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 · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To discover the reaction of ubiquitous freshwater invertebrates such as brown planarian (Dugesia tigrina) towards external manmade chemical stimuli from acid rain and eutrop…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was about getting enough energy from an ocean wave in 24 hours to power a light bulb for a days use. Methods/Materials I used a tube 10cm in diameter fitted…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if there are any adverse effects to reusing a water bottle for at most one week without being washed. There are two types of bacte…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project analyzes the variables that affect the accuracy of mass estimations using a method that relies on the relative distance and velocity of satellites of interest.…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The method by which geckos climb smooth vertical walls confounded scientists for over 100 years, until the discovery in 2000, that gecko feet are coated with millions of tin…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if solar modules in the total-cross-tied (TCT) configuration can generate higher maximum-power than those in the series-paralle…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was done in an attempt to answer two questions: Were these inflammatory molecules, and thus the inflammatory response, also associated with breast adenocarcinom…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Calaveras County is known for its gold rush, the giant sequoia, and a celebrated jumping frog. Unknown to many, however, is that Calaveras County was the childhood home of A…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to understand cheating, the academic epidemic. Several hypotheses were developed regarding incidence, gender, student standings, and teacher pe…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main goal of this project is to create an effective algorithm for finding the best move in a given chess position. This algorithm will consist of a series of step-by-ste…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Can you rely on food labels to accurately report fat content? The purpose of my project was to test the actual fat content in a number of popular snack foods and compare the…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how much casein and whey protein would be produced from different types of Lucerne milk. I believe that whole milk will produce the most protein.…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective for our project was to determine the most sanitary cow bedding that dairymen should use to reduce the chances of mastitis and contaminated milk. We believe tha…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if changes in temperature and environment (purified, lake and sea water), affect the amount of oil and water absorbed by 3 different sorbents. I hypothesize fir…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our science fair project tested to see if kitchen cleansers and hand sanitizers really kill 99.9 percent of bacteria like they claim. Methods/Materials We tested seven diffe…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals A proposal to mitigate global warming calls for cooling the earth by placing manmade clouds over our oceans, reflecting a portion of the light from the sun into space. Becau…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I was trying to determine which mouthwash protected your mouth from cavities the best. I tested four agents:Crest,Scope,Listerine & Hydrogen Peroxide. Methods/Materials Firs…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To prove or disprove the hypothesis that the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole. Hypothesis to be proven if at least 50% of the people s…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test how an increase concentration of carbon dioxide, evident in our atmosphere over the years, would affect a plant's growth, appearance, a…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) is able to condense water from coastal fog with such effectiveness that it is able to supplement San Diego's coastal annual rainfall in ord…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This is an experiment designed to investigate the effects of cognitive scaffolding, demonstrated through the item order of standardized test questions, on the score received…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To build and test different crash barriers that effectively reduce the impact force on the vehicle colliding with them. Methods/Materials Construct a very durable "vehicle."…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine if common household electrical appliances with higher voltage disrupt my SID(Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance)monitor. The SID collects data on the effects of sol…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether the antique/western method boiling polluted water, African method of adding moringa olefeira seeds, German techniqu…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In the real world, it is important to get a significant amount of power from a wind turbine. One of the main things that determines how much power you can get from a wind tu…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to compare the strength of solid and laminate wood beams and to determine if increasing the layers in a laminate would make it stronger. Me…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives are to determine whether the 2009 H1N1 swine flu evolved by antigenic shift or antigenic drift and to explore the data and tools provided by the National Cent…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project's goal is to find out in which way files on computers can be most effectively compressed while retaining all the data inside them. I hypothesized that either the…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to develop a program in Java to investigate altruistic punishment and its effect on the fitness of cooperative behavior, where altruistic pun…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if crumb rubber (ground up used tires) could be substituted for sand in the making of concrete as a solution to the great enviro…