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 · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the relative inhibitory plant growth effects of allelochemicals from foreign plants on a variety of plants native to the Santa Cruz…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Cleanup of soil pollutants is often expensive and environmentally unsound. Phytoremediation is an area of frontier science that provides a safe and cost-effective alternativ…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which type of soil fertilizer, organic or synthetic, will leach the fastest when water passes through the soil, mimicking diffe…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether, in a two-player zero-sum contest, a player would choose a seemingly more powerful strategy, or select a less obvious strategy, recomme…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out whether red algae would grow more quickly in warm or in cool temperatures. The purpose of this project is to help biologists find larg…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out the most effective hand washing method(s) that will remove the most bacteria from our hands. Hence, it will prevent spreading an…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project was to figure out which stringed instrument had the greater loudness. Then the problem established was, "What is the effect of different sized…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to determine if photons in sunlight exhibit detectable mass properties when striking a mechanical detector. This exercise would be accomplished by b…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to effectively isolate and independently measure the different radioactive emissions from the uranium oxide glaze on the bowl so that proper shi…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to derive a more precise and realistic retinal representation in monocular as well as binocular vision based on its optical and geometrical pr…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of tis experiment was to find out the effect of acid rain on native and non-native plants. Methods/Materials 36 native, and 36 non native seeds were planted in…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to expand on my previous projects, which defined and characterized the Nimber-Simplex graph. The first goal was to prove that all binary li…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The Pappus Chain Theorem, a type of Euclidean geometry, was discovered and proven by Pappus of Alexandria in the third century. In the 1800's, Jacob Steiner, a Swiss mathema…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine and compare how much and how fast motor oil can pollute and harm our soil. My goal was to find which soil could withhold motor o…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals In this project, the planar isometries of polygons are characterized by their grap structure. It is shown that the reflections and rotations are the only possible planar iso…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to find out if meditation reduces stress. Methods/Materials We produced a guided meditation tape. We had 18 people listen to it and tested t…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if different varieties of sugar affect the amounts of carbon dioxide to be released during the process of fermentation. The hyp…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to find a filter which is made out of biological materials, which are effective in filtering out both nitrate and phosphorous levels from agricultu…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see if asthmatics, who regularly take their asthma medications, can perform at the same level during exercise as people who do not have ast…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the potential usefulness of thermal imaging technology to evaluate and monitor autonomic vascular reactions, and to establish whe…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to observe the effect of increasing the surface area of a rotating solid sphere on its velocity as it traveled through a fluid media. The…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine why the same notes sound different when played on different instruments, and how these differences can be mathematically characterize…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to do this experiment; because it is my interest to see if there is a difference between genders and age groups for detecting flavors. I wanted also to find out wha…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Does a person's age affect his/her sensitivity to touch? If a person is younger, I beleive he/she will be more sensitive to touch. Methods/Materials 1. Use a ruler & compass…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I study the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator on arbitrary simply connected bounded domains in the plane with rational holomorphic boundary data. My first goal is t…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine, for a fixed surface area, what sail shape, a triangle, square, rectangle or trapezoid will produce the fastest run for a "Land Yacht." Methods…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Expanded polystyrene (EPS), commonly referred to as Styrofoam, is a non-biodegradable plastic that is difficult to recycle by standard methods. As such, rapidly growing amou…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Can a solar oven be built to cook food at a certain temperature? A solar oven can use energy directly from the sun to cook food. My objective was to build a solar oven that…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to investigate the effect of readily available drugs (caffeine, cough and cold medicine, allergy medicine, and a sleep aid) on the heart…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see if toxins are able to travel through the water cycle. If It remains toxic? How Toxic? Can this effect our crops and does this provide dan…