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 · 2014
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to investigate if bovine manure loses its nutrient levels and effectiveness as a plant fertilizer as it decomposes. Methods/Materials Three a…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if the current method used to measure growth rate on redwood trees is accurate. I suspect that the method may be inaccurate…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals One of the opportunities to save water is in Agriculture irrigation, which consumes almost 61% of total water consumption and there is wastage of > 50% due to runoff. This p…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Wild beet poses a major risk to the 1.2 billion dollar sugar beet industry in the US, since hybridization will allow the glyphosphate resistance gene to transfer to the wild…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how the main chemicals in plant fertilizers individually effect plant growth. Due to my research, I found out each chemicals b…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test the rate of plant transpiration under different light sources. Methods/Materials Two experiments were conducted. In the first exp…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted, to discover if one specific nutrient was more important for a seeds growth than another. The expected results were, that the Potassium solutio…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Soil compaction, the compressing of soil particles which lessens pore space, limits circulation of water, air, and nutrients throughout the soil. A major issue in many agric…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To find which seeds (if any) are more successful in germinating under Mars-like conditions (low atmospheric pressure, freezing temperatures, and in carbon dioxide). Methods/…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted in order to figure out what the effect of Aspirin on plants was. The objective was to find out whether or not Aspirin speeds up the growth of plan…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine what effect the inoculation of corn seeds at planting with endomycorrhizae fungi would have on both the overall growth of the corn plant and the…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Conventional fertilizers may cause issues from low nitrogen uptake from plants. The increase of available, yet unused, nitrogen in the soil may also cause adverse effects to…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine how various amounts of CO2 levels affect the rate of plant growth. Methods/Materials Materials: Wisconsin Fast Plants, distilled water, antacids, zip-lock Tuppe…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Inability to grow plants efficiently is a common inhibitor of the food and medicine consumerism market. Finding a viable solution to this problem would be net beneficial, so…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if an increase of pH in the root environment of C(3) plants would induce stomatal opening. Methods/Materials With 14 C(3) plants in each group, (Trad…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was constructed to determine whether the concentration of urine used to treat grass affected the healthiness, in terms of height and color, of grass. Methods/…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals In the Coachella Valley, the golf industry consumes an enormous amount of water; they frequently use aquifer water to achieve this. However, this resource is limited. The ot…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to find out if greywater or tap water improves the growth of the tomato plant. If greywater improves the growth of tomato plants, then it…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine whether well water or city water was better in growing longer roots, taller plants, and more leaves. I used ebb and flow hydroponics to truly test t…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see what kind of compost works the most efficient in growing kale and mustard plants. I also wanted to see the different levels in potash, nitrogen, and…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals As the use of technology increases in modern society, an increased exposure to human radiofrequency (RF) waves emanated by these devices results. Even with research, scienti…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In recent years, millions of households across the country have committed to conserving energy by changing the household light sources from incandescent bulbs to light emitt…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In a world where population sizes are increasing exponentially, and farmland is decreasing, there is a need for more efficient and space saving farming methods. If plants ar…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This is a two year research project that is focused on the antibacterial properties in plants.This time, we are trying to identify the specific compound Oxalis pes-caprae pr…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to compare and contrast growing vegetables using aquaponics, pH-controlled aquaponics, hydroponics and soil farming to determine the best gro…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which method of gardening was better: aquaponics or soil gardening. Aquaponics is the combination of hydroponics and aquaculture, which means growing plan…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals A safe, sustainable, and environment-friendly soil additive is a demand of the time. Biochar is one such soil amendment which is a finely grained charcoal made by pyrolysis,…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: Mesquite (Prosopis glandulsa) pods are more efficient bio-fuel stock than corn (Zea maize). When processed similarly mesquite will: 1) Produce more sugar dissolv…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if the undergrowth species in a redwood forest can act as an indicator of the growth potential of overstory redwood trees. My hypothesis was t…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Citrus Greening citrus, Tomato Psyllid Yellows and Potato Zebra Chip are all severe diseases caused by Candidatus Lieberibacter bacteria. Vectored by psyllids and noncultura…