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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,
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Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To find out if spacing wire wraps on an electromagnet strengthens or weakens the electromagnet. Methods/Materials 12 inch iron nail; Insulated copper wire; 6-volt battery; D…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My experiment seeks to answer the question whether passenger electronic equipment affects aircraft navigational instruments or not. I hypothesize that if passenger electroni…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find the most efficient way to build a windmill.The different areas of investigation are the blade length, blade angle, and gear ratio.My hypo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if static electricity could be stored in a Leyden jar capacitor made out of common household materials, and if so, can the charge held inside the Leyde…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Which notes on a piano can induce sympathetic vibrations on an open string? Mathematical relationships between test note and open string frequencies will be used to predict…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to see if the density of different metals has a correlation with their thermal conductivity. Methods/Materials To test my experiment, I…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We wanted to determine which class of paper airplanes, Darts, or Gliders, performs better. We predicted that darts would fly farther, because their streamlined design is mor…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if the cost of converting category 5 cable (running 10 100 switch) to category 6 cable(gigabit switch) correlates to the amount…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A magnet's magnetic field is affected by a change in temperature. My hypothesis for this project was that the magnet with the lowest Curie point would be affected by tempera…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the effect of turbine blade size on power produced by a micro-hydro water turbine. I hypothesized that the smallest blade size wo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Litter is a big problem in today's world. In addition to its unappealing look, litter may actually harm animals and pollute the environment. Unfortunately, there are not rea…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To find which type of DTV antenna works the best. Methods/Materials Compound bowtie antenna, Telephone wire antenna, Loop antenna, Single bowtie antenna, Can antenna, Analog…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which of four airfoil designs would generate the greatest lift. Airfoil One was the most similarly shaped to common aircraft…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective to to discover which set of violin strings will create the purest tone. I will test three different sets of strings, each set is a different diameter to try and…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine how propeller pitch affects the thrust and speed of an underwater motor. The blade angle, defined by pitch, of an underwater prop…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My family and I were driving through the desert and I saw a windmill farm. I noticed that all the windmills had three blades. I wondered why there were not more blades on a…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Today we are running out of Fossil Fuels. The environment is being harmed and we need another green source of energy. One of these sources of energy is a wind turbine. A win…
Physics & Astronomy
First Award
Objectives/Goals Of the three factors that stop a guitar string from vibrating, air resistance, absorption by the guitar, and absorption by the strings, the purpose of my experiment is to de…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
First Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how changing the operating frequency of a tesla coil used as a radio transmitter will affect its ability to transmit energy wirelessly to light u…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals With gas prices at an all-time high this past summer, many people want to be green and reduce their transportation cost. This project is testing whether an electric bike can…