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 · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of the previous 4 years to see if decaying kelp at the high tide line could be a source of sand contamination causing many California beaches to…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to test the water quality in terms of the number of colony forming units(cfu) of Enterococcus bacteria per 100 milliliters of seawater at three different s…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find what soil (cat litter, dirt, sand) protected Lego towers the best against earthquakes on a shake table with varying voltage, building…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Citrus greening disease (or huanglongbing, HLB) was introduced in the Western hemisphere in 2004, has already destroyed about a third of the industries in both Florida and B…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project asked, "Is it possible to synthesize scents? If so, then are these scents affected by temperature?" The author hypothesized that when the artificial scent is pl…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether placing scents (citrus, rosemary, or sandalwood) in classrooms could improve student performance on mathematical (left-b…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My experiment was trying to test which contact position on a soccer ball will produce the maximum distance traveled. I will be helping all soccer players with the informatio…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Angiosperms have obtained tightly regulated floral determinacy to ensure proper floral organ development. Within the floral meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana, two genes, AGAM…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test how the photosynthetic rate of four plants, fragaria, galvezia, heteromeles and salvia respond to increases in atmospheric CO2 levels. My hypothesis…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to build an offshore floating barge that supports a series of photovoltaic panels which generate electricity that is carried back to land through insulated wi…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals When one sees the B2 bomber,or the F-117,they might notice the abnormal shape of these aircrafts. One might also notice that they are always black or dark colored. Do these…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to identify how the rinse temperature affected the sprouting of Mung beans. If there was a relationship, I also wanted to find the best tempe…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Can memories be warped and changed by suggestion? If so, to what extent does gender play one's susceptibility to suggestion? And finally, are eye witness testimonies trustwo…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to set put and prove that smoking Hookah is worse for you than smoking cigarettes. Methods/Materials Ten empty juice bottles Package of filtered and non-fil…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals For my experiment, I asked myself this question: Can a self-optimizing solar tracking system produce more energy output over a fixed period of time than a stationary solar p…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Based on my experiments from the last two years testing the effects of plant essential oils on the growth of E. coli, I decided to expand on my previous research and separat…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My purpose with Set Phasors to Analyze Circuits was to create an electrical circuit analyzer, which is a computer program that can find the current and voltage of an electri…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine the shape, size, optical properties, and age of Borneo smoke plumes imaged by the MISR instrument between 2001 and 2009. The Mu…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to determine if the angle of a plane's wings have a direct effect on the average speed of the plane. I believe that a plane with wings angled closer to t…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which shape of horizontal stabilizers provides a safe, twenty-degree-angled touchdown for an air-plane. I tested seven shapes o…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our experiment is to determine which of three shellfish species (mussels, clams, and oysters) filter bay water for food the fastest. We believe that the mus…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to optimize the handling of a high-performance remote control (RC) car. This project explores the effect of using different viscosity oil i…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals We all know that weather is slightly different every year, if not a lot. I wanted to describe the weather patterns in Moss Landing and see if it correlated with ocean surfac…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine how accurite my fluid simulator was. Methods/Materials The simulation method was a staggered grid finite difference approximation of the two d…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether singers or instrumental musicians would have a better sense of relative pitch - the ability to recognize distances…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project investigates a potential method of trapping microparticles (particles with diameter ~100 microns) with high-frequency sound (more specifically, acoustic Bessel…
CSEF · 2011
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was to determine which sinkhole repair technique would result in fewer sinkholes in neighboring areas where potential sinkholes can occur. The hypothesis was th…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if nitrogen and nutrient infused ashes from vegetation will have a significant affect on the pH level of soil and the overall ger…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to discover how several different materials remove oil from salt water in a small scale oil spill. I hypothesized that hair would prove to be t…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study examines the association of sleep patterns with psychological health in pre-dental and dental students. It is hypothesized that short sleep duration, high sleep d…