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 · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To establish and explore the connection between the mental and moral stages taken from Piaget and Kohlberg's theories by analyzing the responses from the test. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to observe whether contact solutions kill bacteria on contact lenses after one wash. It is hoped that through this experiment, one contac…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To record and observe the dietary and metabolic affects of artificial sweeteners such as Saccharin and Sucralose on the common mouse (Mus Musculus). Methods/Materials Materi…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals There is nothing more precious than life! Yet, in the United States and around the world, many lives are being lost because of senseless killings due to possession of high-p…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A leading problem in our society is the lack of physical activity in the lives of busy teenagers. Many students need motivation to escape from the pile of homework on their…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Ten male subjects and ten female subjects were both shown ten signs by the tester with a brief description of each. After fifteen minutes subjects were tested to see how man…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to design and build an electronic prosthetic device to handle delicate objects, like eggs, and be size and shape independent. It uses sensors to provide inp…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over the course of this project, I developed and tested a novel method for a device which finds a sound source. Methods/Materials With components collected from local and in…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the effectiveness of anthelmintics against intestinal parasites in select horses in Mendocino County. Methods/Materials We col…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to continue testing five select contact lens solutions against P. aeruginosa, and to see how low the lens solution preservatives Chlorhexidine Gluconate an…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project compared the properties of two types of non-Newtonian fluids, colloidal and polymeric, and searched for and found a mechanism causing those properties at a mole…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project studies how ferromagnetic and diamagnetic forces affect magnetic levitation distance and its stability, respectively in diamagnetic levitation. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Solar events known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) regularly cause serious problems for electrical systems on our home planet, where the fluctuations of the solar magnetosp…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This study was designed to 1) determine the change in population of keystone microorganisms with an increase in aqueous carbon dioxide, and 2) determine possible connections…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In the USA, there is huge demand for transplantable organs with over 110,000 people on the waiting list to receive an organ and, of these, 18 people die everyday. African-Am…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine at what grade level can children distinguish between candy and non-candy items. Methods/Materials To test my project, I tested 1…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Finding the right songs to use in a video is a tedious process, as one must manually listen and evaluate many possible songs to determine whether they express the right mood…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The warmer weather and current drought in California can stimulate a rapid growth of algae, or algal bloom. This process is also accelerated by the contamination of nitrates…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To chart was to see how different shapes and angles could be sensed more accurately than others. Three different shapes (cylinder, cube and rectangular prism), and two diffe…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build a belt that could be used by anyone who wants to correct their posture. Since reminders from parents are not always available, the be…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine whether exposure to magnetism, UV radiation, or colder temperature affect the regenerative abilities of Lumbriculus variegatus. Methods/Materials Four environme…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The experiment was to measure the presence or absence of Escherichia coli (E.coli) in different samples of sand collected from different locations. It was expecte…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine whether E.coli would be inhibited more by natural herbs (turmeric, coriander, ginger) or commonly prescribed antibiotics (Amo…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of milk has the most bacteria; soy, pasteurized, or raw. I think raw milk has the most bacteria, then pasteurized milk and soy milk.…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test which type of sanitizer kills bacteria most effectively. Methods/Materials Bacteria were swabbed from the bottom of a sink and streake…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment aimed to determine the effect of caffeine extracted from used tea bags on the growth of E. coli. My hypothesis was that caffeine would inhibit E. coli growth…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to assess the bacterial populations found on commonly handled surfaces of fast-food restaurants. It was hypothesized that the bathroom floors would…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the susceptibility of gut bacteria to natural antimicrobial agents compared to antibiotics. I chose two types of gut bacteria Candida Albicans…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals One of the biggest problems faced by our society is antibiotic resistant bacteria. One alternative antimicrobial strategy is photodynamic therapy (PDT), involving the use of…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals BACKGROUND: Evolutionary algorithms (or EAs) are used by engineers to optimize and improve designs with many input variables. A population of simulated designs (called creat…