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
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to demonstrate the properties of eddy currents, explore the power of eddy currents, and discover things for myself. Methods/Materials The mat…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which pattern, if any, was the optimal design to minimize eddy current propagation in silver tubing for nuclear microprobes. This experiment h…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate how the length of string affects its likelihood to be knotted. It was hypothesized that strings with longer length had higher k…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals With skyrocketing gasoline prices, it has become crucial to develop an energy efficient electric vehicle. The United States spent about $380 billion for imported petroleum l…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to find out how electromagnetic radiation and the ionization of air affect a plant’s growth and seed germination. If the plants are exposed to electromagnetic…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals According to the American Foundation for the Blind, there are over 21.2 million visually impaired adults in the U.S. However, almost all commercially available aids for this…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to experiment with different blade configurations and aerodynamics to produce the most voltage. Methods/Materials Horizon WindPitch Education Kit which c…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out if different light colors contains different amounts of energy. My hypothesis was Red will contain the highest level of energy.…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The world needs a clean, renewable source of energy that will fuel our existing four stroke engines. Ive proved before that HHO can safely run an engine without gasoline. Pr…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Design criteria: It needs to launch the rocket. It needs to be safe, not too difficult to build and low cost. It needs to go over twenty feet in the air and be repeatable. M…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To create a smoke alarm system with a microcontroller capable of directing people to the nearest exit, and alert them the origin of the smoke. Methods/Materials An Arduino w…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Due to population growth, food consumption has risen, thus increasing the need for greater food productivity by 70 percent by the year of 2050. At the same time, fresh water for crop irrigat…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A topological insulator is a material that acts as an insulator in bulk but contains metallic surface states. Topological insulators comprise one of the most novel fields in…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Understanding the hydrodynamic forces occurring during particle-particle collisions in viscous fluids furthers knowledge in areas such as industrial fluidized beds and bedload sediment trans…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Granular segregation is a counterintuitive phenomenon in nonlinear physics where granular particles in binary granular mixtures sort by size under excitation. Although segregation is a very…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the effectiveness of waterproof sunscreen. Methods/Materials My materials included sunscreens (Banana Boat SPF 100, Block Up! 70…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to understand key factors affecting electromagnet strength. Specifically, how the number of wire windings and voltage applied to those windings, affects how…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific experiment was to answer the following question: "How do Engine Power, Angle of Attack (AOA) and Wing Shape affect the stalling characteristic…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project is to find out if the Fibonacci solar array will be better than roof panels. Methods/Materials Pvc pipes, wood, solar panels, wires. used the pvc pi…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
My project deals with the effect of a magnetic field on the flow rate of liquids and I compared this effect between liquids with varying amounts of molecules and ions. The purpose of my expe…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if keyhole (finger hole) size, on a flute, would affect its pitch, (I was curious how a flute worked). I believed that as the keyhol…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The enigmatic properties of the mesoscopic fluid confined between two solid objects or adsorbed on a substrate have puzzled scientists in the field of condensed matter. One of the current me…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Most fundamental particles have a magnetic dipole moment. None yet is found to also have an electric dipole moment (EDM), i.e., a displacement of positive and negative charges along the dire…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what, if any, was the aerodynamic effect of ice on an airfoil. The aim was to specifically determine the differences in lift a…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if a semi-symmetrical airfoil has more lift than a flat-bottom airfoil. Methods/Materials Two airfoils were separately tested…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether or not the amplitude of a sound changed over distance and between different media. The hypotheses stated that the amplit…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to recreate an age-old experiment (Cavendish's gravitational torsion balance) in an original way to show gravitational interaction between two small masses…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Euphorbia condylocarpa from the family of Euphorbiaceae is one of the wild plants of North Iraq. The presence of potent antioxidant polyphenolics in the plant made it as a potential green so…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The primary intention of this experiment was to confirm the existence of inter-droplet Van der Waals forces within a cloud. The secondary goal was to determine if the electromagnetic forces…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
In this project we come with an inovative method of combating fungal diseases of grapevines, which nowadays are treated with chemicals based on copper that is a heavy metal and can cause ser…