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 · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether the attributes of an acorn dictates its propensity for viability. Methods/Materials Twenty-five trials were conducted us…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science fair project is to build a simple crystal radio from scratch. Then experiment to see if it works without external power. If it does work, to th…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see at what height a die that was dropped on a firm textbook became random. Methods/Materials A Mindstorms robotic Lego machine was con…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The Objective of my project was to determine what style of dishwasher, European or American, works better overall. Many think all dishwashers work the same but in fact they…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective in this experiment was to develope an equation for the amount of magnetic pulling force that would travel through a steel bar if a magnet is placed on one end.…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the speed of wind: high speed, low speed, or no wind, affects how oil disperses through water. Methods/Materials A 20" wide x 39" Tupperware co…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how the length of wire or coils affect how much weight an electromagnet can lift. I believe that if I change the amount of wire wrapped around…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the effect of different essential nutrients and their concentrations on the rate of bioremediation. Methods/Materials Obtain 4…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals It is important to remove metal contaminants such as copper from soil. Environment scientists are promoting phytoremediation of soil due to its low cost and environmental fr…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Distractions have caused many car crashes because people cannot react fast enough when distracted. The objective of this study is to determine if age and distractions affect…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to discover if average people, out of three age groups (adolescent, young adult and middle aged adult), contained the ability to predict a p…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Age progression is known to have adverse affects on the brain, but does it affect all aspects of the brain? With this contemplation, I sought to determine the effect of age…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out the effect of age on blood pressure. Methods/Materials Using an automatic blood pressure monitor and cuff (standard and child size), 62 second gr…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study the effects of common airborne pollution on the wavelengths and luminosity of sunlight and its effect in photosynthesis on plants. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to to find out that which algae species has the most affect on the growth of brine shrimp. Methods/Materials In this experiment, brine shri…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to measure the degree to which a magnet deflects the plasma arc generated by a Tesla Coil (if any deflection occured at all). It was hypothes…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find how the introduction of on demand oxy-hydrogen produced by an electrolytical cell affected the power output of an internal combu…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My experiment's objective is to determine if a step down DC- DC converter can extend the useful time power can be extracted from supercapacitors. First, I established a base…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Based on the assumption that being overweight is related to lack of knowledge about caloric needs, the purpose of this study was to examine if weight status was related to a…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to learn if the sex of rabbit kits would be affected by breeding during the full moon or new moon phase rather than random dates between the moon phases. M…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Can bakers yeast of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae respire, metabolize, and reproduce without an adverse effect in the presence of the amount of brominated vegetable o…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis 1: Consumers of caffeine will have higher test performance after consuming the beverage than their test performance before consuming the beverage. Hypothesis 2: P…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Through my investigation, I hope to discover the effect of a loss of calcium on bone strength. I have heard that you must have a lot of calcium per day in order to have stro…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find whether it is more energy efficient to run a CPU at a high frequency (running a task quickly, then having the CPU sleep for the re…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether rat glial cell colony formation is decreased when caffeine or kava is added to the growth medium. Methods/Materials I incubated 60 wells…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals What concentration of carbon dioxide will reduce the lifespan of Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea? I predict that the carbon dioxide will negatively affect the fleas at a…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find the effect of cooking methods and time on the Vitamin C content in food, specifically spinach. Methods/Materials 20 grams of spin…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Deer antler, an intriguing natural substance, is the only mammalian organ capable of regenerating, and has been extensively used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 200…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To find efficiency of different kinds of cup holders depending on their volume of air pockets Methods/Materials Part I: Preparation for the experiment Gather materials: Pape…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to determine the effect of d-limonene in oils extracted from various citrus fruit rinds on disintegration of two different types of polystyrene foams-expande…