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.
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Drought adversely affects society with environmental, economic, and social impacts. By improving soil water deficiency, these harmful effects can be reduced. Pectin is a soluble gelatinous p…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
There has been recent photographic evidence that, as average temperatures increase, areas of Alaskan treeline, the northernmost latitude where trees are able to survive, have advanced northw…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Consumers concerned about the potential risks of genetically modified (GM) foods have driven up the demand for non-GM foods. Retail olive oil has been adulterated with cheaper canola, soybea…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Browse is key to providing browsing animals biologically appropriate diets in captive settings. As deciduous trees make up the majority of browse available for harvest, it is not an option d…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Commercially available compost is not always accessible and cannot always be trusted to be environmentally safe. The most basic problem with commercially available compost is that one doesn’…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
As urbanization often proceeds uncontrolled and unsupervised, organisms in nearby waterways are especially vulnerable to the effects of sewage, waste, and chemical contamination. Recent repo…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
This project was conducted to determine the effect of an Odocoileus virginianus carcass on an ecosystem. It was predicted that the carcass would increase the animal presence, compared to an…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of phytohormones, specifically the auxin 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid and the cytokinin 6-Benzylaminopurine, on their ability to inhibit the…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Abiotic stresses such as drought, salt, and high temperatures cause significant losses in agricultural productivity worldwide. Global climate change will lead to an increased frequency of ex…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Farmers around the world use glyphosate based herbicides (GBH) in order to improve their crop yields. Since 1974, over 1.6 billion kilograms of glyphosate have been used in the USA. Glyphosa…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Cypripedium reginae, commonly known as the showy lady’s slipper, is a terrestrial orchid that is critically endangered in northern New England. In an effort to help prevent this plant’s exti…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Horticultural charcoal (biochar) is a common soil amendment used by home gardeners. Biochar is believed to moisturize and enrich soil, allowing for healthier plants and larger crop yields. T…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The increased world-wide demand from consumers for high quality olive oil coincides with the rising level of adulterated olive oil products being imported into the United States. Olive oil a…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to measure interorganismic communications through growth pattern responses in Phaseolus vulgaris plants when neighboring plants were exposed to high le…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The showy lady’s slipper, Cypripedium reginae, is critically endangered in the state of New Hampshire. Our laboratory has extensive experience propagating orchids of the Cypripedium genus in…
AJAS · 2017
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Hormones play a wide variety of roles in plant responses to the environment; even changes in a single hormone can cause several different behaviors. Ethylene, long recognized to regulate abs…