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 · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal is to demonstrate that photons can be used to send and receive information through optical fibers like how electrons travel through copper wires. Methods/Materials I…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project was to determine which volleyball serve is the hardest for the opponent to return based on the effects of the spin on volleyball. Me…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To learn about shock absorbers and evaluate how changing a shock absorber's piston orifice area affects piston travel time (damping rate). Methods/Materials A plant duster w…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine how high-voltage, high-frequency electricity flows across the surfaces of various insulators. Methods/Materials Tesla Coil capable of being tuned to approximate…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find how solar cell energy output was affected by temperature. I believed that all solar cells would produce less energy as the temperature went up and t…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective was to compare the differences between solar and wind energy, to see which one is more efficient. Methods/Materials A solar generator and a wind generator were…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to learn as much as possible about radio receivers and transmitters and the components that make them up. Methods/Materials I studied several diff…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to investigate how much atmospheric extinction affects stellar images. Methods/Materials To perform this experiment, first you need a pho…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I built a high efficiency, low-pressure whistle out of a piece of four-inch abs plastic pipe. I was trying to match the same output as a turn of the century steam whistle th…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the magnitude of the surface tension in different liquids, and to verify if liquids with higher density have higher surface te…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Like a metal snake entwining itself around its helpless victim, the coils of an electromagnet engulf its metal core. Suspension via Electromagnetism deals with a wide variet…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine whether objects fall faster through hot or cold water. Methods/Materials For the experimental method, I dropped thirty marbles…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test whether materials of different types will block cell phone transmission. The hypothesis is that conductive materials will block tra…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to discover the relationship between the viscosity of a pure substance and the viscosity of a mixture containing that substance. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to manipulate angle and distance in digital flash photography to prevent or reduce red eye. I hypothesized that angle and distance would both a…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the affect humidity has on how far a baseball travels. Methods/Materials I used a glove my hand could go into and stick through the fish tank s…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Since film boiling generally follows the exponential relationship of decreasing node to node distances for increasing angles of elevation, the effect of increasing the angle…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to learn how playing C,E, and B notes affects the duration of the sympathetic vibrations on the C2 string of a piano. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Exposure to temperature change is known to affect the size of many materials, this test studied whether temperature change had an affect on the tuning of a guitar. The exper…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out whether the change in magnetic fields and diamagnetic materials affects to diamagnetic levitation. Methods/Materials Materials: A…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine which car shape is the most aerodynamic. Hypothesis: I believe that the car with the small back and a small surface area will do the best in the…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals 1. Problem Statement: Can magnets be used to increase the momentum of a steel ball? 2. Hypothesis: If magnets are introduced to a kinetic energy sequence with steel ball bea…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to investigate the influence of temperature on a liquid's flow. I believe that if a liquid's temperature is increased the viscosity (resis…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project tests three solar oven reflector designs to see which collects sunlight most efficiently. The three designs tested were the rounded panel, the four-panel and th…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine what blade factors (length, shape and the number of blades used) on a windmill would produce the most energy output at a high wind speed. By c…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see if sound waves can affect kinetic energy, as demonstrated on a Gauss rifle. I believe that when the frequency of a set of sound waves is…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Create thousands of volts from a battery. I think that direct connection of a battery to a transformer will produce high voltage. Methods/Materials Use a transformer to incr…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine if I could develop a circuit that could detect if an end device was plugged into a transformer or not, thereby turning off when no…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine how accurate, and operator friendly the navigational tools were (compared to each other) when determining latitude, and using GMT to d…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project on rocket aerodynamics had two goals. The first goal was to determine which fin shape and location would yield the greatest stability and thus the highest maxim…