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 · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to create a system that will map radio propagation across a city, allowing the user to visualize the abilities and limitations of their radio system. Meth…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals To find if there is a correlation between radon levels and building ages Methods/Materials Materials: 2 Corentium QRI Home Radon Digital Monitor 10 houses (measured radon le…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to recreate a geological geyser and determine whether the depth of the geyser's vent would have an affect on the frequency and duration of the geyser's erup…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This experiment hypothesizes that biochar made of spinach, mushroom and banana (SMB) peel food waste will sequester carbon, increase soil nutrition and plant growth more tha…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I recently learned that even though drinking coffee and tea is said to have health benefits, consuming these beverages at high temperatures might be unhealthful. A recent st…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Space vehicles that venture beyond an Earth orbit rely on the Deep Space Network (DSN) for determining their trajectory. As concurrent missions increase, DSN may become over…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiement, my objective was to reduce the health risks caused by volatile organic compounds by testing to see the most effective method of reduction. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals All over the world, heavy metal water contamination is a prominent problem; from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan to the wasteland runoff and unorthodox dumping contamina…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment seeks to expand our knowledge of cost-effective, renewable energy for populations living near salt water. Specifically, it aims to determine how the efficien…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to create a biodegradable, protein-based film that could hold at least 200 grams of weight. Methods/Materials Protein, water, and glycerin were used to mak…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To construct an efficient mobile application that can send panic messages with the user's location in the case of an emergency. It should implement the following four featur…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether reusing greyewater can reduce usage of the Carmel River. Methods/Materials For testing, I collected dishwasher and used…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of amylose and amylopectin in different types of rice grain/starch in the formation and tensile strength of a ri…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Circular RNAs (circRNAs) constitute a class of relatively unstudied RNAs whose function is unknown. Recently, studies have shown that circRNAs are more abundant than previou…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To study the effect of 3% saline on gram negative bacterial solutions in vitro and to see whether this effect is additive/synergistic with the antibiotic Meropenem. Methods/…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals This project is a continuation of a three-year effort to generate hydrogen in real time to power automobiles. To do this effectively, a large design trade space needed to be…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Multicopters have a wide range of applications from surveillance to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industr…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to invent SafetyStep, which is to be a novel invention to provide safer, more independent, more mobile, and more accurate self navigation fo…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn if the concentration of NaCl in the water used to grow Jade Plants hydroponically would affect their growth. I believe the concentration of NaCl will affec…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages cerebral cells leading to debilitating neurological symptoms. A concussion is mild TBI affecting over 2.5 million people/year. The annua…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project aims to use household items to build a device that effectively measures the salt content and buoyant force in a body of water. Using this device, I want to prove…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment attempts to determine if plants can thrive when supplied with water of higher salinity than fresh water. Methods/Materials Planted three sets of seeds of fiv…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test if the best irrigation water temperature for cress was related to the ambient temperature. Methods/Materials To conduct this exper…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project focuses on increasing population of zooplankton(copepods) in the San Francisco Delta to sustain native fish species in these marshes. The delta has been facing is…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals These days, people are using methods that clean oil out of the ocean fast but cause more harm than good to the environment. Today, there is a huge problem with the ocean's a…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Near-Earth Asteroids are of great interest to the astronomical community due to their large sizes and proximity, as well as giving great insight of how the solar system was…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals If compared against the 3 other most commonly used shuffling methods, the Block shuffle will produce the most random arrangement of cards. Methods/Materials Materials used i…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Almost all stars form within clusters. Open clusters contain stars that formed at the same time from the same materials, so they are invaluable laboratories for controlled s…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Sitting too long everyday increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. I developed a sensor that monitors how long someone is sitting. The user can set a time…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find why dyes being tested (Orange G, Xylene Cyanol, Malachite Green, Crystal Violet) would go the fastest and furthest. I also wanted to learn how to create and…