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
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Seed germination is the process in which a shoot and a root emerge from a seed thereby ending its dormant stage. Gibberellic Acid is a naturally occuring plant hormone that…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine which grasses grow the best under various levels of soil salinization. Methods/Materials Three types of grass seeds(vetch, clover, and fescue),six salt-water so…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the relative inhibitory plant growth effects of allelochemicals from foreign plants on a variety of plants native to the Santa Cruz…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of tis experiment was to find out the effect of acid rain on native and non-native plants. Methods/Materials 36 native, and 36 non native seeds were planted in…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Does the consentration and soaking period of hydrogen peroxide effect the germination time for a seed? Methods/Materials 1.Household Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) 3-5% concentrat…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is possible to grow all of the different parts of the African Violet in the tissue culture environment successfully. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out if smoke from burning chamise, eucalyptus, willow, or paper causes the seeds of Phacelia grandiflora seeds to germinate faster. The smoke produce…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out which works better with plants, potting soil or compost. Methods/Materials Method: Put soil in three of the six pots; Put compost in three of the…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if earthworms affect the growth of a wheat plant. I believe that the more earthworms in the soil, the higher the plant will grow. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To compare the effectiveness of organic worm casting fertilizer to two non-organic fertilizers in the growth of Annual Rye Grass. If it can be shown that worm castings are a…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal of this project is to find out what percent of California's Hawaiian papaya is genetically engineered and whether the genetically engineered papaya tastes different…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if different types of soils have an effect on the amount of chlorophyll in pinto bean plant. Methods/Materials First, I planted nine plants,three…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals How to minimize the number of cattails in a cattail-clogged marsh / oxbow lake so that an endangered species may be introduced. Methods/Materials The materials used are as f…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To investigate seed tolerance for freezing by measuring the germination rate after being frozen for various intervals. I predict seeds frozen will have germination rates low…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine whether or not cloning through fragmentation of a plant is possible. Using the data that we have obtained from the project, we are a…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the amount of aeration has any effect on plant production. Methods/Materials I am using a stone that will aerate the water wit…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if compost or store bought fertilizer helps vegetables grow taller. Methods/Materials I had 12 pots and 4 different groups of 3.…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether the growth rate of the plants will be affected negatively by an increase in transpiration rate due to high winds. I…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn at what temperature three different types of vegetable seeds die. This is important when seeds are treated for disease control and for seed storage…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine the effects of different concentrations of fertilizer on hydroponically grown lettuce. Methods/Materials Red Leaf lettuce s…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if long term exposure to water of different temperatures would affect different types of seed's germination. This year has proven that the world's weath…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether varying percentages of nitrate in fertilizer will affect the height of Vigna unguiculata. Methods/Materials The percentag…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect magnetic fields have on the growth of plants. Methods/Materials Start with 30 Styrofoam cups and place five holes in the bottom of each cup for water…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out if the mass of a bean would have any effect on the height of its plant. For this experiment three different beans masses wou…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if beta carotene is effective in preventing tumors (galls) in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a bacterium known to caus…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if transpiration rate of rose geranium is changed by the increased diameter in leaves. I think it is interesting how plants transpire, the way this actu…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out how different light colors affect plant growth. Methods/Materials - 4 boxes - Colored Transparencies: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Clear. - 5 fl…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I would like to know which color in the light spectrum is most needed for plant growth. Methods/Materials Materials: 1)Tinker Toy set 2) 4 colors of plastic wrap and clear w…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The effects of metabolites produced by the fungus, Cladosporium sp. on crops in the Salinas Valley such as beans and lettuce were determined. This fungus has shown a remarka…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteria share an important relationship with legumes. Rhizobium bacteria fix nitrogen for a legume plant and in return, the bacteria get shelter and…