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 · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to grow wheat with distilled, tap, Colorado, and New River water and compare the growth rate. Methods/Materials Silica sand was poured into 4 alumin…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine whether electrolyte supplements had an effect on the performance of the horses at the 2016 Cooley Ranch Ride. The performance was m…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I wanted to investigate the effects of saturated and unsaturated fats on the rheology, gluten development, and final structure of a quick bread. Methods/Materials I tested t…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine how different types of foods affect blood sugars. In addition, we were looking at how different types of foods affected a typ…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to test the adoptability of animals based on their assigned name. Methods/Materials I have talked to many shelter officials to see what kinds of n…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Glyphosate is the most widely-used agricultural chemical ever. It is one of the many homo sapien-ensued factors that affects our environment. The purpose of my project was t…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was undertaken to prove that hypothermic conditions can be an in-vitro model of the tau hyperphosphorylation seen in Alzheimer's disease. Secondly, this study was…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Objective: To determine if concentration, molecular weight, and ion size affect the refractive angle of visible light through solutions containing solutes of various sizes.…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether memory is better if people are multitasking or not. Methods/Materials Materials: Recording of article on phone, notebook…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Martian habitability is a problem for NASA and other space agencies that will need to be solved before we can send people to Mars. This project consists of attempting to tra…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Birds in California salt marshes have become acclimatized to human presence and its effects remain unexamined. The objective of this study is to determine whether difference…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals According to the EPA, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world's oceans with 300 million added each year. It is vital to understand how to decompose plas…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Determine the effectiveness of two different synthetic and natural antifungal medications on limiting the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae over time. Methods/Materials The…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test how temperature and material affect the speed of sound in a gas. I tested the hypothesis that if the temperature is changed, then the speed…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to find the correct increments of the hormones auxin and gibberellin to increase the growth of Brassica rapa. We want to find this so that farmers could spr…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Current research indicates rates of depression and anxiety among adolescents, youth ages 13-19, have increased by 70 percent in the past 25 years. Adolescents are repeatedly…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine how varying the amount of a specific ingredient that constitute a bioplastic mixture can affect tensile strength. I hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine how different soil types affect preservation of possible feather imprints of Tyrannosaurus rex. Research has proven that it is…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to test out the toxicity of perfumes, colognes, and body sprays. Methods/Materials The materials that we used are, plastic cups, saran wrap,…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to determine how the amount of stages in a Gauss Rifle affect the speed of the projectile launched. Methods/Materials A stopwatch, a measurin…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my science fair project I tested three household objects (TV remote, house phone and game controller) first with hand sanitizer and a week later with antibacterial soap…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal was to design an efficient heat exchanger to recapture the heat lost from a household clothes dryer. The recaptured heat was used to heat our laundry room. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Fingerprints are unique to each of us but obtaining a print isn't always 100%. This test was to determine which process would be most reliable of matching fingerprints to a…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to attempt to cultivate a symbiotic relationship between goldfish and an elodea plant, and observe which kind it is. Determine how such s…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to study the behavior of hummingbirds at artificial feeding sources. Methods/Materials We setup hummingbird feeders in the first phase of the stu…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if the speed of a rotor ship as propelled by the Magnus Effect is affected by the surface roughness of the rotor when exposed to…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Main aim of my project was to create a 3D printer mostly using recycled computer parts. Another objective was to do this within a budget of $150. Functionally, the goal was…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to understand where the Julia and Mandelbrot sets come from and answer many intriguing questions: How many different types of Julia sets are there? Do Julia sets…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if the Tumeric root extract, Curcumin, can be used as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory helming agent. Methods/Materials Micr…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine whether a subject's memory of an event can be altered by framing questions given after the event has occurred. The specific goa…