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 · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out which milk - whole, reduced fat, or fat free - had the highest protein level and determine if the process of skimming does indeed collect all o…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this year's investigation was to see if there was a way to verify mathematically the patterns I noticed last year when I added a sine function to a circular g…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment's goal is to determine if motion, associated with roller coaster riding, and emotion, such as anxiety and stress, affect short-term memory. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Determine if adding weight and moving it along the fuselage will change an airplane's flight distance and stall height. Methods/Materials METHODS: Prepare test area without…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The cortical firing patterns used in spatial-temporal reasoning are strikingly similar to the patterns used in Mozart's music. This phenomenon introduces the "Mozart Effect,…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project studies genetic interactions between the branchpoint binding protein (BBP) and transcription factors BUR2, CTK2, and CTK3. BBP facilitates binding of the U2 snRNP…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal was to determine optimal conditions for the induction of native soluble Ste7 and Kss1, proteins involved in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone pathway. Methods/…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to examine whether a recreational sport such as soccer could improve a player#s physical fitness by increasing muscle strength and size and…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine the relationship between the bicep muscle size, forearm length, and the ability to develop force, by calculating the amount of torque created. M…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if playing a musical instrument is more correlated with higher IQ than listening to music by comparing test scores between a group that perform…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to determine the average volume at which preadolescent and adolescent students listen to digital music using earbuds. My hypothesis was that st…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the addition of a form of Dopa (Nordihydroguaiaretic acid or NDGA) to man-made protein based glue (Elmers white) creates a stronger bond in both wet and…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to study the occurrence of native and introduced species in various aged redwood forests in Humboldt County. The forests observed have been l…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The object of my project was to determine if natural antibiotics such as garlic and tea tree oil, work as effectively in killing bacteria as the pharmaceutical prescription…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment was to observe the phases of the Moon and Venus and to determine if the planets revolve around the Earth or the Sun. Methods/Materials I observ…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The experiment is "How will the shape of a car effect its speed down a straightaway track" and "How will the addition of a spoiler on the back of the car effect its speed do…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Can the geographic location of local live oak trees be found by the varying degree of travel of chlorphyll in paper chromatography strips, from sample trees from those areas…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine how much the ocean pH can decrease before calcite shells of marine organisms show significant morphological changes due to diss…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals How much oxygen do plants small enough to be in an office give off under different ammounts of light? Methods/Materials Procedure- 1.Time candle light inside air tight box,…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Which type of metal is the most resistant to vinegar: copper, aluminum, or steel? Methods/Materials Materials: The few materials I used were: 1. Bowls 2. Vinegar 3. Differen…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project is designed to test the relative amounts of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in different samples of orange juice. I used an iodine indicator solution to test qualitat…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find out which is the fastest and most effective way to clean up an oil spill while maintaining normal plant and animal life. The methods include sorbents, bioremediation…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find a good design for buildings in areas with high earthquake hazard levels. This project was designed to find how the placement of…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Some recent studies have focused on the winding number of a random walk. Given a random walk s starting at (1,1) on the unit lattice, the winding number w of s is the number…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Phase 1 determined the best configuration for transporting space aircraft by using larger planes. Attaching the small ship on the bottom of the large ship, facing forward, r…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The experimental objective is to determine the optimal chromatography conditions for separating flavanoids in blackberries so that spectral analyses and an antioxidant activ…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project assessed the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing transport-grade hydrogen fuel through low-grade steam reformation of methane off-gas prod…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment tested whether using the RockSim method to calculate the center of pressure (CP) in conjunction with the generally accepted #rule# that the CP must be at lea…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The object is to find out if vitamin C in orange juice is affected more by the oxygen in the air if the juice is covered or uncovered. Methods/Materials Tested amount of vit…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine whether yawning (oscitancy) is contagious in children. Methods/Materials Informed consent from each participant in the exper…