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 Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out if there was a difference in vitamin C levels when growing wheatgrass in aquaponics compared with a soil medium. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This is my 6th year of ongoing annelid and mollusc science experiments. I previously discovered that high concentrated tea waste liquid (TWL) is a potent toxin to worms/snai…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objectives during this experiment were to learn to program a Lego robot and program it to patrol around an area and defend it against intruders by executing a series of a…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if algae, specifically a species of green algae called Spirulina, can be used as an ink substitute and to find what abiotic fa…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if you change the topography in a migratory mule deer herd's travel routes, will the deer adapt to the change or will they find a new travel route. Met…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine whether selected genres of music#s effect on bacterial growth correlated with the extensive research of music#s effect on human concentration…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Due to the fact that current conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, lack specificity, the development of new forms of therapy is essenti…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to find out if water from a pool or spa could be used to grow grass. If chemically treated water can be used to effectively grow grass, th…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The Purpose of my project was to determine if colors can inhibit dangerous algal blooms. In other words which color of light of the primary colors prevents algal growth the…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if crystal power cells can outlast alkaline batteries. Methods/Materials Run times of AA,AAA,crystal dry cell and crystal wet cell batteries were tested and exa…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test different methods to disinfect pond water. The goal was to make pond water safe to drink. Methods/Materials Methods: 1) Collect pond water. 2) Prep…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals According to World Health Organization, over 360 million people have disabling hearing loss, and the situation is expected to get worse with the younger generation due to ex…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to create an engineering prototype obstacle alert system using Mindstorm NXT parts to aid the elderly and vision impaired by calculating the…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to find out if a plant needs to photosynthesize if they are given the materials produced in photosynthesis, or if they have the capability t…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find out which can run a fan for the most amount of time, hydrogen and oxygen that is stored in a small reservoir, versus hydrogen and oxygen…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The world famous Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary is an important part of Arcata#s Wastewater Treatment Plant and is temporary refuge to over 270 species birds year round…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if I could disinfect water using the SODIS method. SODIS is a type of water disinfection process using sunlight. You put the contaminated water in a PET (…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals About 347 million people worldwide have diabetes. More than 80% of diabetes deaths in the world occur in low income countries because of lack of awareness. Current testing m…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to stop or slow the rate of corrosion in a saltwater electrolyte using either magnets or petroleum jelly. Methods/Materials AC/DC transformer mult…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The sound of wind chimes can be used as a seed to generate truly random numbers. Methods/Materials A wind chime for recording sound, a fan to control wind speed, a recording…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to create a trading strategy to achieve a higher rate of return than the overall stock market. I predicted that it is possible to outperform the buy-and-hol…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see if people could learn by playing a video game. Methods/Materials I created a video game using RPG Maker 2003. In this game, I had informatio…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out if adults with different levels of education could pass an 8th grade science quiz with a score of 70% or better. Methods/Materials I used a basic 8th grade scien…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if peripheral vision changes in adolescence. I hypothesize that around the age of ten, due to growth of the lens, a change will…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: To understand how to build the most efficient windmill. The focus will be to change the windmill blade angles and measure the change in the number of rotations pe…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to prove that infusing carbon black particles and graphene into common elastic natural rubber bands can create flexible, high sensitivity strain sensors useful fo…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal contaminants and coliforms may sometimes pose threats to humans at our local beaches. I wanted to find out if these contaminants might be present in the lagoon o…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project tests four cat foods to see which is best for your cat: Meow Mix, Friskies, Iams, and Natural Balance. My hypothesis was that Natural Balance would be the best…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to determine which type of cat, cats in shelters or indoor house cats, have a greater prevalence of Toxacara Cati (Roundworms), Ancylostoma (Ho…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Rhizomania poses a major problem to sugar beet worldwide, as it not only causes physical harm to the roots but also reduces the quality of sugar yield by up to 95%. Rhizoman…