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 · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to both design and build a portable and reliable source of renewable energy that can be used for mobile devices. I designed my prototypes to ad…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if more sound will enter a rough water surface than a flat water surface. Methods/Materials A sound blocking disk and a sound d…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals One goal of this project was to determine if the speed of light changes in different media. Also, if it did change to see if there are any noticeable connections between lig…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment is to calculate the velocity of a standing sinusoidal wave and to investigate the relationship between number of nodes and wavelength. Meth…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which 3-D geometric shape (cylinder, crumpled cylinder, W, or V), reflects the least light and hence is the stealthiest, and test the effect of…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals Elements heavier than iron are formed via two neutron capture processes: the rapid r-process that occurs in supernovae and the slower s-process that occurs in less massive s…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Currently ¼ of all older people cannot hear over 4 kHz sounds, which is the sound that stove timers commonly make. The main goal of this project is to create a device that p…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Presented is a study of the structural parameters and model behaviors of galaxies with redshifts 0.8 to 2.0 and solar masses greater than 10^10. The goal of this study is to…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Determine if surfing trains on nano-magnetic Ferrofluid would permit higher transportation efficiency, relative to magnetic levitation - Maglev, by either reducing transport…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The temperature dependence of the indirect bandgap in thallium bromide (TlBr) has been determined using variable temperature (5 K to 300 K) cathodoluminescence. The spectra…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to provide an insight into the workings of magnets and explore the relationship between temperature changes and the workings of magnets and el…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal was to see what brand of battery/voltaic cell is most efficient over a range of temperatures, and what brand lasts the longest. Methods/Materials I used five differ…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The project objective was to determine out if there are any Exo-planets that could potentially support life. Methods/Materials Three criteria tested the planet#s habitabilit…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this project is to determine whether underwater acoustic networks, or UAN's, can be used as a system to monitor pollution in relatively large bodies…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to find whether a V-formation increases the flight efficiency of birds by taking advantage of wing-tip vortices, and if so, what variation of a…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The ultimate purpose of this project is to find out how to make the fastest D.C motor. Methods/Materials Materials: Windows 7 Computer Arduino uno (1) USB wire (1) Arduino p…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to observe levels of radiation emitted by cell phones and see if they exceed the safe radiation limit set by the FCC which has been determi…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of three different fin shapes enable a water-bottle rocket to achieve the greatest altitude. Methods/Materials One water-bottle rocket, 3…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal in this project was to test whether neodymium magnets will assist scooters to trip difficult inductive loop traffic detectors. Methods/Materials Materials: Neodymium…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To determine if nitinol spring contracts and exerts different amount of force with the change in temperature Methods/Materials In order to determine if nitinol spring exerts…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine how the number of magnets in a magnetic linear accelerator will affect the kinetic energy of the projectile. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to build a mobility aid for the blind, called NavHat. It uses three ultrasonic radar modules connected to two earphones for the sides and t…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This experiment is a continuation on a previous experiment which was aimed determining whether or not properties of the air, such as temperature and relative humidity, had a…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to study the effect of water depth on wave velocity in tsunamis. Methods/Materials In my experiment, I simulate waves by dropping a wood block i…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Mpemba Effect is a phenomenon that seems to contradict the laws of thermodynamic. This effect suggests that warm water freezes faster than cold water. The purpose of thi…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to determine the feasibility of developing a passive defense system to protect implanted medical devices from predatory radio frequency attacks…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Does your cell phone emit radition, which brand emits the most radiation, compare radiation strength during incoming and outgoing calls and at what distance will generate th…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project is to figure out a cheaper way of short distance three dimensional tracking through the use of programming in addition to observing the effects of…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure the spin lifetime of surface states on the topological insulator Bi2Se3 by a direct all-optical method. Methods/Materials A pump-probe femtoseco…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of wind turbine, horizontal-axis or vertical axis, produces more power. Methods/Materials Two mini wind turbines were constructed us…