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
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) combines fast read/write time, high endurance, and nonvolatile storage. Magnetoelectric RAM (MeRAM), a new class of MRAM, uses v…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective of my project was to try see if you could charge a smartphone using its own heat that it emits. My hypothesis was: If I can capture enough heat from a smartphon…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if spatial cognition is affected by playing chess, gender, and grade level. Methods/Materials In my experiment, I used an o…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Formaldehyde is a known hazardous compound and a human carcinogen. Over the last few years, it has been found in household goods such as furniture and textiles. The harmful…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if adding fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids to a chicken's normal, daily diet of egg layer feed it will improve the…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the accumulation rate of cigarette butt pollution at different location and time frames and to assess the effectiveness of ci…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Handshakes, fist bumps, and high-fives are ways of greeting someone. They have become rituals and they seem pretty normal to us. But, have you not ever wondered how many ger…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if the efficiency of removing oil from water using ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid, would change by varying the amount and temp…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project aims to investigate the relationship between projectile mass and projectile kinetic energy after firing in small-scale coil guns. Methods/Materials A single-sta…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if there were trends in how people, based on race and ethnicity, associated certain colors with positive and/or negative words. Me…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Our project was to determine if using different materials like silica gel and space sand as a stationary phase in column chromatography affect the way sodas' dyes separate.…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal is to generally improve the performance of any device through combining multiple programming languages. Methods/Materials The important Materials are: Computer Ecli…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The main goals of my project are (1) to develop simple, cost-effective, reusable electrochemical sensor arrays (electronic tongue and electronic nose) that can simultaneousl…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to compare the extent to which various factors affected the crime rates in communities throughout the country, using the K-Means clusterin…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Determine whether the patterns produced by orthogonally polarized waves sent through a double-slit apparatus are examples of quantum or classical phenomena. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My project was to compare the amount of bacteria in raw and pasteurized milk samples using methylene blue dye to estimate bacterial content. Methods/Materials Over four days…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine if specific vitamins fed to C. elegans would effect their reproduction rate and longevity. Methods/Materials Melted Nematode Growth A…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of the experiment was to create a controller that was better fitted for single armed people than the normal controller designed to be operated with two hands. A sec…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The basis of this research project is to determine whether the female eye can more efficiently distinguish the darker shade of a hue then a male. Methods/Materials The compu…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals When people lose their ability to competently navigate their environments, quality of life can quickly erode. In severe cases, such as Alzheimer#s disease or blindness, loss…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My eleven-year-old sister, Kate, was born with a heart condition which causes her to have a heart murmur. Kate's pediatrician first diagnosed her by carefully listening to h…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals When mixed liquid and gas fluid flows undergo violent motions, a free surface forms between the liquid and the gas. If the motion is severe enough, such as the breaking of a…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see if scrambling the letters of the words in the tests would affect the speed and accuracy of the subjects scores on the Stroop Effect test. T…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of my project are to see which one of the medications, Miralax or Metamucil, is better for treating chronic constipation by comparing which has fewer side eff…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals For my project, I built a gas sensor and coded a program to make it output readings. I chose this project because in my neighborhood, there is a nearby water treatment plant…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To build a 3D printer capable of producing high quality prints similar to the quality of commercially produced printers, at a lower cost, and to gain a greater understanding…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to compare the rates of heat conduction of commonly available metals. My hypothesis is that copper will conduct heat faster than iron, al…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project is a solar powered fridge that works from Avaporation and Condinsation to keep materials cool in places that dont have axcess to electricity. Methods/Materials I…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Corals have a symbiotic relationship with the algae zooxanthellae, which carry out photosynthesis on the coral, providing the reef with essential sugars, lipids, and oxygen.…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Solar-driven water splitting with earth-abundant, efficient and robust photoelectrode and catalyst materials can meet the challenges of providing sustainable energy globally…