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 · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of rate of spin, thrust, and launch angle on a Frisbee's flight tendencies. Methods/Materials This experiment requ…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A picture of a woman floating in the Dead Sea and reading a newspaper, inspired me to investigate whether salt water allows heavier objects to float than tap water and wheth…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the effect of hole size in coupled salt oscillators on the period and relative phase to which the oscillators stabilized after a…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To compare the forces on the Main sail and Jib sail of a CFJ sail boat in different wind conditions and directions to see if the forces are consistently proportionally to th…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if a smaller or larger spacing between the magnets on a Gauss Rifle will maximize the distance the projectile travels. It is hypo…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to test if a wind turbine could be designed to work more efficiently, and also be more eco-friendly, by funneling air through an hour-glass…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to design and engineer the most efficient anchor light on the market. To achieve this, my plan was to utilize LED's placed under a paraboli…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to design and build a hovercraft capable of carrying a load of 10 kg (22 lbs.) Methods/Materials Materials: Electric Model Aircraft motor wi…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals WIFI uses devices called Access Points that may use antennas to transmit signals for a receiving client to access the internet. The purpose of my experiment was to find out…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This experiment specifically tested how temperature affects a violin's pitch. Methods/Materials In the experiment, a perfectly tuned violin was put into a 30 cubic meter roo…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The object of my science project was to determine how the camber of an airfoil affects its lift-to-drag ratio. Methods/Materials I tested the performance of several airfoils…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out how a pendulum worked and what variables affected it, because there are many pendulums that exist in everyday life (in grandfather…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My experiment is to study how metals will compare in conducting heat. By knowing how metals compare in conducting heat will help in designs, where it is required for metals…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Problem: When does a lens bring an image into focus; that is, what is the relationship between lens-to-object distance (o) and the lens-to-image distance (i)? Hypothesis: Ev…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Determine how temperature affects carbon resistors' resistance. Preliminary research showed that resistance is directly proportional to temperature, R=R(ref){1+a[T-T(ref)]},…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to conduct internet research and ladoratory experimentation to study the theoretical principles behind fuel cells and their practical applic…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which propeller pitch produced the most thrust in a static setting, and I believed that the steepest pitch would produce the mos…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My project was designed to test whether the temperature of a solar panel has an effect on the voltage it produces. I believed that the greater the panel temperature, the gre…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to measure Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) magnetic fields emitted by household electrical appliances and compare them to values found in epid…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to prove that shotgun pellets fired from a shotgun will continue spreading over increasing distances with lightest weighted shots having the largest spread…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if different amounts of carbon dioxide in the air affect the amount of heat retained in the air. I infer that the can containi…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine how quickly a carbonated soft drink at room temperature could be cooled to an optimum drinking temperature without diluting the liquid with ic…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment tests whether wind turbines should be placed in laminar or turbulent flow. Laminar flow is a straight, sequenced type of wind while turbulent flow moves erra…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether magnets could increase the momentum of rolling ball bearings in order to launch one uphill and several inches through the air. I believe…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find out if the diameter of a PVC pipe would effect the speed of a small metal ball travelling a pre-set length of 6'. We were exploring the relationshi…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which musical instrument has the purest tone through visual image analysis of the digitized sound waves. Methods/Materials I recorded ten diffe…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that a spark will arc from an electrical source to the north polarity of a magnet. Methods/Materials A Van de Graff generator was constructed so I would hav…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to find the maximum efficiency setting of a simple magnetic linear accelerator. Methods/Materials Ruler x1, Duct tape, Magnets x4, Nickel-plated s…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to answer the question, #Does adding electric current to something that is already magnetized increase or decrease the power of the…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how accurately can animals that use echolocation determine the direction to an object and how is the accuracy affected by frequen…