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.
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Recently, there has been a world-wide supply problem with rare-earths and so, there is a great incentive to develop strong magnets with reduced amount of rare-earths. Superconductors are one…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if the roughness of a surface affects the distance traveled by my model hovercraft. I believe that the model hovercraft will w…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals If a perpetual motion machine can be made then it could be used to create electricity for free? The purpose of this project is to find out if a perpetual motion machine is p…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal was to increase the wireless signal strength in my house. I created parabolic reflectors, which attach to the antenna of the router to direct the electromagnetic wav…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Ultrasonic sound tunnel aims to create solution for sound pollution. A normal sound resources provides the sound all around it.This sound reaches to everyone around who needs to hear this so…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see which surfaces affected the friction of the hovercraft the most and how airflow could affect my results. Methods/Materials I built my hovercraft with…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if solids can flow like liquids using granular materials. My hypothesis is that I believe that the smaller the granular material the faster it…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Arsenic uptake in rice plants is a major global threat to food consumption. Addition of silicon has been found to mitigate the detrimental effects of arsenic exposure in rice plants (Oryza s…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Monilia (Moniliophtora roreri) is a fungus that causes cocoa plant death. It first appeared in the Southern and Pacific regions of Costa Rica. It is considered as one of the most important l…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Huanglongbing (HLB) is a destructive citrus disease occurring in over 40 countries. Ever since it was recognized near Miami in 2005, this disease has spread across Florida where 70% of the n…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether electricity can be captured from an automobile tailpipe using a uniquely designed apparatus based on the principle of t…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
This project explores themes of an organically friendly, globally accessible product of milk to increase grain yields. The supreme concepts behind the idea to use milk are to apply carbohydr…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Stars originate from massive dense cores of gas and dust. Cold gas and dust in interstellar molecular clouds clump up due to turbulent motion and form regions called dark clouds that are sli…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of project Vibes is to make a vibrotactile haptic device that can help the deaf to sense audible alerts, such as a car honk or a fire alarm. Such a device can great…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the amount of radiation a cell phone gives off and if the distance away from the cell phone affects the amount of radiation given o…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How does increasing the water height of a wave tank affect the speed and height of the wave? Methods/Materials Build the wave tank out of Lexan glass, Acrylic Cement, a pull…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In my project my goal was to see for myself if Galileo's claims about the dependence of a pendulums period on mass, length and amplitude were correct. Methods/Materials 10 w…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effect of distance, user location, and position, on signal strength of two different commercially available sets of Motorola Two-Way Radios i…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate the effect of reflecting angle and effect of the reflector type on the efficiency of a solar cooker. Methods/Materials In reflecting angle ex…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn how different materials block WiFi signals, and which building material obstructs radio signals the most. Methods/Materials In my experiment I used…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The real-world objective of this project was to improve the wireless reception of two personal computers by building and testing a parabolic reflector to collect, focus, and…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to design, build and test a prototype hardware and software to detect fire in its infancy and produce an automated warning response via Bluetooth. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Determine how well MCU-2P and M-50 Gas Mask filters protect our troops in normal, wet, and alcohol-drenched environment. Methods/Materials MCU-2P and M-50 mask filters were…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Superconductors have "zero" resistance in electric current flows. When they are subjected to an external magnetic field, the surface eddy currents are persistent without any…