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
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective is to experimentally find a mathematical expression to model the relationship between magnetic field and radius of an alpha particle under the influence of a ma…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals People are exposed to electromagnetic fields daily. When someone walks through a metal detector, stands under a power line, rings an electric doorbell or uses their computer…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals At the end of a lesson, a teacher will sometimes have students summarize the information presented by stating, "Tell me something you learned". The purpose of this experimen…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what effects windmill blade size,shape and angle placement has on the generation of electrical energy. I hypothesized that the small trapezoida…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if cigarette smoke altered the growth and development of plants. I hypothesized that the cigarette smoke would definitely harm the plants# growth…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if Carbon dioxide affects the growth of Coleus plant growth. Methods/Materials Materials: 12 plant packs, 6 plants per pack, a total of 96 Coleus…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out which color of light plants grow best in. Methods/Materials Seven pots with bean plants were grown with six cellophane structures…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how five food dyes, commonly used in consumer products, will affect the physiological growth, development, and death rate of Tene…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To determine which speed creates the most dust in the air.I drove a farm truck through the desert and used a vaccumm cleaner to collect the dust that was stirred into the ai…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether varying amounts of ethyl alcohol will affect the behavior of worker ants as they establish new colonies. We believe that the number of…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine whether different types of fertilizers promote varying growth patterns in plants. The three types of fertilizers that I used were…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn what effects heavy exercise had on fine motor skills. Methods/Materials Materials included a stopwatch, a questionnaire, 3 millimeter-wide beads, 3…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if osmosis would cause decalcified eggs to shrink in corn syrup and expand in water. Methods/Materials Six raw eggs were decalcified in vinegar…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this test is to see if progestrone implants and serum gonadotrone (PG600)injections can play a role in causing an earlier lambing in Suffolk ewes, thus prod…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Radiation therapy is effective in treating cancer because the actively growing cancer cells are more sensitive to radiation than the normal tissues. Therefore, it is my hypo…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The project focused on roadway noise from vehicles and its effect on bird species composition and diversity. The main purpose of this project is to find out if increased noi…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Determine an average percolation rate of toxic chemicals on different soil types and compacted soil types. Methods/Materials Using 5 soil types (farming/agriculture, playgro…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to research the effects of spin stabilization on the altitude of an amateur rocket. The hypothesis was that while spin is beneficial for s…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether or not the antioxidant, Vitamin C, is a effective preservative when applied to organic Granny Smith apples. Methods/Materials 132 organi…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to investigate how wind current affects transpiration in plants. I predicted that wind will increase transpiration in geranium and cactus plants,…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To examine the effects of Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator (uPA) inhibition on the normal migration of cranial neural crest cells in the early chick embryo. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to determine the effects of varying ion concentrations in modified sea water on sea urchin fertilization. Methods/Materials Female sea urchins were induced…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The main reanon I'm doing my science project on the engineering properties of soil is to show what soils are good for building on and why it is an important step in construc…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which grocery store, of three evaluated, will have the best quality of fruit. Methods/Materials 13 types of fruit were donated from three diffe…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether or not children with dyslexia are able to read with more accuracy letters, numbers, and phrases when the positive and…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My Project was to determine what type of color printer technology was most resistant to fading. Methods/Materials Six color bars (red, yellow, blue, green, magenta, cyan) we…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The object of this project was to find if the Fibonaccit Theory combined with the Elliot Wave Theory could accurately be applied in the stock market. Methods/Materials The m…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a piece of food that is dropped on the floor will collect significantly less bacteria if it is retrieved in 5 seconds or less versus more th…
CSEF · 2002
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find an efficient building material (Styroflex) superior to standard drywall in the properties of strength, weight, water resistance, tempera…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the beverage taken with a pain reliever affects the time it takes to dissolve. Also to find out if the coating on a pain reliever affects the time it ta…