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
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see which method of plant growth will make plants grow more vigorously and healthy. My hypothesis is that hydroponically grown plants will…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective is to determine what amount of water between one and seven cups will allow a bottle rocket to reach its maximum height if all other conditions remai…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project was executed in the hope of making a knee brace for a grade two medial collateral ligament tear. The goal was to make the brace adjustable so that it can be wor…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine how lower temperatures would affect the strength of plastics, specifically Acrylic and SAN (Styrene-Acrylonitrile Resin). Met…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis was that as sea ice begins to melt, the salt water density will increase. As the sea ice melts, the exothermic energy will create a thermocline. The thermoclin…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine the best way to wash your toothbrush using commonly used methods and the American Dental Association's recommendation. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project sought to determine the bioremediation ability of Bromelain enzyme to reduce nitrogen, potassium, and phosphates from chicken manure. Methods/Materials The test…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to create a device that will help baseball players optimize bat motion. Two key components of a good swing are bat speed and followthrough. Bat sp…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals People don#t want to be bothered by opening and closing the blinds all the time to conserve energy. To resolve this problem I am going to engineer a computer controlled blin…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective in conducting this experiment was to test the effect of varied structural improvements on a building's performance during a simulated earthquake. My goal was to…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals A dynamic buoyancy device should expand/compress to counteract the lost/added buoyancy in the water from heat or salinity. I built a sub with a swim bladder that works like…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if the energy in renewable fuel is equivalent to the energy in the same amount of non-renewable fuel. Methods/Materials Measure the…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Based on last year#s research, light at 630 nm and a power density of 3.42 J/sec cm2 slowed down an action potential along the giant axon in the earthworm.. The hypothesis f…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The Camera Obscura, also known as the pinhole camera, uses a simple hole which mimics the iris of an eye. The goal was to build a Camera Obscura that successfully captured t…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if an amateur astronomer can contribute to science by measuring double stars accurately using amateur methods and equipment. Mea…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if preschoolers, teens, or adults can identify the candy from the medicine visually most accurately. Methods/Materials 10 medicines and 10 candies th…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to prove that with an environment that is oxygen free, added biomass, and a warm environment for the microbes, methane gas can be formed…
CSEF · 2016
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Phase 1 - Would differently shaped fins affect rocket performance? Phase 2 - Methodology improvements to validate results and improve upon standard rocket kit fins. With sur…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find out if red light, blue light, and UV light had the ability to affect the heart rate of Daphnia magna. My goal was to find a non-in…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if mealworms can eat plastics. Plastics are a huge environmental problem. The world produces enough Styrofoam cups every day to circle…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether papercrete was a good alternative building material in place of concrete. I hypothesized that concrete would be the strongest and most wa…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to try and grow Anabaena (blue-green algae) in the atmospheric aspect of a simulated Martian environment, to help determine whether this micr…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which one of the three groups of athletes participating in the study (synchronized swimmers, soccer players, or tennis players),…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see whether or not people could improve their hearing ability by turning off their vision and if so, to see if the improvement had a…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A sound wave is the pushing and pulling of air, creating vibration and projecting it. The human ear receives these #waves# of vibration using the eardrums, and sends signals…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project is testing how good humans are at spotting a liar and the theory of whether you can spot a liar more efficiently by analyzing peoples body language and looking fo…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to identify whether synesthesia is rare or more prevalent than we think? I believe synesthesia is rare. My research states that one out of e…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Ocean acidification is a worldwide problem that concerns ocean life and it is caused by the excess carbon dioxide that comes from factories, cars, electricity and more. Many…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to be able to create a 3D map of a cave or any enclosed space. With the help of electronic devices such as Raspberry Pi and LIDAR and the ba…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals Over 560 million people are colorblind. These people cannot see all colors and will have a hard time distinguishing between two colors that, to them, are too similar to each…