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 · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Determining whether the addition of readily-available, low-cost substances, when mixed with exterior or interior house paint, improves the fire resistance of the paint throu…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To predict gross lift for a hot air balloon before flight testing. Methods/Materials Measure the volume of the balloon. Test for temperature inside the balloon. Weigh the ba…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether crickets exposed to lead contaminated water would develop more aggressive behavior and exhale a lower level of carbon dioxide. My hypo…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect of used motor oil on bean plants by measuring plant height. The prediction was that the plants placed in the contaminated soil woul…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to investigate how non-toxic surfactants affect the surface tension of water and to determine if any of these surfactants can be used as an…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My overall objective is to determine the effects and compare photos that were taken at night. Different locations affected by light may produce a different number of pixels…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Because of the health risk the influenza A virus poses to society, affecting millions of people annually, discovering an antiviral medication to combat the virus is crucial…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Lead is a potent neurotoxin that does not break down in the environment and is very hard to clean up. It is extremely harmful to the nervous system, especially in small chil…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals A novel approach was proposed to test the viability of utilizing magnetic silver nanoparticles as a primary method for a water treatment plant#s disinfection process. The co…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to create a particle board out of corn cobs, carton boxes and plastic and to see the quality of each particle board depending on the ratios of th…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals As artificial neural networks (ANNs) gain popularity the need for larger and faster networks has arisen. Traditionally when the network is modeled in software the parallel n…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals To examine the process of making paper from agricultural wastes, such as orange peel and corn stover, and to investigate the energy requirements for paper production from th…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The main objective of our project is to test that increase in temperature, increase in moisture level and adding egg shells can eventually increase the reproductive rate of…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to show the amount of friction, produced by different grades of sandpaper that is needed, for a vine#s tendril to elongate and twine itself around…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to understand if the surface material of an object affected its ability to transmit vibrations. Methods/Materials I used 12"x12" metal and…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if heat or refrigeration affects the amount of Vitamin C in freshly-squeezed orange juice. My hypothesis was that heating orange…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project's goal was to determine if vitamins affected the growth of a plant. For this purpose, I used Vitamin B, C, and D and Tap Water. Methods/Materials Three bean seeds…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The United States military and various law enforcement agencies are studying the use of non-lethal weapons to reduce the potential for casualties, reduce the risk of alienat…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if cell phone radiation is harmful to living creatures. I am interested in this project because I just got my first cell phone and…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Do synthetic laundry detergents clean better than green laundry detergents? Does green really clean? I believe synthetic detergents would clean better than the green ones. S…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine what type of human hair absorbs crude oil from salt and or fresh water the most. Methods/Materials Nylon stockings, crude oil, iodized salt, wa…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if food crops can be irrigated using gray water and to observe the effect of the water on the crop's development and growth. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Purpose Our project was to determine if the output voltage of our homemade hydro-electric generator will change linearly, exponentially or not at all when you increase the h…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals Design and build a device using simple electronic components and a microcontroller to detect weeds in vineyards. This eco-friendly system will lower farmers' operating costs…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal for my project is to determine at which hovering height, over which terrain will a helicopter produce the least amount of RPM's. Methods/Materials For my experiment…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the study was to determine the status of student's racial beliefs, attitudes and preferences. The researcher's hypothesis was that when given a questionnair…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine which environmental factor most affects the water loss from a plant due to transpiration- Is it light or is it temperature? From summer to win…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals By simulating greater depth of water, can I create more force to lift greater weight at greater acceleration, as predicted by Newtons 2nd and 3rd laws? Methods/Materials Con…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the performance of different golf balls on a putting green. Does it matter what ball is used, if it's dirty, how many dimples…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which of the various household hand cleaners was the most effective in killing bacteria. Methods/Materials The project was div…