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 · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cell phones are becoming a crucial part of peoples lives in Africa, however in some places people may have to walk for hours to get access to power and pay large amounts jus…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test my hypothesis that previous knowledge of chess interferes with a person's ability to play checkers with chess pieces. Methods/Materials Consent was…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In my project, I decided to test whether or not Piaget's theory applies to children. The method I used to test this understanding was to test whether or not children underst…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project's purpose was to determine if clay sculpture can influence, or have an effect on children's human figure drawings. In addition, similarities and differences bet…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Before water is released from the supply reservoirs as pure, potable, finished water, it must be filtered and disinfected. Chlorination, using the reactive element chlorine,…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Citrus Greening citrus, Tomato Psyllid Yellows and Potato Zebra Chip are all severe diseases caused by Candidatus Lieberibacter bacteria. Vectored by psyllids and noncultura…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Ground level ozone causes many health problems, so when I found this out I started thinking: what about my town? My objective was to find out how ground level ozone levels c…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which natural absorbent would be the best at/most useful in absorbing oil. Three materials were tested including, dried cornh…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if online banner advertisements were more effective to either men or women, and to what degree. I hypothesized that there would be no difference betw…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Individuals and companies in today#s world are inundated with a flood of data. The issue of information overload has made it exceedingly difficult to function efficiently as…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Through this experiment I tried to make successful glazes for potters to use made from materials near my home. Methods/Materials I gathered and processed twelve materials fr…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The focus of my project is to determine if there are carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at harmful levels in brewed coffee. My hypothesis is that I believe that I…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment is designed to analyze the effects of numeric and language audio on responses of the brain regarding arithmetic cognitive functions. Hypothesis: If students…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To see if wood preservatives can increase the effectiveness of a fire retardant and to find an improved fire retardant. Methods/Materials 110 pieces of wood, a two burner ca…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine what common indoor air pollutant has the most effect on people's lung function being measured by peak flow. Methods/Materials Inf…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine which bridge design: suspension, beam, or arch was the strongest. We predicted that the suspension bridge would hold the most weight because t…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test what athletic shirt companies claim their shirts do, which is to keep you warmer or cooler in different conditions. We compared ath…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to compare the efficiency and overall production of horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) and vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) in differ…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Dreaming has fascinated us all over the ages. Dreaming occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep. There are some neurological diseases which are caused/intensifi…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment intends to answer the question, #Can the most optimized positioning of water molecules in a multidimensional system, in order to reach the lowest possible sy…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to create a program that can create new music through analysis of existing music using a computer. The objective of this project is to demonstrat…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals In a high school football season, a player takes and average of 650 hits to the head. These hits can cause severe concussions and even permanent damage. This project was des…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to explore whether the increased use of text-messaging as a means of communications by my peers might be impacting our ability to effectively read facial ex…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Since texting came to the U.S. in 1996 it has grown rapidly. It has grown so much that the average teen sends over 3,000 texts a month. Many students text while doing homewo…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Many empirical hurricane loss models consider only wind speed but neglect storm size. Such models may not accurately predict the losses from super-sized storms such as Hurri…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Find out which milk (Vitamin D (whole), 2%, or Fat-Free) will contain the most amounts of bacteria colonies. Methods/Materials Need agar powder, liter of water, Incubator, V…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Colony Collapse Disorder has grown in prominence since 1919, now accrediting for losses as much as 40-50% of honey bees in some European countries during the winter of 2012.…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Bacterial spot disease is caused by four Xanthomonas species and results in, annually, up to 50% loss of marketable tomatoes. Genomic studies revealed that the four species…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals A current environmental concern is the level of copper concentration in storm drainage runoff water into the ocean. Much of this copper originates from brake pad dust on str…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals About 70% of the population uses their right ear to listen to a phone call, which lead me to me topic. The purpose of this project was to determine which ear might better re…