has antibacterial properties versus E. coli. I believe that it will, based on the medicinal use of punica gran…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To identify, study, and document the fluctuations of the toxic phytoplankton, Pseudo-nitzschia spp., Alexandrium catenella, and Dinophysis in the Santa Cruz harbor over the…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if lysozyme, an enzyme used to kill gram positive bacteria, can be used to control odor in shoes. Methods/Materials Two identical pairs of shoe…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether microorganisms thrive in an environment consisting of the by-products of the transesterification of soybean oil. Method…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To observe the change in bacteria species in a compost heap exposed to genetically engineered corn over a period of time. Methods/Materials I extracted DNA from a compost he…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine whether or not mold will transfer from one building material to another, and if it will, what conditions will create the best…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: Which birds are spreading the West Nile Virus? My objective is to find the main vector, or spreader of the West Nile Virus. Hypothesis: I believe that the…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals What type of yeast strain: Bread Yeast, Champagne Strain, Pasture Red, or Ruby Ferm yeast will be the best to use when fermenting raisins to yield ethyl alcohol for use as a…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the amount of UV light that kills biofilm organisms and other bacteria. The hypothesis of the experiment was that higher leve…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I hypothesized that our local wild yeast behavior would differ from what I considered the "norm," the San Francisco yeast, due to climate. Methods/Materials I used bread flo…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The scientific question I asked was, "What is the effect of subjecting Nitrosomonos sp. ammonia nitrifying bacteria to increasing salt concentrations? If there is an effect,…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to figure out the effects of different fruit/vegetable/spice juices on two types of bacteria: e.coli and staphylococcus epidermis. My hypoth…