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 · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Mountain lions are being spotted all over Santa Cruz, even downtown. Mountain lions are powerful and dangerous animals with the ability to harm people. The purpose of this p…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment explored the relationship between music lessons and listening skills, particularly pitch perception. The hypotheses were: If a subject has had music training…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Determine if bioplastic made from vegetables and milk can resist higher temperatures like petroleum-based plastic then it would be a useful plastic material to make food con…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which essential oil (oregano, eucalyptus, or tea tree oil) was most effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of E. coli bacteria. To find out if essential…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals We use herbs like cardamom, turmeric, chili, cumin, and garlic in our daily cuisine. Ancient folks have frequently used these natural herbs for treatment. I was curious if t…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test my hypothesis that tea tree oil will prove to be the most effective on the bacteria specimens that are commonly found on hands beca…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The number of people using visual aids is rapidly increasing. However, it is still not completely clear what is causing this. This epidemiological study uses a sample of the…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if more or fewer seedlings would grow in Coastal Sage Scrub habitat that had burned, versus areas that did not burn, and also to see if different…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research project explores the effect on the genus of a complete graph Kv on v vertices when edges are removed and also explores how to classify the resulting graphs. Th…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Develop novel hardware and software for a compact, low cost inertial navigation system (INS) for use in model aircraft. Data recorded in-flight by the INS should allow an ac…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to create a new design of wind turbine blade and test its efficiency at varying wind speeds against two previously designed blades, the stand…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test if video games can prove to be a strong enough mental distraction to help improve an individual's ability to tolerate discomfort. My hypothesis is t…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals To investigates English phonological change (California Vowel Shift) in the Bay Area in the past twenty years, and attempts to explain the causes of the sound change and pos…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if people retain more information by taking notes. I believe that the group that does not take notes will perform better than the group that did ta…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Cancer vaccines are a revolutionary field of cancer therapeutics that aim to utilize the body's natural defenses to treat cancer. Traditional chemotherapy strategies focus o…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals With over 37 million people affected by the HIV virus globally and subjected to ineffective treatment, the current problem of low bioavailability of antiretroviral drugs mus…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to develop and optimize a protocol to make instantaneous, self-reporting, color-changing chemical nanosensor that is commercially and practically viable. A…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Skin cancer accounts for more than 75% of all cancer diagnoses and melanoma accounts for more than 75% of skin cancer deaths. Every 57 minutes, someone with melanoma dies in…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if the amount of nurdles found on the shoreline could be affected by the distance from a port. Nurdles are the raw form of plastic…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our project was to determine which dog was more obedient, a Chihuahua or a Doberman. We believed the Doberman was more obedient than the Mexican Hairless Chihuahua and also…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to have an AR Parrot Drone follow a person using computer vision techniques to recognize an object that he or she is wearing or holding. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see how the morphology of galaxies who host Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are different from those that do not. Methods/Materials -If the…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to construct a small scale wind tunnel to observe the aerodynamics of various car designs. Methods/Materials A small scale wind tunnel was constructed from…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To obtain the most biogas possible from one of the following biomasses: grated carrots, cow manure, or a mashed banana, and then measure it. Look for a way to impact the res…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Use ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet to help separate oil from water and see if increasing the amount of ferrofluid will improve the efficiency of the oil spill cleanup. Me…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to examine the different ways Sea Star Wasting Syndrome affected the species of the sea star known as Pisaster Ochraceus. I believe that the effec…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can plants that serve nutritional value to humans survive the limitations of light defined by the lunar day cycle? Methods/Materials Two identical light-sealed boxes were bu…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What happens to the non-Newtonian fluid, oobleck, when it is exposed to extreme temperatures? The inspiration for this project came from finding out that there are many diff…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find out which toothpaste protected your teeth the most. Methods/Materials Egg shells were used to simulate teeth and vinegar was used to rep…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For my project, I compared the effectiveness of home remedies and over the counter medication on lowering cholesterol. My hypothesis was that the Niacin 1,000mg capsule woul…