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 · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Prostate cancer treatment relies upon suppression of the androgen receptor (AR) pathway, but high levels of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) compensates for loss of AR activity,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal is to examine and compare the oil collecting effectiveness of three household materials primarily for future potential oil spill occasions. Methods/Materials This r…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine the strength between traditional Portland Concrete and Earth Friendly Concrete. Methods/Materials The experiments involved making…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether or not biodegradable and non-biodegradable grey water affect how herbs grow. Methods/Materials The method included…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In some countries, clean water is a luxury and polluted water causes numerous diseases. We became interested in this problem and studied correlation between turbidity and ba…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether electricity could be generated from waste water. Methods/Materials To create electricity, I had to const…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project tested whether CO2 can be converted into a useful product or into an alternative construction material that has superior strength properties. I tested how CO2 (a…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test if visual cues such as images will improve the comprehension of information when two sentences are spoken at once. Methods/Materials T…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether smiling is contagious (to test whether smiling is passed on between people). Methods/Materials Mall, 320 random test subj…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals From this research, I formulate that I indeed will successfully find a way to show the force that is put on a brain for different sports that causes a concussion. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project is about the use of organic fertilizer like eggshell powder on plants. If the eggshell powder is a good organic fertilizer, then the medium amount (1/4tsp) of thi…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Do organic and standard fruits and vegetables have different levels of pesticides? Methods/Materials Commercial Blender, a standard centrifuge machine used for 30 minutes at…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to discover whether or not there is a difference in the pulse rates of Aurelia Aurita (Moon Jellyfish) Ephyrae between normal and low dissolv…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Will Lumosity, a brain-training app focused on improving cognitive flexibility, have a positive effect on participants who suffer from diminishing mental abilities? I wanted…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to find out which erosion control method works best at preventing hillside erosion caused by rainfall. Methods/Materials Four soil-filled Styr…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to create high energy density graphene-based supercapacitors that are highly compact and useful for powering small electronic devices. In today…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to challenge the commercial brand of wrist supports for gymnasts with a new invention made by the experimenter. Methods/Materials Leather, Ve…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if product packaging designs keep production materials and costs to a minimum, while also reducing the products' environmental f…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Since we have been living in a drought ridden state for the past half decade, we understand how important the precious resource, water, is for us to maintain our lives and e…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether natural or synthetic fabrics were more fire resistive. Methods/Materials Propane torch, burn pan and controlled lab environment. Fifty…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals To develop, demonstrate and test an iPhone-based data logging, position tracking and navigational path retracing system. Methods/Materials I used Apple#s XCode and Swift to…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine how different colors of light affected you while sleeping. Out of the colors (purple, green, red and white), we believed that the p…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if using a dashboard on the 30 most common medications for children under the age of 13 helps limit the number of harmful drug in…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if speed and extent of regeneration of brown Hydra heads is affected by exposure to three different types of green algae. Methods/Materials Obtain three differe…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test how exposure to pesticide, fertilizer, oxybenzone sunscreen, zinc oxide reef safe sunscreen, or acidity at different concentrations…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see whether a medieval mace or a medieval flail had the most impact force. My hypothesis was the flail would have a higher impact force b…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Finding an effective combination of cryoprotective agent (trehalose) and cryopreservation method (vitrification) to maintain the highest percentage of viability in human emb…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This study examines the effect of colorant on the strength of objects printed with polylactic acid (PLA), a biodegradable plastic. Colored filament is made of this PLA blend…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The standard protocol that scientists are using to create more rain for drought affected areas is through cloud seeding. Cloud seeding has become extremely popular lately in…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project tested whether a sea wall (made of plywood), or a mangrove forest (composed of olive branches) would serve as a better tsunami barrier. Methods/Materials A tsunam…