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 · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective of my Science Fair Project is to warn the population about brain cancer and cell phones. My dad passed away from brain cancer and I want to share my family's st…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To monitor and assess corrosion in the aging civil infrastructure, we proposed integrated heat induction and IR thermography technology to detect corrosion in steel reinforc…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research was to define a novel method of detecting hematological malignancies (blood cancers) based on conductivity fluctuations within the blood. This…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In my research, my goal was to determine if there were nucleotide sequences that are 100% identical between the human cDNA and other organisms. If so, I would determine what…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to investigate whether the levels of ionizing radiation increase with increased proximity to a Nuclear Power Plant. If I increase the proximity to the San O…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the use of a Slant Board and Blocking Methods improve reading fluency in students. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained from a vo…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This science fair project was done to learn more about the effect of nutrition on glucose levels of horses. The primary types of hay available are thought to have differing…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if music has an effect on the loss of equilibrium and can cause dizziness. If so what music will cause the largest loss of equilibrium and make y…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to find a way to separate oil from cross-linked polymers that is more environmentally safe. Methods/Materials I used oil that is similar to li…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I set out to prove that no matter how many sprouts a potato, whether whole or cut, may grow from its many eyes, only one sprout will grow into a terminal sh…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Growth models have been quintessential in mainly economic and biological applications, but are also practical and could be explored more for medicine, chemistry, industry, a…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The modern field of mathematics is a widely varied and diverse subject, with subfields ranging from statistics to homological algebra. Due to this variety, different tools h…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether or not monkeys have a hand preference. I predicted that the primates in this experiment will use one particular hand more naturally tha…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see if the addition of a second pane of glass would lower the temperature of the glass when subjected to a heat source. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect of wood composition on burning rate. Determining which woods burn faster, and why.My hypothesis was if I test my selected five woods, the softer and…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project is based on genders, boys and girls. The main idea of this project is understanding more about how body works and the difference between girls and boys in learn…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project was to determine if placing a neodymium magnet (Nd2Fe14B) on a certain location, or quadrant of a Yttrium barium copper oxide supercondu…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main objective is to create a computer program that is capable of guiding an unmanned helicopter from point A to point B in minimum time without hitting the obstacles be…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The demand for oil resources has grown astronomically in recent years. Several models predict that oil production will start to decline after 2020, leading to a shortage of…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Tomato plants often suffer from a fungus, Verticillium dahliae, which stunts the plant and wilts their leaves. In the fields, for commercial production, farmers fumigate the…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether organic or conventional tomatoes have more nutrients. Along with that, testing will also be conducted to determine which type of tomato…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Last year I performed water quality tests on creek water in the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. There, I saw a grove of trees that bore lime green, warty balls of fruit. Af…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if ultraviolet rays, or UV rays, effected the regeneration of planarians. My hypothesis was that the group of planarians with no exp…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The experiment's objective is to find a more environmentally friendly household oven. To achieve that, the experiment will test four different ovens, three with different re…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To design a novel vaccine that does not lose its potency upon freezing as an alternative to freeze-sensitive aluminum-based vaccines. A lipid blend-complex made of natural,…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project looked into what effect the shape of a parachute's canopy has on its descent performance. Methods/Materials Six different parachute shapes constructed out of pa…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals How does the shape of an object affect the water flow? This project was designed to understand how different shapes are more efficient than others. It could also potentially…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Polymerase Chain Reaction is a process that scientists use to copy DNA. They use a primer and anneal it to a selected piece of DNA, called a template. This experiment re…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals PDFs are a globally used file format making them a new chosen vector for malware attacks. Because PDFs can run JavaScript, hackers have learned how to exploit these files an…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the perching fesability of the novel design, a Delta M-Wing aircraft with a variable incidence tail, by finding the optimum design and weight r…