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.
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to explore how acid precipitation affects the vascular and endocrine system of plants as measured by the rate of transpiration and degree of gravitropism of…
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…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to discover which of the chosen fertilizers had the largest effect on java moss. Methods/Materials To do this, I grew 12 strands of java moss using different kin…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effects of 50krads, 150krads, 500krads, and 4000krads versus 0krads of gamma ray exposure on the vertical stem growth and physical appeara…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
In this experiment seven different allotted water amounts will be applied to fourteen different cotton cultivars to see the effects on lint yield differences. Cotton is a vital commodity in…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Second Award
Saltwater intrusion is a major cause of erosion. If a hybrid bald cypress species is superior to the regular bald cypress species at surviving in saline conditions, then planting these hybri…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The following research analyzes the effect of pine tree needle, Pinus Pinasters, infused as an herbicide in a home garden. The hypothesis postulates that if the pine tree needles contain all…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this research has been to study the effects of phytohormones, specifically the auxin 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid and the cytokinin 6-Benzylaminopurine, on their ability to inhibi…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Plants and certain types of fungi have the potential to have a symbiotic relationship, which is referred to as a mycorrhiza. Through research we identified that, the presence of mycorrhizal…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences First Award
The purpose is to determine if mycorrhizal fungi can protect corn plants from corn smut infections. If corn smut is exposed to the symbiotic relationships between corn plants and various myc…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
This project on its present form is the result of several experimentations on the effect of the peppermint oil on the white fly . The initial idea was to determine the damage of the white fl…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
This study was an observation of a 16m2 area that has remained undisturbed for 15 years. 13 Texas native plant seeds were dispersed into the area and after 15 years none of the species remai…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Food scarcity is a prevalent problem facing our world today, and in fact the UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that 795 million people are suffering from hunger. In addition, one o…
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…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Revegetation and regeneration of native areas are occurring constantly in a variety of places. Corridors of bushland are important refuges and links for native flora and fauna. Along creeks,…
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…