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 · 2019
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives One of the most pervasive and destructive problems in the modern world is the lack of access to fresh, healthy food. Thus, the goal of our project is to find out whether time and…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives This experiment was performed in order to determine the positive and/or negative effects different concentrations of silver nanoparticles have on the growth of freshwater plants.…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Pasture soil health and productivity is decreasing worldwide, increasing the challenges of primary production for graziers. Most notably, soil microbial activity directly impacts soil fertil…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
This experiment displayed the effect of fertilizer and high amounts of regolith in an upside down plant’s soil. Regolith has high amounts of minerals such as iron oxide, aluminum oxide, calc…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Still water in floral buckets often produces bacteria and pollutants, leading to shorter life, inventory shrink, and waste of salvageable flowers. A plan was composed to aerate water in thes…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Goal is to study the effects of increased carbon dioxide on the plant bio mass. Also, study from prior experiments what relation this may have due to increased CO2 in the environm…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Metrosideros polymorpha (ohia lehua) is considered one of the world’s best examples of a foundational tree species that is essential in maintaining the native forest’s ecosystem. However, tw…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Heavy metals found in stormwater runoff are a pervasive environmental issue. Heavy metal contamination in places like Flint Michigan have brought a new awareness to the problem. These pollut…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Ocean acidification is a major environmental problem caused by excess oceanic exposure to carbon dioxide. This phenomenon has been studied and shown to slow down calcification in many calcif…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
By the year 2050, the world population is expected to increase substantially. To meet the needs of the world’s growing population, farms need to become more sustainable. The purpose of this…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives This experiment is part of a larger study dedicated to finding the exact location of microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis in plant cells. As the location of microRNA biogenesis has not yet…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The world population is rapidly rising – estimated to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 – requiring a dramatic increase in crop production and associated water consumption. Fogponics, a hardly used…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The goal of this project is to examine the effects of simulated microgravity by using a rotating container that simulates perpetual falling on Raphanus raphanistrum (Champion vari…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Currently, hundreds of billions of gallons of water are used daily on agriculture across the nation. This project finds how bacteria can affect environmental conditions and promot…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Analyze microbial biomass of soil samples from natural and restoration sites of Mulanje cedar trees to determine if a higher population of bacteria than fungi is present, contributi…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The flytrap is a carnivorous plant. We want to find out if the flytrap can be triggered by a self-generated external action potential. Therefore, we measured the electrical action potentials…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my experiment was to determine if using Arbuscualr Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) would positively benefit and sustain plants grown in sodium-stressed soil as compared t…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The purpose of this project was to find the major cause of the growth differences between the two lemon trees in my backyard. Methods I used the Carolina Physical and Chemical Pro…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Using chemicals such as 2,4-D, scientists have been able to cause the formation of pseudonodules within non-nodulating plants. Since certain auxins were effective in producing pseudonodules,…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to apply simulated herbicide drift of 2,4-BD and cobra on to soybeans to increase T/Ha yield.The herbicides in this research were applied to soybe…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
There has been recent photographic evidence that, as average temperatures increase, areas of Alaskan treeline, the northernmost latitude where trees are able to survive, have advanced northw…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
We are studying Phytophthora ramorum, a water mold which is killing tanoaks and causing a foliar infection on Bay laurels in Santa Cruz County. Sudden Oak Death threatens the survival of oak…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The purpose of this project is to figure out whether different colors of light would affect plant growth, and whether the seasonal changes in sunlight affect how a plant from the…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
By the year 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9 billion. This poses serious issues for the global food supply which will need to double to meet the demands of the ever more po…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to allow a better, more concrete understanding of the way in which benzodiazepine drugs, commonly referred to as sleep aids, effect the way that cells behave.…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my project was to find an effective method of increasing yields in limited production agricultural areas. Finding a cost-effective way to increase production in previously unp…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Despite their role in regulating crucial plant phenomena like plant architecture and senescence, information about plant hormones, especially strigolactones, is relatively scarce. Strigolact…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives My research aims to validate the effectiveness of algorithm-generated crop rotations that I found last year. Methods Previously, I wrote an algorithm in C++ that found crop rotati…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The objective of this project is to determine which drought resistant shrub has the lowest water uptake rate out of boxwood, Russian sage, and rosemary. Methods I tested the water…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The goal of my project was to see the direction that the plants roots will grow if i changed the direction of gravity . I wondered what went on underneath the surface. I wanted to…