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 · 2015
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to see how the size of an investigated area of land affects the evidence of habitat filtering and competitive exclusion. I looked at different qu…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective of this project is to test if placing walls underwater and above water will reduce the damage of a tsunami. Methods/Materials Methods: Make the wave tank and pu…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which brand of soil produces the best and healthiest plant growth. Three brands were compared: Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, Garden…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to observe the effects of hard, surface pollutants on aquatic plants ability to photosynthesize and ocean acidification. Methods/Materials Goldfish and aqua…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I did this test to see if Twinkies can resist water, similar to a store bought water resist for leather. I tested to see if my different Twinkie mixes stood up to water resi…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out which commonly used building materials are best at blocking WiFi signals. This information could be used for security purpos…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which food or liquid contains the highest amount of glucose among orange juice, cranberry juice, Coca Cola, Diet Pepsi, lemon…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to look for correlations of the properties of metals and their antibacterial strength. This experiment looks into the oligodynamic effect.…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see the growth process of stalactites and stalagmites. I kept record of the speleothems to document how long it took them to fully develop and…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal was to understand thermoelectric/seebeck effect and apply the learnings in our daily lives by the creating a prototype that harnesses body heat to power a belt that…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to explore how temperature affects the lifting ability of a helium balloon. My hypothesis is that when the helium inside the balloon is warmer…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to expand upon previous personal research and focus on a comparison of the electrical efficiency of iron (III) and copper (II) salts in phosphate solutions…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to create an accurate and useful computer model that portrays the effects of the spread of infectious disease and how different mortality rate…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project#s goal was to create a prosthetic hand that rivals mid-priced prosthetics in both price and functionality. The original objective was to embed muscle control but…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to create a solution which could receive data from any brain sensing device, and use it to control external real world devices. As part of our solution, our goa…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if a laser's path becomes changed more with the amount of sugar, and if it can be used to measure sugar content. Methods/Materials To make a glass…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which types of electricity-generating mechanisms at which parts of the foot would generate the greatest amount of electricity.…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to develop a mobile application that aids color vision deficient people in identifying colors and helps children learn color vocabulary. Methods/…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine whether Corn Starch, Wheat Starch and Potato Starch each mixed into a solution with biodegradable biopolymers Xanthan Gum and Beta…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Heart Disease is the top killer in the United States, causing 600,000 deaths annually. Current methods of prevention for this disease cause discomfort to 30% of the populati…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the feasibility of replacing hydroelectric dams with multiple small turbines in free flowing rivers. Methods/Materials A pelton wheel turbine genera…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to genetically engineer a line of flies that are capable of highlighting the genes responsible for extending lifespan in the Drosophila melanogaster#s #Hsp2…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To discover and harness latent properties that exist between exoelectrogenic communities in a biochemical fuel cell and their organic interactions with different types of el…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Does the leeway coastal sand of Okinawa, Japan, along the East China Sea, transport from north to south due to the Black Current and other surface water processes? This expe…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to contrast the growth of organic, inorganic, and genetically modified plants in different soil types. This includes finding which group of pl…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out whether a horse or it's rider's heart rate would be most affected after jumping a course of jumps. Methods/Materials Stethoscope, Stopwatch, Course o…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Reports published by the U.S. National Institute of Health indicate a food's vitamin C oxidizes and denatures at 70° C (or 158° F). I set out to learn if vitamin C could be…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to use an inexpensive mirror with an anisotropic holographic diffuser, rotating at 5 times a second by being mounted on a 300RPM motor sy…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see how time perception is learned in children. We hypothesized that time estimation would become more accurate with age and could be learned with feedb…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is to prove which drying method, towel or air drying, works better to remove bacteria after washing your hands. I think drying your hands with a paper towel wo…