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 · 2023
Plant Biology Third Award
Litter decomposition is a key ecological process that plays a vital role in the global carbon cycle. While the effect of soil microbes in decomposition has been well studied, the role of fun…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology First Award
Brachypodium distachyon is a monocotyledonous grass species that has emerged as a valuable model organism due to its close relationship to cereal and bioenergy crops, small genome, rapid gen…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Weeds are the most expensive category of agricultural pests and can cause significant reduction in crop yield and even lead to crop failure. Weeds cost thirty-three billion dollars in lost c…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Heavy metals are naturally occurring elements that have widely contributed to pollution in many forms. Due to multiple industrial, domestic, agricultural, medical and technological applicati…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology First Award
Plant photosynthesis is responsible for absorbing 25% of CO2 created on Earth. Research also shows indoor plants have abilities to reduce indoor air pollution. However, little attention has…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
The symbiosis between pollinators and plants have been examined in many previous studies. Research at ETH Zürich showed that bee-bite damaged crops flowered days to weeks faster than non-bit…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Water is one of the most valuable natural resources in our planet. According to Environmental Protection Agency (2017), due to climate change, the western part of the United States is gettin…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Second Award
• Plants produce molecules, such as flavonoids, which can protect leaves from harmful UV light. My hypothesis was that plants with more sun exposure would produce more UV absorbing molecules…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Over the past couple of years, giant pandas have been vulnerably endangered as bamboo forests disappear from the face of the Earth. The giant panda's diet consists almost entirely of bamboo,…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Fourth Award
This experiment examined how varying Ibuprofen (IBU) concentrations affect the growth rate and germination success of Lactuca sativa (lettuce). It is hypothesized that Lactuca sativa. seeds…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Third Award
The Artemis mission has sparked curiosity about a self-sustaining lunar colony. This experiment’s purpose was to emulate earth soil fertility in a lunar simulant using two essential nutrient…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Second Award
Fertilizer accessibility is decreasing rapidly. Africa is already lacking 2 million metric tons of fertilizer. In India, 55 percent of the country’s soil is deficient in nitrogen. Though fer…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Global warming has been an issue on the rise for decades. Methane is a major gas contributing to global warming because it traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. Using recyclable materials as…
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Third Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Second Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology First Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Fourth Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology First Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Third Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Second Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Fourth Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2021
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives Since plants are the major source of food for our planet, a comprehensive understanding of factors affecting their growth and development is critical. This project employed classi…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The purpose of my science fair project was to determine if the application of genetically modified soybean meal fertilizer would result in negative growth outcomes and environment…