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
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my science fair project I tested three household objects (TV remote, house phone and game controller) first with hand sanitizer and a week later with antibacterial soap…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal was to design an efficient heat exchanger to recapture the heat lost from a household clothes dryer. The recaptured heat was used to heat our laundry room. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Fingerprints are unique to each of us but obtaining a print isn't always 100%. This test was to determine which process would be most reliable of matching fingerprints to a…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to attempt to cultivate a symbiotic relationship between goldfish and an elodea plant, and observe which kind it is. Determine how such s…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to study the behavior of hummingbirds at artificial feeding sources. Methods/Materials We setup hummingbird feeders in the first phase of the stu…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if the speed of a rotor ship as propelled by the Magnus Effect is affected by the surface roughness of the rotor when exposed to…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Main aim of my project was to create a 3D printer mostly using recycled computer parts. Another objective was to do this within a budget of $150. Functionally, the goal was…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to understand where the Julia and Mandelbrot sets come from and answer many intriguing questions: How many different types of Julia sets are there? Do Julia sets…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if the Tumeric root extract, Curcumin, can be used as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory helming agent. Methods/Materials Micr…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine whether a subject's memory of an event can be altered by framing questions given after the event has occurred. The specific goa…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To study the molecular mechanisms of cartilage regeneration. Specifically, I am interested to model a medical treatment called prolotherapy, in which a physician injects a p…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover whether or not age and gender affects middle schoolers moral decisions. Methods/Materials Google survey, notebook, stopwatch or…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Several antacids were tested in this experiment to determine the pH range in which they show buffer activity. Since the desired maximum or minimum hydrogen ion concentration…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The Mpemba effect is the observation that under certain conditions, warmer water can freeze faster than colder water. My objective was to determine if the Mpemba effect exis…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine the mutagenic effects of a common type of dye, gentian violet on fruit flies. Methods/Materials This study used commercially ava…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate if the traditional over-the-counter painkillers affect the stomach acid and health of an individual in the future. Over-the-co…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine what kind of airfoil or spoiler based on angle of attack provides the best turning performance with the best speed. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The first experiment is to test an equation to relate the height of the track to the maximum radius of a loop the track can have for a marble to complete the loop without fa…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find out which color makes a visual search the easiest and most difficult for each gender. Methods/Materials 11 sheets of computer paper,…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Creation of bioplastics based from banana peels and potato starch to combat plastic buildup and pollution. Test the bioplastics for similar qualities to petroleum based plas…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My Objective of this study is to see the relationship between conductivity and temperature. Methods/Materials I used an AC power source which stands for alternative current,…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study measured the variation in number of guesses required for different types of passwords using a brute-force program I created and modified on scratch, a computer co…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals When using vertical gardens, there always seemed to be one problem, they don't hold moisture very well.The purpose of this experiment was to find an effective and efficient…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see the responses of Pea Plants' when altering their photoperiods by measuring their height in centimeters and their flowering rates. Metho…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Food scarcity has become a prevalent problem facing our world today, in fact, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that 795 million people are suffering from hung…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This study examined the thermal effects of the radiofrequency and electromagnetic fields emitted from cellular phones on the human body. A potential causal relation was inve…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To create an energy efficient roof which gives the benefits of a white roof during the hot summer months without compromising the benefits of a dark roof during the cold mon…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal in this project was to stabilize porous silicon (pSi) in basic conditions (pH>7) using thermolytic grafting of trihydridosilane. Many drugs right now are taken orall…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This year for science fair I studied the effect of human/boat disturbance on harbor seal behavior in Elkhorn Slough. Methods/Materials I observed 5 seal behaviors; rest, com…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal is to understand how different geometric shapes affect the strength of a truss. Specific Test: Does a truss composed of right triangles support more, less, or an equ…