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
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to discover if time of day had an effect on performance of eighth graders on a multiplication test. Methods/Materials Two different test…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether or not insects, specifically crickets, red harvester ants, and ladybugs, activity levels will be increased by ultrasonic sound. Methods/Materials I took…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cue among the spoken word, signed word, written word or visual picture produces the most efficient method of training a service dog to re…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether marine plants (seagrass and sea lettuce) reverse ocean acidification. Methods/Materials One trial required a total of four aquariums. A…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was to see if the protein from peanuts would make chickens lay larger eggs. The hypothesis is that the eggs will get larger. Methods/Materials Method: Feed chic…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if 6th graders can be misled by giving them false information. Methods/Materials Materials: - Paragraph with false information about volcanoes. - Par…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if Zea mays, corn, inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi would be able to communicate with their neighbors and warn them about pest…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the particle size of Alka-Seltzer tablets and the temperature of water affect the reaction time, or the time it takes for the tablets t…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The homotopy groups of a topological space are commonly studied as a topological invariant which gives information about the space's holes, homotopy type, and connectedness.…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if video games and other distractions ease a person's awareness of pain. Methods/Materials 14 people, ages ranging from 8 to 49, participated i…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine which common carbohydrate-containing beverage caused the most tooth decay and if brushing the recommended 2 minutes twice a day would be protective.…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the presence of CO(2) in a trumpet coral polyp's environment would cause the water to become more acidic and break down the polyp's outer shell. M…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Over the course of this two-year research project, I screened four different compounds (Vorinostat, Cisplatin, Cyclosporine, and Tacrolimus) to identify compounds that could…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to investigate the use of duckweeds, Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhizza, in phytoremediation in removing acetaminophen, caffeine and e…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals "Let it soak for several days" read the instructions. Huh? By the time it would be fully colored, the carnation will be wilted. There must be a better way! So began my exper…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Does the height of two different buildings affect it#s stability in an Earthquake? Methods/Materials Place dowel on surface with different heights at 3 inches, 6 inches, 9 i…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to determine which foundation is the best to build structures on to secure safety and stability during an earthquake. Methods/Materials Our goal was to determin…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project studies how the Arctic Ocean is responding to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and global warming. Sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll a…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Methods/Materials I collected different soils, manure and compost. I buried orange slices, added water on a daily basis and extracted them days apart to see which method was faster at decomp…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals As the global population grows, it has become common for infrastructure projects (e.g. dams, solar farms) to adversely impact the habitat quality and overall viability of wi…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to design a simple and reliable device that turns human energy into electricity that can be generated anywhere or everywhere with little investment unlike o…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The electrical stimulation from a cochlear implant (CI) must be fine-tuned (fitted) regularly by an audiologist for each individual user. Recent research has shown that it i…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to understand how a fungicide that is commonly used in Santa Cruz County and is certified for use on organic farms can affect plankton abundance and diversi…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine whether construal levels (abstract/concrete) affect procrastination. Based on Construal- Level Theory (CLT), I hypothesized that students would perceive a longe…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In Year I of my project, I tested how changing the depth of a blowhole assembly in a wave generation tank affected the amount of water ejected from the blowhole spout, which…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if the bodily process of producing silk from silkworms can be affected by the heat and light in a specific habitat and temperature. Methods/Materials F…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether female fruit flies that are injected with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria produce more successful embryos. This could…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals How do online task interruptions affect productivity in a learning environment? Does gender, practice, aptitude or music affect efficiency of multitasking? Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I had done this project to find out why the same plants grow better in certain soils than others. So, my goal was to learn which pH was best for certain plants and even if i…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to validate the hypothesis that a commercial wind turbine can produce a minimum 12 volts of electricity to charge a car battery, thereby red…