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 · 2015
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to design a computer game that can be played successfully by sighted and blind players. My hypothesis is, if the correct audio cues are used the…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a method for identifying faces in situations where a face is angled away from the camera, hidden, or under extreme lighting. Nove…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if, and if so, how strongly, facial appearance can affect the outcome of political elections. Methods/Materials Official portrait…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine which abiotic factors affect macroinvertebrate diversity within local streams. Methods/Materials Six study sites in five coastal…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine differences in airflow propulsion by changing variables of fan blades, air ducts and power input. It was hypothesized that ai…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Testing for diseases sometimes gives false positive or false negative results. Even for tests that are 99% accurate, it was hypothesized that, in the testing of a population…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In the past four years California's drought has been getting worse, this year is on pace to be the worse yet. California's economy depends on the farmers, and the farmers de…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to learn how using different types of wastewater in a microbial fuel cell affects the output voltage. My hypothesis was that if I use conflue…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find a good diet for the farmers' friends, the best composting worms, the red wigglers or red worms-Eisenia fetida. Vermicomposting plays a…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To measure and compare the electricity output generated by the solar panels on a rooftop to the photovoltaic cells placed on the tree branches in the Fibonacci sequence. Als…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment will determine if there is a correlation between public school lunch meal costs and the public school physical fitness test in the state of California. Metho…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project#s goal was to determine the effect of changing the amount of dissolved oxygen present in ponds, and how that will affect the biodiversity of microbes (such as nem…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Light sticks are valuable in natural disasters and are also frequently used by emergency responders. In these type of situations how bright or how long a light stick glows c…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To explore the parallel nature between eddy current and 'parachute' brake system, I performed experiment to show that magnetic braking force due to eddy current is proportio…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to find the most flammable chemical between nail polish, rubbing alcohol, and hand sanitizer. We wanted to test and show people how dangerous s…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The reason I am trying to find out what combustible fuel source produces the most energy, is because most fuel sources are limited, and we need to find a sustainable fuel so…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see whether a person is more prone to take a risk in a foreign language or a native language. Methods/Materials The materials used consi…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how different ambient temperatures would affect the buoyancy and rate of lift decay of helium-filled balloons. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to understand how different shaped seawalls (half circles, parabolas, V, and straight walls) would affect the height of oncoming ocean waves.…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the color of a drink would affect the way a person will think something tastes. Methods/Materials I used three pitchers of water with an equal amo…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In my previous research, I studied the scientific theory and technical design of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) Systems. In WPT, efficiency is achieved through impedance matc…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if grass grown from seed can reduce the amount of nitrate and phosphate runoff from fertilizer application. This is a follow-up study…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Any sum over the naturals such as 1 + 2 + 3 . . . n = F(n) can be converted to a sum over the primes such as 2 + 3 + 5 + . . p_n = P(n) where p_n is the n-th prime. I starte…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I tested which animals# waste produces the most easily harnessed methane energy. Methods/Materials I used animal waste from cow, horse, dog and pig to un…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the research were to determine the effectiveness of uranium removal via electrospun nanofibers by verifying significantly increased adsorption of U(VI) ion…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine how much & which antifungal medication is required to slow down growth of fungus. Methods/Materials We made CO2 collection apparatus by drilling a hole in an em…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of the project is to introduce a notion of Differential Topology in the setting of Fuzzy Set Theory, introduced by Zadeh in the 1960's. As Fuzzy Set Theory…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal of this project was to accurately show how long I was on the computer, and what I was doing, based on mouse movement, keystrokes, and CPU usage. Methods/Materials Th…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to examine the relationship between teacher gender, student gender, and performance in STEM. Methods/Materials Two large counties in California, Alameda and…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This research explores gender as an influencing factor in ones reaction to frustration; can behavior be predicted by a subject#s gender? Based on literature, the hypothesis…