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 · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out if presoaking Hordeum vulgare L. (barley seed) affects its total growth after an eight-day cycle using a fodder system. I wondered if…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which pH of water will cause the plants to grow the tallest. Methods/Materials To conduct the experiment, the pH of water was changed to 3, 5,…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to understand how best to preserve and restore the native coastal sage scrub community. Methods/Materials Materials: 48 Salvia apiana plants,…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to investigate how changes in air pressure might affect seed germination in pea plants. Methods/Materials potting soil, spray water bottle, pea seeds (Pisu…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if diluting different seawater salinity levels would have a negative effect on plant growth and production. The purpose is to find an a…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to grow wheat with distilled, tap, Colorado, and New River water and compare the growth rate. Methods/Materials Silica sand was poured into 4 alumin…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Martian habitability is a problem for NASA and other space agencies that will need to be solved before we can send people to Mars. This project consists of attempting to tra…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to find the correct increments of the hormones auxin and gibberellin to increase the growth of Brassica rapa. We want to find this so that farmers could spr…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see the responses of Pea Plants' when altering their photoperiods by measuring their height in centimeters and their flowering rates. Metho…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Food scarcity has become a prevalent problem facing our world today, in fact, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that 795 million people are suffering from hung…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to study the effects of electricity on seed germination and the overall growth of Contender Bush beans. I hypothesized that electricity…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In our science fair project last year we learned that sibling morning glory seeds, when in close proximity to each other, restrain their outward root growth to avoid competi…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see which method of plant growth will make plants grow more vigorously and healthy. My hypothesis is that hydroponically grown plants will…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine what happens to germinating seeds when salt enters the soil in their environment. Methods/Materials Six 3x3 plastic plant cell co…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The Goal of my research is to study each factor that may contribute to Fusarium Oxysporum Lycopersici Race 3 growth/decline and learn whether my hypothesis is true or false.…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals California undergoes cycles of severe drought followed by El Niño for several years. The objective of this study was to determine which soil amendments, or combinations of b…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair experiment is to investigate if aged bovine manure loses its nutrients and effectiveness as a plant fertilizer as it decomposes, or ages. The…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine if nitrogen fixation can occur in simulated Martian regolith and if so, to quantify the ammonium added to the soil through this process. Methods/Materials Plant…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals While at a nature preserve, I encountered the Engelmann Oak, or Quercus engelmannii, an endangered native tree. Since oaks produce tannins and some produce potential allelop…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In Yemen, the production of native watermelon using landrace seeds has been disrupted due to civil war leaving farmers with aged seeds. Studies have shown that seed priming…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the best fertilizers to use to create a sustainable food source for deep space exploration and colonization. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My experiment began with two questions. First, can grey water be used to water landscape plants? Secondly, I wanted to know if there was a difference in the growth of plants…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the concentration of NaCl in water that harms cabbage plants. Methods/Materials Shelf, fluorescent light, cabbage plants, salt,…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This goal of this project was to experiment with different grass seeds and soils to find the combination that grows a green lawn and stays healthy with limited water Methods…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project was to see if commercial formulations of insect-killing fungi help plants grow in artificially created stressful drought conditions. This…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Determine if varying strengths of magnetic forces affect radish seed germination rate and growth. Methods/Materials Using 5 groups of test tubes, each contained radish seeds…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this investigation was to determine if agricultural combustion waste has any affect on the productivity of brassica plants. Methods/Materials Apple wood combusti…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to manipulate plant biomass through determining membrane protein interactions with cellulose synthase interactive protein and characterizing the mutants of…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Experiment to see the effects of Mycorrhizal fungus on the drought resistance of plants. Methods/Materials Our Procedure/Method: 1)The nasturtium plants were grown from seed…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This affiliated research delves into genetic modification of the aquatic duckweeds Azolla caroliniana and Lemna minor in order to elevate triacylglycerol, diacylglycerol, wa…