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 · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2009
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…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to demonstrate the active noise control technique and to measure the effects of noise type, noise frequency, and the separation distance between the noise a…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science project is to find out, with the help of my scratch built wind tunnel, if the aerodynamics of a locomotive affects its wind resistance. I am also…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to model the spectral energy of blazar S5 0716+714. For the second-year study, the goal was to find a redshift for the target to allow the…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Does the airplane wing curvature generate lift? I hypothesize that wings with more curvature will generate more lift. Methods/Materials Three methods were used to verify the…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment are (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of the geolocation of sound source by simultaneous noise power measurements at different locations,…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which reflective materials are the most effective in amplifying the energy output of a photovoltaic cell. Methods/Materials Eleven different re…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) thrust, an intriguing force that can quietly power a boat without moving parts. To design, test and improve a series of MHD engines…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The periodicity of X-ray bursts from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) appears to be dependent on the recovery interval between mass-infall events. This recovery interval is prop…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to build a magnetically propelled levitating car and to get it going fast enough to launch a small hobby airplane. I am interested in magneti…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether or not galaxies cluster, and if so, to measure that clustering. Studying this clustering could provide information…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to know whether (1) a low frequency was harder to attenuate than a high frequency sound, (2) a soft material like fiberglass would attenuate sound better than a har…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test combinations of different blade quantities, angles, and shapes on a wind turbine to determine the one that produces the greatest amount…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I will attempt to show a 6-volt battery can light up 3 miniature 6-volt light bulbs. Methods/Materials Methods 1. With hookup wire connect three miniature lamp sockets. 2. G…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to build and modify a solar powered car so that it is capable of running at night. Methods/Materials I designed and built a basic solar car and…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I am trying to find the boats ability to carry weight and see the changes in the weight when I change the water types. Methods/Materials My materials I used were a big conta…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals -Plan out an efficient system that can charge scaled up version of a pacemaker. -Design a pair of electrodes that can transmit electricity through an electrically resisting…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To create a power source using just a liquid and metal cans Methods/Materials On a table, place a plastic container upside down Place a reservoir on the top of the container…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which type of reflector will make a photovoltaic solar cell gain the most solar energy. My hypothesis is: If light rays are directe…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The challenge of this project was to create an autonomous robotic system that could sense chemical vapor. Using porous silicon, which changes color when chemical enters the…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal was to prove that temperature has an affect on the elasticity of an object. I hypothesized that the colder a ball gets the more elastic it will become and, therefore…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find how colors, represented by a CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) model, reflected light. The main goal was to organize the data into a u…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In our project Constructing an Inductrack MAGLEV, our engineering goal was to construct a magnetically levitated train complete with a propulsion track. The design criteria:…