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 · 2013
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals As technology plays a greater role in many aspects of critical safety, the fast response to computer generated emergency signals can save lives and prevent disasters. Many s…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which soap (Dawn or Ivory) will break down more oil in an ocean environment. Methods/Materials In this experiment I used 296 ml cups to hold the sea water with…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project explores what substances affect cell phone signals the most. It also considers which cell phone carriers can resist different substances better than others Method…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For this project, I tested whether or not hair got weaker over time by testing the amount of weight a top shaft of hair would hold verses the bottom shaft of the same hair.…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to identify which common household disinfectant is the most effective in killing E. Coli. The hypothesis for my project is that if I use bleach as a disinfe…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I received a camera for the holidays. I love film and photography. After examining some photography I came up with the idea of finding the height of an object in a photograp…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals There is a growing demand for small on-site electricity generators to power wirelessly networked sensor nodes that are suitable for monitoring the built and natural environm…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals With the rapid growth of portable electronics, it has become necessary to develop efficient energy-storage technology to match this development. While batteries are currentl…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to test whether the Physarum polycephalum, a slime mold, is capable of creating dendritic networks between food sources. . I hypothesized…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to design a keyboard layout that was more ergonomic than the current QWERTY keyboard layout yet less time-consuming to learn than alternative…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to design a novel Tetanus vaccine that does not lose its potency upon freezing as an alternative to freeze-sensitive aluminum-based vaccines. In…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis for detecting what fruit has the most vitamin C is that oranges will have the most. People always say how healthy oranges are for you and that they are Vitamin…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The Hydrogen Fuel Cell has emerged as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels in vehicles. This project aims to determine the optimal water temperature range for maximu…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine an algorithmically efficient closed-sum formula for the combinatorial sum nC0 + nCc + nC(2c) + nC(3c) + ... Methods/Materials Following a compi…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study was to conclude whether people's "dominant" sense can be determined through tests pitting several frequently-used senses against each other. The stu…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The overall goal of this project was to find a way to reduce the amount of nitrate contamination in groundwater. This project focused on the root systems to observe whether…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if measured amounts of battery acid will contaminate soil enough to shorten the lifespan of the "Eisenia fetida." I believe that placing "Eiseni…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In this study I tested the effects of fire on microbial communities in chaparral soils through DNA barcoding and the comparison of microbes found in burnt and unburned soil…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal was to improve performance of hybrid iOS apps, which are combinations of both native app code (objective-c) and web code (html5/css3). Methods/Materials Using my lap…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project aimed to develop and test a low-cost device potentially capable of detecting sports-related concussions based upon brain wave data collected from a simple elect…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Obesity and related diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are caused by chronic imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. A novel…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to determine the difference in the iron intake of spinach in the presence of marble (alkaline soil) versus regular soil. If the marble increases…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether or not dirt build up has an effect on the amount of energy made by a solar panel. Methods/Materials Two Identical solar panels were place…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the most cost-effective catalyst for electrolysis. The null hypothesis states that the cost to produce one mL of hydrogen and…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover novel influenza endonuclease inhibitors as leads for a new type of anti-flu medicine that is effective against all influenza viruses including p…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this research, the effect of varying territorial distribution on the cohabitation of the two species in conflict was tested. Methods/Materials Because the ants previously…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The first objective of my experiment was to discover whether temperature of a drinkable solution had an effect on the dissolution rate of lactase enzyme tablets. My second o…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which commonly used, over the counter painkiller dissolves the quickest in water which is at body temperature. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to explore water quality and answer a scientific question: Do bigger watersheds have more coliform bacteria? Methods/Materials Samples w…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether boys or girls have a faster physical reaction. Methods/Materials An index card was used to measure the one-inch distance between every…