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 · 2014
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main objectives of my project are: (1) to develop a simple, cost-effective electrochemical sensor (electronic tongue) that can simultaneously detect Cd(II), Hg(II), Pb(I…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to test if exposure of Elodea plants to different amounts of motor oil affected oxygen production during photosynthesis. It was expected that pl…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals According to the American Foundation for the Blind, there are over 21.2 million visually impaired adults in the U.S. However, almost all commercially available aids for this…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to experiment with different blade configurations and aerodynamics to produce the most voltage. Methods/Materials Horizon WindPitch Education Kit which c…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out if different light colors contains different amounts of energy. My hypothesis was Red will contain the highest level of energy.…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Substantial challenges of drug delivery to treat various diseases exist in our modern world. For example; the acidic environment of the stomach, combined with an array of in…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I wanted to create wing designs that would generate more lift than the conventional wing for commercial planes. My question was: Will a wing with a curved leading edge or a…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The world needs a clean, renewable source of energy that will fuel our existing four stroke engines. Ive proved before that HHO can safely run an engine without gasoline. Pr…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Design criteria: It needs to launch the rocket. It needs to be safe, not too difficult to build and low cost. It needs to go over twenty feet in the air and be repeatable. M…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To create a smoke alarm system with a microcontroller capable of directing people to the nearest exit, and alert them the origin of the smoke. Methods/Materials An Arduino w…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals It only takes one lost email or online banking password, or one hacked Facebook account to turn your world upside down. The average consumer does not realize the fact that p…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A topological insulator is a material that acts as an insulator in bulk but contains metallic surface states. Topological insulators comprise one of the most novel fields in…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to evaluate the most secure data encryption technique. Methods/Materials I developed three separate encryption software programs using the Python…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project measures how much bacteria, both living and non-living (the dependent variable), is present in the water sources tested (the independent variable). The purpose…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Will different chemicals affect the amount of acidity and alkalinity on the growth of E. coli bacteria in an inhibition zone? Methods/Materials The first step is to get all…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Octopuses in the wild live in an environment in which they can manipulate their surroundings, though this is not always true in captivity. This experiment strived to determi…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Create an alternative syntax for HTML called Lima, modeled around the LISP family of programming languages. HTML is quite verbose for many tasks, and that#s what I wanted to…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I want to use statistics in a new way to find out if professional athletes who graduate from college perform better than those who don't. I believe that the hard work and fo…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the effectiveness of waterproof sunscreen. Methods/Materials My materials included sunscreens (Banana Boat SPF 100, Block Up! 70…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to identify two species of Ordovician Gastropods and then determine if either of these species survived the End-Ordovician Extinction and due…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Researchers and medical professionals are inundated with tremendous amounts of genomic "big data." However, there is a lack of tools that are capable of offering insightful…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to understand key factors affecting electromagnet strength. Specifically, how the number of wire windings and voltage applied to those windings, affects how…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore the conversion of an airplane's kinetic energy during landing into useful electrical energy. The hypothesis, based on Faraday's and…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific experiment was to answer the following question: "How do Engine Power, Angle of Attack (AOA) and Wing Shape affect the stalling characteristic…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which was more distracting to drivers, talking on a cell phone held to one's ear, or talking on a hands-free cell phone device. My goal was to…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The problem to be solved in the project was how turmeric affects the liver enzyme reaction rate.The hypothesis was the catalyst solution with the most turmeric,6g will cause…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, animals will use their paws for many things but, some scientist don't know what paw the animals favor. My hypothesis is that cats will be more left-pawed…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out the effects that different amounts of the essential elements found in fertilizer have on the growth of algae. This ties into th…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project is to find out if the Fibonacci solar array will be better than roof panels. Methods/Materials Pvc pipes, wood, solar panels, wires. used the pvc pi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this investigation was to learn which filtration material: marsh plants, oyster mushroom spores, ceramic balls, charcoal, or gravel and drainage rocks, purifi…