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 · 2018
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine how to create a well-functioning microbial fuel cell, I decided to test what temperature range a microbial fuel cell best functions. Methods/Materials Tested wh…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Microplastics are an increasingly problematic aspect of plastic pollution with an estimated 83% presence in tap water worldwide. Currently, there are no feasible water treat…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Research on bar visibility graphs was originally motivated by problems about constructing VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) circuits, and were adopted in the 1980s as a ge…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my project, I designed the split scimitar winglet, blended winglet, and the wing with no winglet using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD software, at different cant angles of di…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and memory loss in adults. The disease presents itself through cognitive impairment. Dementia, memory loss, buildup…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I wanted to know the exact ratio of iodine to bleach to make 100mL of water stay clear. What is the bleach doing to the iodine in this demonstration? Why is it happening? Wi…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The problem with current similar products, such as bioluminescent lamps is that it is made by simply putting luminescent bacteria inside a container with food. Thus, it is n…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to model a quantum tunneling barrier with a specific structure that minimizes the frequency of electron wave oscillations, which indicates the energy of ele…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this study is to show how the filtration system in the kidney works and how different amounts of salt affect the efficiency of filtration. My hypoth…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover how well storm drains keep out plastic of varying sizes and then design a more effective storm drain without causing an overflow. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to identify changepoints in gene expression in the aging human brain and determine their role in the late onset of neurodegenerative dis…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals In America, one out of every three people over the age of 65 have hearing loss. Sixty percent of those people worked in a noisy environment. People with hearing loss are mor…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Infrared observations are some of the most important observations, allowing rare AGNs, deeply embedded stars, globular clusters, low luminosity stars, and much more to be di…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to measure motivation and actual energy to see which drives young children and young athletes to succeed during performance. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to find the accuracy and reliability of the Music Measure Theory. Methods/Materials Upright Piano, Computer w/ internet access, Sheet music (…
CSEF · 2018
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of temperature on the speed at which ants locate food. Methods/Materials Three ant colonies, one 30 degree Celsius…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Recent studies have demonstrated that topically applied sunblock may enter both the bloodstream and breast milk with unknown consequences. The purpose of this experiment is…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals With the pressing issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria, anti-virulence therapies have emerged as a non-antibiotic strategy for bacterial elimination through removal of bac…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test and determine the best heat insulating material out of a variety of natural and artificial materials. Methods/Materials Plastic b…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science fair project was to determine the effectiveness of natural pigments at dyeing a Tagua nut, an Ecuadorian plant also known as "vegetable ivory"…
CSEF · 2018
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our project displays a simulation of a common rainfall in the San Joaquin Valley. The objective is to determine what rate common soils (sandy, silt, clay, and topsoil) found…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In today's world, many instances of alcohol abuse and engagement are common and evident. There are various consequences of this behavior, ranging from a hangover the next da…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals In cartographic visualization, nodes are represented as horizontal lines and edges as vertical lines. This method provides advantages over node-link diagrams because nodes a…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBEM) is a highly advanced technology to create 3D EM image stacks from 2D EM. Challenges of 3D EM have now shifted from how…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Towards enhancing fruit production, the purpose of this experiment was to eliminate Mini Zinc Fingers 1 and 2 (MZF1/2) from Arabidopsis thaliana using the genome editing met…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether people more proficiently recognize faces of their own race or those of others. Methods/Materials 40 subjects, 8 different…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine how ocean acidification affects copepod survivorship. Methods/Materials Copepod culture, microscope, digital pH meter, CO2 tank,…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals When you are sick, you look for medicines or soups and other remedies, but have you ever thought that a plant could cure you? The Ocimum tenuiflorum is a plant that is nativ…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project's purpose was to determine the effectiveness of cleaning up an oil spill with ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet. Methods/Materials Materials: 6 identical Petri di…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Today, drugs are administered orally or intravenously. Such methods distribute drugs systemically, resulting in low drug efficacy and side effects. To solve this, scientists…