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 · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals A Gauss gun is a device that uses magnets to launch a ball from a stack of balls. My objective is to find if the material of the ball will affect its speed from the Gauss gu…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to accurately choose and derive the correct diffraction grating equation (there are many forms) and to analyze the laser diffraction patter…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our question is: What blade shape is most aerodynamic, with the least drag, to make a wind energy rotor spin faster, causing more electricity to be generated? We hypothesize…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are powered by accretion of matter onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in a structure called the accretion disk. The biggest problem with thi…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to use household materials to calculate a relationship between any crater and its projectile energy. It can be applied to save human lives.…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to identify the relationship between the distance of the hand and the time it takes for a capacitive sensor to charge/discharge. I created a…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how distance between falling dominoes affects the speed of their fall. Methods/Materials I used domino tiles, a measuring tape, a…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test what kind of swimming pool is best for competitive swimmers. Methods/Materials A fan was placed on one side of a box, which was f…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project involves understanding how the impact point on a swinging wooden cylinder affects the force with which it hits a stationary object like a marble. I hypothesized t…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find a solution to the Tarzan problem: what is the best angle that Tarzan should jump off the vine to go the maximum distance. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project explores the use of thermal electric thermal junctions using different combinations of metals and temperature differences to determine the combination that prod…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This experiment explored the visualization of sound. To investigate what sound looks like with limited resources, it was necessary to apply sound waves themselves to differe…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals Gapless surface states on topological insulators (TI#s) are protected from backscattering, making them promising candidates for quantum computing and spintronics application…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Sign language is an effective alternative to speech for individuals who are speech impaired but still have full motor control. However, few people outside of the speech-impa…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to explore how temperature affects the lifting ability of a helium balloon. My hypothesis is that when the helium inside the balloon is warmer…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project#s goal was to create a prosthetic hand that rivals mid-priced prosthetics in both price and functionality. The original objective was to embed muscle control but…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to create a solution which could receive data from any brain sensing device, and use it to control external real world devices. As part of our solution, our goa…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which types of electricity-generating mechanisms at which parts of the foot would generate the greatest amount of electricity.…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the feasibility of replacing hydroelectric dams with multiple small turbines in free flowing rivers. Methods/Materials A pelton wheel turbine genera…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to use an inexpensive mirror with an anisotropic holographic diffuser, rotating at 5 times a second by being mounted on a 300RPM motor sy…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The visually-impaired don#t have many tools in the market to use that make them really self-dependent. The available tools can not be available to those who are in developin…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My science project was to identify the best aerodynamic design for a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle wing. I understand why different UAVs had such a larger difference in the shapes…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The main goal of my experiment was to answer the question: How can color affect solar water heating? A second goal was to develop a practical demonstration in the form of a…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science project was to determine the critical angle of attack, or most efficient angle of attack, of an airplane's wing. The hypothesis stated that the…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project was to test how different magnetic fields affect the shape and direction of a flow of charged ions. We believe that different magnet…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to demonstrate that at certain level of a propeller angle and at certain level of RPM's can generate more propulsion by the wind generated by an airplane. Me…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigated various blade configurations in order to optimize wind turbine efficiency. Methods/Materials * Build a wind tunnel; assemble the Kidwind Wind Exper…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to see if it is possible to transfer power wirelessly, and to see if changing the diameters of the transmitter and receiver coils will affect t…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was whether the change in elevation would affect the performance of different masses (5g, 6g, 10g, and 12g) on a Straight Slope and an Angled Curved Slope. Met…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether sound-wave-induced vibrations would promote the freezing rate of pure, distilled water using researches conducted on the Mpemba Effect…