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 · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To prove Symmetry rules found by the iterations of complex equations by utilizing fractal geometry. Methods/Materials Materials: Linux operating system, C code compiler, and…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I wanted to find out how different filters(coal, charcoal, kelp and sand)effected the time it took the water to filter and on quality of the water. Methods/…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure the Magnus force generated by a spinning tennis ball in a moving air flow at various spin rates and in both directions. Methods/Materials A conv…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if I could identify an unknown source of radiation (Coleman lantern mantles) as emitting alpha, beta, or gamma radiation. In additi…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the characteristics of radiation and to find the best overall shield to stop the penetrating power of my radiation sources (Gamm…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My previous experiments showed that vitamins by themselves and in combinations helped Planaria regenerate. Now I am testing whether Radiation and different Vitamin solutions…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if precipitation and water quality effects primary productivity in the small estuaries in northern California. Methods/Materials Water quality…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how the refractive index value of a medium affects its angular dispersion. Methods/Materials In the first part of my experiment, I used Snell's…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I think each time a rat would go through a maze, the running time would be faster than the previous time. Each rat will learn to go through each new maze easier and faster e…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Eutrophication, the process by which a lake becomes rich in dissolved nutrients due to point and non-point pollutant sources, is a major cause of the loss of natural lake ec…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find the difference in your reflex abilities at different times of the day. My hypothesis was that during the middle of the day your refl…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals One of the fundamental principles of modern science is that the speed of light is constant in every inertial frame of reference. In this science project we consider why this…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if people from non-literate societies have better memories than people from literate societies. Methods/Materials I read a list of 16 words to…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our goal is the understand the brain's functions in regards to short term memory and recall. Methods/Materials Materials: Paper,pencil,computers,books,timer,red pen, glue,sc…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective for doing this project was to prove there is no difference in the short-term memory between the males and females. My goal for this project was to find statisti…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out which of three water plants absorbs the most nitrates and phosphates in water. The three plants I used were: Ceratophyllum demersum…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objectives in this project were to find out whether or not Genesse Avenue, a road in Clairemont San Diego, effects the reptiles and amphibians of Tecolote Canyon. Methods…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals It seems inevitable that the widespread availability of more powerful computer chips will lead to their incorporation into the human body. Scientists should figure out what…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study the resistivity of different types and sizes of leads. I also determined the resistivity of certain beverages relative to water. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Smoke detectors are effective in saving thousands of lives every year from fires in residential homes. Two technologies of smoke detectors, ionization and photoelectric, are…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, the Murine Leukemia Virus (MLV) pseudotyped with the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus glycoprotein (VSVg) was used to transfer the neomycin resistance gene and…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Ice-nucleating protein is a protein used as a snow inducer. Our project was to test this protein to see how much it raises the freezing point of water. Methods/Materials We…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to create a bend sensor glove that can control a robot over a long distance without wires connected between the two. Methods/Materials A Power…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals I originally wanted to look at the effect of fin design on model rocket performance, but when I did my research, I found out that it would be really hard to measure the effe…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which modification to a roller coaster car would make it travel the fastest: make it aerodynamic, heavy or neither. Methods/Materials One car was…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals A project was undertaken to determine how many unique third order magic cubes exist. A third order magic cube is a 3x3x3 array if integers (1 through 27) arranged in such a…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if the pH of a porous gel had an effect on the the structure of DNA molecules that are running through it. Methods/Materials Gels were…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Probably the most common and most dangerous food allergy is Peanut Allergy. My excperiment was to find which counter surfaes are the most resistant to peanut oil and which c…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To see what effect the surface area of an object,such as a vehicle, has on the amount of air resistance produced as it travels down a slope. Methods/Materials MATERIALS: 1 w…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to get my boat to be able to go its fastest up wind. To do this, I needed to find what wind condition and sail position , of several made each sail shape mo…