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 · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To compare the effects of El Niño conditions on two different ecosystems in Henry Cowell State Park, determining if increased soil moisture as a result of additional rainfal…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to discover a definite relationship between the trajectories of a projectile fired at the same angle and velocity both with and without gravit…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to compare the level of depression or symptoms of depression between nurses working nights and nurses working days, as measured by the PHQ-8 s…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To observe two different thermite reactions and determine whether copper oxide or iron oxide thermite would cause more observable damage (melting) to the test subject (made…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Based on my research on thermoelectricity, I believed that I would be able to convert heat into electricity by utilizing the process called the Seebeck Effect. The Seebeck E…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In this project, I want to make an Artificial Pancreas that can be used for any patient with Type 1 Diabetes. Instead of using actual insulin and glucose I will test the art…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Millions of people today, perhaps also you, are being tricked and put into danger when using commercial grease-cleaning products such as Formula 409, Goo Gone, and many othe…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The object of my project is to test which method works the best to predict run production. Methods/Materials computer, taking baseball statistics from the last 10 years and…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if toothbrushes have harmful bacteria in their bristles and which one of my cleaning techniques would clean the toothbrush the mo…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment was to find out which teaching method would be most useful in teaching a new skill. Methods/Materials Our method was to give each student a pre…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Fingerprints develop while a person is within the womb. It is not known whether fingerprint patterns are due solely to environmental factors in the womb, or if there is a ge…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Sepsis is a severe inflammatory immune-based response to an overwhelming infection, which can lead to shock, organ failure, and death. Each year, over one million people in…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to save the lives of the nearly 300,000 people that die of cardiac arrest in the United States alone, every year. These peoples deaths are pr…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to isolate the best detachable dual mode toilet tank apparatus design (out of the two constructed apparatuses) based on its efficiency,…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I compared the speed of the fastest penalty kick with the time it takes the goalie to reach the goal post. I also tested how a player can kick it the fastest and how a goali…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The light emitted by lamps in the backward direction is not useful. The purpose of my project is to make an efficient device to collect the wasted light by studying optimal…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to see which acid mixture or chemical would prevent the most rust. Methods/Materials For this experiment I used 24 finishing nails, 261 grams…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to measure how different substances cooked with beans affects bean hardness and cooking time. My goal was to determine what substances short…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our research aimed to more effectively model the extragalactic background light (EBL), which is the sum of all the optical and infrared light that has been emitted since the…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Across the globe, freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing in frequency, and toxic blooms produced by several common species can pose significant…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year is wasted. Wasting food also waste…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My projects goal is to find out if I am able to test a commercial trailers light system without having a truck available as a power source. The tester I will build needs to…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if NaOH as a catalyst (substance used to speed up transesterification) or Hydrochloric acid as a catalyst would produce more biofuel…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Develop resistance to Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin in one strain of E. coli, then transform the resistance to the wild type E. coli. Methods/Materials Tested the transferenc…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This investigation assess the effect of magnetic fields on a model organism: garden cress (lepidium sativum). Methods/Materials Eight samples of garden cress seeds were grow…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to resolve how different blood types, with varying antigens and Rhesus factors, react to other antibodies in their rates and severity of aggl…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to explore how polygonal robots move. Engineers have created cube robots that flip by using flywheels that spin fast and stop abruptly. My proje…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Biogas represents a promising alternative fuel to combat our increasing dependency on fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For my project, I sought to des…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which SPF value protects the skin from skin cancer, skin aging, sunburns, cataracts, a weakened immune system, and other eff…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Fractures in the elderly that result from falls are often due to impaired eyesight and are a major health problem. These falls are estimated to exceed 2 million per year in…