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 · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project investigates how magnetic fields can be used in combination with small variations of Earth's gravitational field strength (due to the composition of Earth's cru…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the distance of flight, using air propulsion and different designs of rockets. Methods/Materials Bike pump, rocket launcher, vari…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of our experiment is to use spectrographs to find how fast the universe is growing. We hypothesize that the universe is expanding at a rate of 80 km/sec/Megaparsec…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure vertical jump using the accelerometer of a mobile device. I am a volleyball player and work hard at improving my vertical jump and…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The issue of sound pollution increases due to fast (also modified) cars, MRI machines being so loud, and houses being built near freeways more. The use of incisions, creatin…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
It is very important to improve the quality of the laser beam in oncology, cosmetology, dentistry. In cases of radiation therapy or the laser modification, the intensity should be homogeneou…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine if two objects of equal mass and each traveling the same speed would each experience an impact force equal to a third object of equal mass traveling at…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which variable (the number of blades, length, or pitch of blades) has the greatest impact on wind turbines' electricity genera…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Next generation 5G cellular networks are expected to provide orders of magnitude improvement in data rates and capacity by using higher millimeter wave frequencies. However,…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Electricity is often wasted when devices plugged into outlets are on when unused. Internet of Things (IOT) smart plugs and switches try to prevent this, but they require fre…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Moon is devoid of a global magnetic field and is directly exposed to space plasma and solar radiation, causing the surface and any objects on it to be charged by collect…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Solar cooking has shown to be an effective way to alleviate food and unclean water situations, giving people a way to cook their food and pasteurize their water. This projec…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This essay takes an in-depth look into the nature of positively charged conducting spheres, and the ability of Coulomb’s law to predict the force between them. The force is expected to be re…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
For millennia, humans have pondered the possibility of life on other planets. Since the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, was discovered in 1995, scientists have studied e…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop and demonstrate an electric cello utilizing novel optical sensors directly monitoring the vibrations of each of the cello strings inde…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
A steady stream of a certain liquid, hitting a rough surface (e.g. a wooden board) perpendicularly, yields a surprising result. A water wall encloses a regular wave pattern centered on the w…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Build a prototype lock that replicates the multiple modes of operation common in today's smart locks, but one that is secure, and can be designed and printed with readily av…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal was to create a low cost heat loss measuring device using Arduino Uno kit that utilizes mathematical modeling of heat loss due to radiation, conduction, and convect…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This science project took a sample of terrestrial rock, basalt from the Flagstaff-Winslow area of Northern Arizona and compared it to lunar meteorites and samples brought back from the Apoll…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose and objective of this project is to see if magnetic levitation (maglev) trains are faster and more efficient than conventional trains. The hypothesis is that the…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This project was intended to show how electromagnets could provide a better cushion when implemented into sports helmets. Considering previous testing, we decided to see if electromagnets wo…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to create a software tool that detects and tracks sunspots from satellite images and confirm this tool by measuring the angular velocity of the Sun at differ…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this study was to measure the radii and constrain the orbital periods of three Hot Jupiter exoplanets, HAT-P-25b, HAT-P-9b, and HAT-P-30b. Through remote observing, raw images of…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Wild-land fire fighting can be a dangerous occupation. Heat stress, fatigue, respiratory hazardous issues due to smoke inhalation, and cardiac related events are the top mos…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my project, I designed the split scimitar winglet, blended winglet, and the wing with no winglet using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD software, at different cant angles of di…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Near-Earth asteroids can pose serious dangers to life on Earth. The location of near-Earth asteroid 2003 QB90 (242211) was measured over a four week period (July 9, 2017-August 5, 2017) usin…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to model a quantum tunneling barrier with a specific structure that minimizes the frequency of electron wave oscillations, which indicates the energy of ele…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
After a binary or triple stellar system is formed, its components follow elliptical trajectories. Due to interaction, their trajectories gradually change with characteristic time intervals r…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Infrared observations are some of the most important observations, allowing rare AGNs, deeply embedded stars, globular clusters, low luminosity stars, and much more to be di…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Generations of stable nanobubbles (NBs) in aqueous solutions have been demonstrated to be feasible. Their physical characters and applications, however, remain to be discovered. In this proj…