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 · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the dietary preferences of the Common Garter Snake in the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve by using scent testing of various prey to see if t…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Multi-state outbreaks of E. coli have been reported over the past few years due to consuming raw or unwashed vegetables. The objective of this study was to determine if the…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out the difference between the fingerprint patterns of India and the USA. Methods/Materials The materials required are a fingerprinting p…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of different essential nutrients and their concentrations on the rate of bioremediation Methods/Materials Obtain ne…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was created in order to further understand the specific compounds in eucaplytus globulus extract that cause its insect repellent properties, how those component…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to measure the effectiveness of neodymium magnets at cleaning oil spills. I tested the process using different densities of oils, chosen to match actual oils tha…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We are seeing ever-increasing threats of contamination of fresh water, from industrial wastes, to nuclear power plant accidents, to pharmaceutical drug contamination of muni…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project investigated the difference in water guns with air pressure chambers and elastic pressure chambers. I built an air pressure homemade water gun (APH) and a const…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effect of dry aluminum sulfate (alum) on phosphate levels in water from P2O5, or rock phosphate, fertilizer and then to use the experiment'…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined the ability of four antioxidants (vitamin C, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q-10, and selenium) to dampen the harmful effects of hydrogen peroxide on S…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted in order to figure out what the effect of Aspirin on plants was. The objective was to find out whether or not Aspirin speeds up the growth of plan…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective was to determine the effect of a water based cooling system/membrane installed underneath Astroturf on the amount of radiant heat given off the surf…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to find whether a V-formation increases the flight efficiency of birds by taking advantage of wing-tip vortices, and if so, what variation of a…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to test the effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia, and whether or not BPA could make its way into the plant. My hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the safety of caffeine and its nervous system stimulating effects on adolescents. The aim of this study was to evalua…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out how increasing carbon dioxide levels affect the freshwater plant, Elodea. Methods/Materials I set up three tanks. Each tank had a layer of soil,…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Fungal agents have shown increasing signs of resistance towards regularly used antimycotic agents. With our research, we hope to find a combination of both antifungals & nat…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Parent provided "Children at Play" signs and other unofficial street signs are being used in many neighborhoods and streets throughout the world. Although these signs are su…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This is an experiment designed to investigate the effect of color in relation to recognition of selected scents, based off of the Stroop Effect (Stroop, J.R,) 1935, and dete…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to see how the invasive species Brassica nigra (black mustard) grows when in competition with native Southern California coastal sage scrub species. By e…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if caffeine would have an effect on the electricity flow from a microbial battery. I hypothesized that caffeine would incre…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if different impact absorbing materials affect the impact force on a simulated human head model. My hypothesis was that the impact force would be…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The ultimate purpose of this project is to find out how to make the fastest D.C motor. Methods/Materials Materials: Windows 7 Computer Arduino uno (1) USB wire (1) Arduino p…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This research aims to discover if a cricket's cellular respiration rate is effected by varying temperatures in its environment and how this knowledge can be applied to other…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to observe levels of radiation emitted by cell phones and see if they exceed the safe radiation limit set by the FCC which has been determi…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the effects electronic cigarette vapor can have on mice#s blood calcium levels. Nicotine from conventional cigarettes is known to have adverse effe…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals If the percentage of CO2 in a plant's environment affects how fast the plant will grow, then - considering that plants require CO2 for photosynthesis and the production of c…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine what effect the inoculation of corn seeds at planting with endomycorrhizae fungi would have on both the overall growth of the corn plant and the…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this science project was to find out how fabric content might have an effect on heat absorption of different fabrics. Methods/Materials Six fabrics wer…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of three different fin shapes enable a water-bottle rocket to achieve the greatest altitude. Methods/Materials One water-bottle rocket, 3…