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 · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals After converting a gas-powered go-kart to electric and adding solar panels, affects of solar panel use, and running time to deplete the batteries were investigated. The depe…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Sowbugs (Oniscus asellus) have a sense of smell and can find each other in darkness. I predicted that a sowbug would seek and be able to find the source of scents of other s…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to warm the smokers about the harmful effects of smoking on their bodies and to caution the nonsmoker never to start smoking. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to construct a Nitrogen laser, determine which types and arrangements of components work best, and prove that it can lase. There are two type…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Design and build a spinning device completely composed of common materials to study how magnetic fields drive a rotor to follow the rotation of a controller. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if the five top-selling brands of 10 lb. test fishing line were all the same strength. I hypothesized that each brand would vary in strength based f…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our project was to see how water quality changes in a pristine mountain stream as it travels through elevations, distance from source, and through populated areas. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the dynamic behavior of a structure and how to passively control the vibrations. Or else stated as: how would damping affect the…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out how color filters would affect the energy of a laser beam. I thought a color filter with the same wavelength as a laser beam would…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if different amounts of nicotine in cigarettes have an effect on crickets' chirping. I believe the cigarettes with the greatest amount of nicoti…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This experiment investigates how electromagnet coil shape and stator magnet placement affects the rotations per fifteen seconds of a simple motor. Methods/Materials I built…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out how miswak compares to a toothbrush and toothpaste in cleaning and killing bacteria. Methods/Materials Experiment 1: .4 grams of miswak was shav…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine what affect strenuous exercise had on short-term memory. Methods/Materials A computer program was constructed to test and record ho…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine how the addition of sodium carbonate fixer alters the dying process when using fiber reactive dyes. The hypothesis states if t…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see what happens to water chemistry when the lights are turned on over a saltwater aquarium and find out if the same thing is happening in real coral reefs. F…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to see how temperature affects a rubber band's elasticity. The hypothesis was the heated (130 degree Fahrenheit) rubber bands would be most…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Objective: My project was to determine if the material a fishing line was constructed of affects the pounds of pressure (p.p.) a line withstands before breaking in different…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals From a known mass of solid CO2 (dry ice), what is the volume of CO2 gas produced when the sample has completely sublimed? How does the measured volume compare to the volume…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals California Senator Dean Florez stated, "In your previous research Buckeye trees seem to have been effective in eliminating mosquitoes." He then asked me, "How easy would it…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how the coloring and sweetness of a flower affects bee visitation. My hypothesis was that bees would be most attracted to pink…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is based on the hypothesis which states that if I apply a topical protein to hair, it will thicken, strengthen and increase the heat resistance more than untreate…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I hypothesized that water treated with NaF concentrations above the optimum fluoride level (.7-1.2 ppm) would affect the development of the invertebrates Artemia, Daphnia, P…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to test the effectiveness of xylitol in reducing the acidity of the plaque. Methods/Materials We tested five subjects. The night before the…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine the effect of hydrogen peroxide amount, temperature, pH, enzyme amount, and inhibitor on catalase activity. The independent vari…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if sunblocks are more effective than sunscreens in blocking ultraviolet rays in sunlight. I believe that the three brands of sunb…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out how long the school's disinfectant lasts on interior and exterior door handles during the day. Methods/Materials Using the schoo…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out which mouthwash would be most effective for the least amount of money. Listerine Cool Mint, Listerine Less Intense Natural Citr…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to try to find if distance has any effect on the speed of two computers connections. Methods/Materials First, to test this, the program Pin…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The rate at which hydrogen ions diffuse through water was determined by measuring the time it takes hydrogen ions to travel a known distance. Methods/Materials A concentrate…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The greater the numbers are in the Fibonacci sequence, the closer their ratios are to the perfect proportion. Based on that fact, the purpose of the project was to find out…