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
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Computers are expensive. It would be good to have computers that are affordable for everyone. Two methods to make them more affordable are to use less expensive, non-compute…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals It has been documented that horses are capable of seeing color. If that is the case, then would a horse have a color preference for the food box that they eat from? Methods/…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether some abundantly available and ofter wasted, natural or recycled materials, such as coconut husks, dirt, rice hulls, straw, cocoa bean h…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I'm testing whether changing the angle of an airfoil/wing affects the lift (or downward force) generated by air flowing over and under the airfoil/wing. Methods/Materials My…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Problem - Safebottles.co.nz has reported that more than 100 million plastic water bottles end up in landfills and waterways worldwide each day # that is approximately 1500 e…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Praying mantids use camouflage to avoid predation and to ambush their prey. Research shows that mantids pay attention to structural cues, by demonstrating a preference for a…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals As new ways for clean energy are introduced, it is important to find out which ways are more efficient and cleaner than others. The purpose of this project is to understand…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was designed to determine how a modulated voltage supply at a constant low current would affect the rate of deflection of charged particles by an electromagnet. T…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if you get good results watering plants with caffeine. I also wanted to know what amount of caffeine was too much for plants…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My question, as stated above, was chosen because I had seen my dad pop balloons with lasers before, and I thought it would be a great base for a science fair project. I wond…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out if and how elevation affects the break of a curveball. I predict that a curveball thrown at higher elevation will travel farther an…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to discover if there is a gender difference in response to color. Studies have shown that people of the female gender are less tolerant to g…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals To test the durability and drying time of five(5) different nail polish samples. Methods/Materials Five unique nail polishes were tested for efficiency in two related experi…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How do the sail angle, sail width, and the wind speed affect the force on a sail? Our hypothesis is that the largest sail at the highest wind speed will produce the greatest…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our teacher told us a story about how her dentist observed that even though American people pay more attention to dental hygiene, they seem to be more prone to tooth decay,…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals The Bornean orangutan, classified on the IUCN Red list as endangered since 1986, is threatened by illegal poaching and habitat loss due to logging. Borneo, one of the only t…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to answer the following question, "During a tennis match, how does your stress level affect the way you perform?" Methods/Materials Data f…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Objective: In this project, using a microscope and slides, we compared the effects of man made and natural pollutants on the plant cells of a grass clover. Our hypothesis is…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to determine how differences in snail size and in sun exposure affect how fast snails travel. My hypothesis was that bigger snails would move fast…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals We hypothesized that when peas were defrosted, bacterial growth would increase and there would be a direct correlation between the duration of defrosting and bacterial growt…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project is to test which natural food types will give the fastest amount of glucose to the human body. The foods that are to be tested are all completely found in natur…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective during my project was to see if feeding chickens different calcium enhanced foods would effect their eggshell thickness. Methods/Materials I took three chickens…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to discover the effects of different types of radiation on the regeneration process of planarian. The expectation was that the regeneration pro…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals DETERMINE THE MOST EFFICIENT METAL TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN THROUGH ELECTROLYSIS Methods/Materials I FILLED THE TUB WITH THREE GALLONS OF WATER. I FILLED COLLECTION CONTAINERS WI…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to design and develop a software program to identify the locations of CpG islands in a DNA sequence. Hidden Markov Model (HMM) is the most popu…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was how the different quantities of Red40 dye affect the Carbon Dioxide rise produced in yeast.By predicting that the highest quantity, of 1.5 gra…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main aim of this research is to develop new, more effective methods of Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic Techniques and integrate them with biomedical imagery and…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The project goal/objective was to investigate and research the impact of wolves on the predator/prey relationship of the East Fork Winter Range and to determine their affect…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find out if playing video games vs. doodling has a negative impact on student test performance. My hypothesis was if students doodle r…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Urban runoff has become an increasing threat for marine organisms due to high toxicity levels, lower salinity and extra nutrients supplied from drain outflows. An experiment…