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
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research project was to find out how effective antioxidant protection is against skin cancer and to also find out the antioxidant that best helps preve…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out what type of milk spoiled the quickest before and after the quickest. Methods/Materials The first thing I did was get 2%, whole…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare the individual and combination effects of two common macrolide antibiotics (erythromycin and azithromycin) with two plant polyphenols capable of…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To find the most fuel efficient combination of plate charge and plate distance in a gridded ion engine. Methods/Materials Materials: A computer old enough to run Java plugin…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn if placing a solar panel on a model car at different angles to the sun affects the speed the car traveled. I think the angle that is the most direct…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is safe for people to place their mouths on the mouthpieces of water fountains located at six of the busiest parks in the Ukiah area; Tod…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test the effect of three different fertilizer microdosing application methods on the growth of Non-GMO diploid watermelon seeds. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Diabetes and obesity are affects millions of Americans each year. The objective of my experiment was to determine if Equal brand aspartame would be a viable dietary substitu…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my science fair, my objective was to find out if typing notes is better than to write them down by hand. I choose this because I think it is important to know what way i…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if there is a gender bias in different levels of competition and age divisions at the science fair. Methods/Materials First, I contacted science fair c…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine what color insects are most attracted to: white, red, orange, yellow, green, or blue. The reason I am doing this investigation is t…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of the first year of this project was to explore the effect of different wave barriers at different locations on a tsunami-induced seiche wave. The wave barriers we…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals This project's objective was to find out if dandelion extract had superior UV protection properties when tested against SPF 15, 30, and 50 Coppertone sunscreens. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Jabberwocky is a next generation spelling and grammar checking that uses stacked deep unsupervised autoencoders to make corrections from actual understanding of sentence con…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project, Jamie And The Beanstalk, was to find out how different gases affect the germination and growth of lima beans. I wanted to test my hypothesis that…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see if people think that women typically have lower paying jobs than men. Women still face bias in the workplace and some people who would…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to try and make graphite a pressure sensitive resistance, and then to study the parameters influencing it's resistance (width of the graphite, elasticity...…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to create a thermoelectric generator vest which can charge small electronic devices such as a cell phone based on the Seebeck Effect. Methods…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I developed a new method for developing latent fingerprints on porous surfaces using microwave radiation. I compared my method to two other commonly used development methods…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to build a device that generated power from a soccer ball. I researched existing products, build and designed a prototype and then analyzed i…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to use polarimetry to measure the activation energy of the inversion of sucrose in the presence of a catalyst. Sucrose inversion occurs when it is dissolved in…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, I synthesized magnetite nanocrystals in my home kitchen using everyday household supplies. Methods/Materials The ingredients for the synthesis of nanocrysta…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals While observing birds at a local lagoon, I noticed that the overall bird abundance and diversity seemed to differ at high versus low tide. I was interested to learn more abo…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Traffic jams are caused in a lane merge when people overly slow down when they are approaching the merge. As the people in front start to slow down people behind them also s…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to prove the soccer fields I practice on don#t have harmful levels of lead (Pb) in the soil. Methods/Materials Materials included: Soccer…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals For this year's science fair, I am investigating the dangerous levels of lead in soil in and around children's play areas. I chose this question because this topic greatly i…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see what the most effective way for testing lead is. Prior to beginning this project, I believed that pure water solutions would work be…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how the porosity of a porous medium impacts flowrate. My hypothesis was that the larger the porosity the faster the flowrate would be. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to figure out what factors will affect a dancer's balance in positive or negative ways. My hypothesis was the dancers would balance the longest in a silent…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if there is a correlation between light pollution levels and population. I also wanted to compare the different levels of light…