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
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I investigated whether the electrolysis of water affects solar desalination. My hypothesis was that electrolysis of saline water will increase the solar desalination process…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To find the effect of elevated CO2 on the growth of freshwater algae. Methods/Materials Procedures: 1. I collected pond water with algae 2. I made a CO2 source using yeast t…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment will show if the amount of catalase enzyme directly affects its reaction rate. Methods/Materials Potatoes were cut and peeled and mixed with purified water i…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to use fluorimetric assay analysis to determine the activity levels of CBH, BG, BX, AG, NAG, LAP, and AP four years after the 2007 Santiago Fi…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a type of solar concentrator, known as a Fresnel lens, could optimize the energy produced by a solar cell and it's energy application on an…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if the number of junior high students willing to accept a Facebook friend request from a random stranger can be increased by listing a certain gender or profile…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals What is the effect of different sources of geobacteraceae on the power generation of a microbial fuel cell? Is one of the products of the microbial fuel cell pure, drinkable…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research experiment was to learn more about the factors that predispose horses to getting melanomas. This is currently an important field of study becaus…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal of this experiment to address the obesity dilemma in America and its relation to the artificial sugar HFCS-55. I wanted to test if 30 mice (15 male and 15 female) wo…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the shape of a ships hull that would provide the least drag for a given unit of the ship's volume. Methods/Materials 4 single hulle…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if changing the size of a hole in a flying disc affects the distance it flies. I hypothesized that the larger the circle cut from the center of…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In this project, The Effect of Magnetism on Mineral Deposition, it was hoped that a family-friendly, environmentally conscientious alternative form of water treatment would…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to prove that a correlation exists between the presence of manufactured nanoparticles in wastewater influent and membrane fouling in Membra…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to test whether natural solar UV radiation is energetic enough to damage DNA to the point where cell cycle checkpoints are required. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was designed to test whether the invasive plant ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus) has a competitive advantage over the native dune plant beach buckwheat (Eriogonum l…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether non-native allelopathic plants affect the growth of native California poppy seeds and whether different non-native allelopathic plants…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Cars and power plants release carbon dioxide. This dissolves into water and makes it acidic. This process is called ocean acidification. I want to know how this will effect…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project aimed to find what level of parallel processing, quantified in threads, results in the best performance of an MD5 brute force algorithm determined by permutations…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to address the question: what is the effect of distance between a transmitter and a receiver on the propagation loss of signal power? Unlike…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I conducted this experiment to see the effects of pill coatings, heat, and antacids on pill solubility rate. For the different pill coatings, I wanted to see which type of c…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate the effect of sleep deprivation on students' ability to discern facial emotions. Previous research has shown contradictory res…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to help gardeners find a specific flower color that will attract more ladybugs. By having this information gardeners will know how to fight off…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I became interested in this project when I was growing roses with my mom last summer. The roses my mother planted grew strong and healthy, but the ones I grew were frail and…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This experiment tests the effect of varying concentrations of titanium dioxide (TiO2) on the efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells. Though this chemical has shown to improv…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see how water temperature affects goldfish respiration. My hypothesis was that when fish are put in warmer water their breathing speeds up and…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect of water temperature on a surfactant's ability to decrease the surface tension of water. Methods/Materials Materials for the homema…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out the effect of weight and shape on buoyancy. Methods/Materials Modeling clay was shaped into three different weights and four different shapes (s…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to see the effects off weight on a projectile, in this case, the arrow. It determines how random archery really is, and the effect of weight o…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Effect of Weight on LEGO Brick Bonds was designed to test the structural support of LEGO bricks, which can be paralleled to actual brick bonds used for brickwork buildin…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine which of the following wine bottle closures would deliver the greatest dissolved oxygen level in wine over a 57 day period:…