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 · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals As fuel prices go up, solar cells can be used as an alternative source of energy. My objective was to find out the best direction and tilt angle to place a set of solar cell…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals To analyze how various auditory, visual, and vocal distractions effect the reaction times of high school students between the ages of 14-18. Then comparing these results to…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A large number of fish died suddenly in the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin in Fall 2002. My objective was to determine if this fish die-off was caused by low dissolved oxygen…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Controlling mosquitoes has been an important task for scientists. Various ways of controlling mosquitoes have been conducted by researchers for many decades. The purpose of…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine the optimum temperature for yeast to produce carbon dioxide, and to see if Rapid Rise Yeast would produce gas faster than Active D…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The study of the effects of ultraviolet light on the depressions in CH (Carbon Hydrogen) plastic films takes place in this experiment. Methods/Materials I tested the CH film…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to observe and compare the effect of acidic fruit juices on apple slices to determine which juice will be the most effective in preventing oxidation (browni…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to detect and compare the effects of air pollution given off from a small sized car, a mini-SUV, and a large SUV on iceplants (plants that are com…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals As a consequence of the rising levels of anthropogenic (human generated) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the world ecosystems are undergoing unforeseen changes. The nitrog…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to examine if common household food items alter the growth of oral bacteria. Methods/Materials Human saliva was collected from different ind…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The effects of metabolites produced by the fungus, Cladosporium sp. on crops in the Salinas Valley such as beans and lettuce were determined. This fungus has shown a remarka…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of nicotine on cancer cell and endothelial cell proliferation, which are both intricately involved in tumor gro…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover the effects of change in orientation of chicken embryos to the Earth's geomagnetic field. Methods/Materials First, I obtained 2 incubators and s…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine how decreased and increased salinity concentrations affect the developmental asexual stage in the life cycle of the Aurelia labiat…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To see if electricity could be used as an ant repellant.Also to find out the lowest voltage that would repell an ant without injuring it. Methods/Materials The materials I u…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to build an electric motor and to change different parts of the motor to see how it effects motor speed. Methods/Materials Electric moto…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals If I add electricity to the growth of plants then the plants metabolism would speed up causing the plant to grow faster. Methods/Materials Materials: 10 Plant Pots, 10 Drain…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine whether diferent samples of metals and minerals have iron, copper or lead in them. Methods/Materials There were eleven samples used in my project, each tested s…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals To test the effectiveness of different hand cleaning products to reduce micro-organisms on hands. Methods/Materials Every day for 5 days, shower at 11:00 A.M. At 2:30 P.M. u…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine whether viscosity would be useful to reveal characteristics of functional groups of molecules that change in biochemical processes, such as fermentatio…
CSEF · 2005
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Secure data transfer is important task of the today communications. Benchmarking several reputable encryption algorithms on an embedded micro-controller was the primary goal…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to use calorimetry to determine the gross energy content (calorie/ gram) of Snickers, Milky Way, and Reese#s candy bars. Methods/Materials An oxygen bomb ad…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Automobiles are notorious for their fuel inefficiency, utilizing only 13% of the total amount of fuel for locomotion, while 62% is lost as the engine itself is incapable of…
CSEF · 2005
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to investigate which shutter speeds to use and combine to effectively capture a scene with large lighting variations using a digital camera.…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine which popular North County, San Diego Surf Beaches were the safest and most hazardous regarding Enterococcus bacteria. The follo…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if different external environmental factors, which simulate different natural habitats, affect the reproduction rates of Metridi…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to find an environmentally friendly way to kill or repel pests. The reason I am doing this project is because different chemical pesticides either…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Tag/Recapture is a method used to estimate the population size of a certain species in a given area. Many scientists use the method of tag/recapture in order to estimate a p…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The question that I would like to answer is which drink (Milk, Gatorade Lemon, Gatorade Lemon Ice, Water, Coke, 7-Up, Grapefruit Juice, or Pediatric Electrolyte, A.K.A. #Ped…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether solutes which ionize (like NaCl) would lower the freezing point of water more than solutes which do not ionize (like sucrose). Methods…