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 · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Just how communication contributes to obedience is an underdeveloped area of psychology. One may obey an order due to an enlarged prefrontal cortex or due to societal pressu…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine what form of milk, when mixed with vinegar and microwave heated, will form the heaviest solid. My hypothesis was that the skim mil…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Force fields affect the work needed for an object to travel between two points in space. In this project, a particle traveled under the influence of five force fields (shown…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if the media affects how every day people portray beauty. Methods/Materials A survey with 17 questions was given to 120 consenting humans betwee…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out whether, as people age, their ability to hear high frequencies decreases or increases. Methods/Materials After having each participant sign an…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)'s control region accumulates mutations at approximately 10 to 20 times the rate of nuclear DNA. However, mtDNA from Han Chinese in the Shanghai-Zhe…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This experiment aimed to a) determine the ampicillin concentration at which maximum transformed colony growth occurs; b) develop a model relating ampicillin concentration an…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This study investigates the particular interaction between the current TZD drugs and its protein active site to help propose more efficacious analogs of this drug. Computati…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment is finding out whether or not nano-technology boxes, such as the Kinetic Go Green box, really work better than traditional storage methods. Wha…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how the mass of a moon affects its wobble. I hypothesize that if the mass of the moon increases, the moon will wobble more in its orbit. Method…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Does the lunar cycle affect the litter size in Polish rabbits? This project looks at the relationship between rabbit litter size and the moon's phase at the time the rabbit…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to investigate the pathway(s) of orlistat induced cellular death in ovarian cancer cells by comparing the effects of Orlistat on drug resistant…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out if body fat is a factor in the mummification process. Methods/Materials Hot dogs of different fat content (four turkey and four beef hot dogs,…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project is on the species Musca domestica, (more commonly known as the housefly), and I am testing to see which product will attract the most houseflies: meat, sugar wate…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project uses the McGurk Effect and a new rhythmic variation on it to explore 1) whether young musicians favored audio information, visual information, or a combination…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal of this experiment was to test the frequency, amplitude, and magnitude of nine different clarinet notes as they pass through different mediums. These mediums consist…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see whether or not different genres of music had an effect on a person's work accuracy and work efficiency Methods/Materials First, give the person a wor…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if a formula can be derived to find the number iterations it takes to reach zero or a Kaprekar Constant with out going through the Kaprekar Routine. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project is further to my 2009 science project. The objectives were: (1) to compare the photovoltaic energy generation capabilities of conductive glass-based and conduct…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted in order to analyze the flux rates of nanoparticulate fouling of microfiltration membranes in two different types of feedwater: clarified secondar…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which food items repel ants best. I hypothesized that if I introduced horseradish, blue cheese, black pepper, and cinnamon to an…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to discover the effects of artificial v. natural sunlight on the photosynthetic rates of a fruit, a vegetable, a flower, and a succulent in closed, controlled ec…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out what type of grass sod grows back best after burning. Methods/Materials Six types of grass sod from the same company were cut into sections and…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which additive makes the strongest gelatin. I predicted that citric acid was the additive that would make the strongest gelatin, due to fact it is a natural pre…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Doctors currently use symptoms to determine whether certain diseases are present, which is prone to error and subjectivity. Genetics allow for earlier and accurate diagnosis…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics by forming biofilms that commonly attach to indwelling medical devices such as mechanical heart valves, pacemakers, and urinary cath…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if eye color affects peripheral vision. Methods/Materials I built a one foot radius protractor out of foam board. I cut out di…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test how eye color affects peripheral vision. Through research on peripheral vision prior to experimentation, I learned that the pupils of b…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if mass loss would occur to the shells of three marine calcifying organisms when the shells were immersed in sea water with pH l…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals To evaluate how various sounds, i.e. music, affect a human's resistance to becoming dizzy when spun around, and what sounds result in the quickest and longest recoveries fro…