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 · 2008
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This year#s project is a continuation of our project from last year (Feeding Preferences of Woodland Birds), in which we discovered that seed-eating bird species differ in t…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use ratios to find a pattern in the Banker#s offers in the game show #Deal or No Deal# to see whether the Banker knows what#s in the case or not? I think…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To verify Faraday's 2nd law of electrolysis. m = zIt, where m is the mass transfered from the solution to the electrod measured in g, z is the electrochemical constant in g/…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which of the following variables most greatly affected the strength of an electromagnet: the number of coils, the voltage of the…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see if it is possible to compute the velocity (or speed) of a bullet by measuring the fall of a bullet over a measured distance. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if children's fears of on-line predators, child abductions, and school shootings would decrease when the children were presented with the stat…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to discover an environmentally safe, effective and harmless deterrent to keep unwanted pest birds from damaging a desirable food source such as a…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find out what fertilizer made sweet peas grow the most. I believed that the two conditions treated with worm compost tea and regular wa…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project in its present form is the result of investigation and experimentation on the correlation between the Fibonacci sequence and the spiral phyllotaxis, or leaf arr…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In my project, I wanted to tackle the question: How do you extinguish a fire in space? In electrical or electronic control panels? In an aircraft or a submarine? This is a t…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out what solution is most effective in removing hard water deposits on glass. Methods/Materials Hard water deposits are mostly calci…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Wildfires are very devastating in California. Every year, they kill people, burn down and damage thousands of homes and force many people to evacuate their homes and neighbo…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project are to determine whether Genipin, a naturally occurring compound found in the Gardenia plant, could be used as a fingerprinting reagent on pap…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To determine the ratio of compression chamber volume to barrel volume [using length] at which the projectile achieves maximum distance from the initial volume of compressed…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals During the recent San Diego wildfires, some homeowners protected their houses with a preventive fire fighting gel. I wanted to test how effectively these gels protect wood.…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if Flamex PF Fire Retardant really did delay the burning of cotton, polyester, cardboard, paper, and cork, and on which material would it work bett…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if poor air quality during a week of extensive wildfires negatively affected children's lungs according to tests using peak flow…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals How much time does it take to transfer bacteria from a contaminated wood surface onto clean food? I predicted that bacteria are capable of transferring from a contaminated s…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This projects goal was to determine if different types of flour used in an angel food cake would affect the density. I believe that cake flour will produce the least dense c…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine how much different types of music affect the heart rate of different age groups. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtain…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to see which area of a football, when kicked with a pendulum, will cause the football to travel the furthest distance. I wanted to learn how the laws of phys…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test the effect of chlorine on disinfection byproduct formation: 3 source waters from varying locations and 1 "purified" water (Arrowhead bottled water)…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment discovered if the density of a sphere had anything to do with the speed it traveled or if the height that a sphere was dropped from caused the sphere to go a…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A green option for large-scale cooling is Magnetic Refrigeration, based on an aspect of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), wherein removal of a magnetic field applied to a fer…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The problem I will be experimenting on is how the number of sides on a regular polygon affects the area of the polygon, in comparison to other polygons with the same fixed p…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the investigation was to see if relative positioning within a Manazanita plant has an effect on the fuel moisture content. The hypothesis was that the fuel…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I believe all of the batteries will all last at least 24 hours, but more popular brand-name batteries like Energizer and Duracell will provide longer, higher, and more conti…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This research is intended to study possible physiological changes in diatom structure as a result of the presences of antibacterial pharmaceuticals in their aquatic environm…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project studied the effects of gamma irradiation on reducing bacteria levels of E.Coli-contaminated spinach leaves, extending the shelf life of non-contaminated spinach l…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to find out which everyday products biodegrade the most and the quickest. I was very interested in discovering which products were harmful to the environme…