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 · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My 2004 "Solar Energy Trap" project studied solar ponds as an energy collector and storage system combined. I effectively proved that by creating salinity gradient body of w…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals To see if the speed of a CD drive effects the data access speed off of that CD drive. Methods/Materials Methods: 1.Put fastest CD drive into computer. 2.Put in the music CD…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect of cooking corn kernels at reduced pressure on the volume of popcorn they would yield. Methods/Materials An apparatus was built for…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine at what temperature Alkaline and Lithium batteries last the longest and provide the highest voltage output. I predicted that batteries running in…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis was: If the temperature of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell were increased in the range of 9°C to 40°C, then electrical output in voltage (a…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effects of different blade pitch angles on the rotor speed (RPM) and the generator power. Methods/Materials First, a wind tunnel was made with cardbo…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect if any, varying the width of Linear Locus Parabolic Reflectors have on the amplification of the signal to noise ratio of an 802.11 wireless signal. M…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the Franck Hertz Experiment is to test the hypothesis that the energy absorbed by gaseous atoms when they are excited is quantized. Methods/Materials To test…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I continued in this project because I felt that I had more to learn in this subject and that my project had not yet been able to reach to its full potential. In my research,…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment shows Bernoulli#s Principle is too simple an explaination and doesn't consider Newton#s Laws of Motion or the Coanda Effect, nor does it give enough credit t…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The experiment investigated whether plasmon oscillation of Ag plasmons with an ideal resonance frequency of 410nm would diverge more of the normally nondiverged Heaviside en…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test if magnetic levitation would reduce friction and understand how magnetic forces can be applied to train technology. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to determine how traversing different immiscible fluid media affects a rotating solid sphere's position at different points in its fall (i.e.…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to help airplane/glider builders know which design flies the furthest Methods/Materials 12 Pieces of Graph Paper, 12 Pieces of wax paper,…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In this project I investigated the question of how various colored surfaces heat up in the sunlight during the day and how they cool under the open night sky. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To determine and compare the temperature of two or more light sources by measuring each maximum intensity using the spectrum. the maximum intensity has a corresponding wavel…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to measure the induced magnetic force due to a changing magnetic field (Lenzs Law) by dropping a strong magnet down conductive metal tub…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to demonstrate running a Stirling engine continuously on light alone, generating energy by maximizing heat, absorption, and transfer of light heating the a…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find out the best sound absorbing pattern. Methods/Materials Insulative styrofoam was cut under the supervision of a parent, and tested by…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to discover which angle of the blades of a windmill would make the windmill spin faster and produce more energy. My hypothesis stated that…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The intention of this science project was to study the affect of aerodynamics on speed in speed skiing. I intended to compare an athletic stance, a high tuck, a low tuck wit…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To determine the temperature of the air inside a pipe by measuring the speed of sound. Methods/Materials Microphone, speaker, oscilloscope, audio generator, thermometer, hai…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The question I asked is: Does temperature affect the viscosity of a liquid? Viscosity is defined as the resistance of a liquid to flow. The results of the experiments were r…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective: To determine if teardrop shaped fairings added to the 12 blade-to-strut joints of my innovative Vertical Axis Wind Turbine design, which I constructed in Phase…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how the range of a WiFi wireless computer signal is reduced by passing through different barrier materials. My research led me to believe that meta…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine what household materials cause the most interference for wireless networking signals. Methods/Materials I started with a wire…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Over the past several years, I have been thinking about different ways of using wind as a source of power. I wondered if a lot of wind could be directed so that more power c…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Determine the characteristics of an electromagnet that produce maximum holding force. I varied core length, core diameter, wire size, number of turns and power applied. Meth…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Why are water tanks located up on top of towers or on top of hills? I hypothesized it has something to do with creating pressure for better flow of water and decided to crea…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this project was to analyze the effects of varying the aspect ratio of a rectangular wing while keeping the surface area constant. The secondary obj…