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 · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Objective: My objective was to learn if dog saliva could really kill or prevent bacteria. Methods/Materials Materials: For my project I used dog saliva, sterile petri plates…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to build a device that models earthquakes caused by fault slippage and determine the effect of fracking on the number and magnitude of earth…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine if light intensity affects people's perception of Fechner colors. I hypothesized that Fechner colors would change in different luminos…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test whether increasing ocean acidification, which is caused by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, affects the weight of shell…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science fair project was to determine whether recycled or non recycled paper would biodegrade faster and how moisture will affect the process. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover which saddle pad material kept my horse's core temperature the lowest during work to minimize cooling time. Methods/Materials H…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to investigate if freshwater or saltwater around the Earth was becoming more acidic due to increased carbon emission produced by humans. M…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if there is a relationship between my mnemonic mobile application, Study Senses, and the improvement of memorization in educationall…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the presence of food in the stomach affects iron absorption (and iron absorption rate). Methods/Materials Three so…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to discover if the wood type of an acoustic guitar will affect its tone. Methods/Materials This project involved five varying types of wood, g…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To begin, the purpose of my project was to investigate if changing the circadian rhythm of gold fish affects their memory. My first observation was when I removed the cardbo…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if meat goats are able to see color or if they are color blind. If they do see color I wanted to know whether there is a specific…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to find out if the distance between domino's will affect how fast a marble will go. If the increase space between the dominoes will create more…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if honeybees are being exposed to neonicotinoids, and if I can completely eliminate or control the exposure of neonicotinoids to my col…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if yeast introduced to environmental stress will eventually recover and grow at a rate similar to non-stressed yeast. I also wanted to see if the stressed ye…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out which material out of cotton balls, rubber mats, foam, plastic bags, shredded paper, and plaster of Paris will be the most effecti…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Flight simulations help optimize model rocket design. The TARC competition requires flying a model rocket repeatedly to a specific altitude, but the results can be inconsist…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of DOT is to facilitate the process of stippling and pointillism, but also to prevent as well as aid those of have ailments such as arthritis that are easily c…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether driving force or drag force on an object has more of an affect on an object's speed in water. Methods/Materials A wooden boat…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Currently there are no effective means of disabling drones that pose a threat to public safety, security, privacy, aviation or property. My goal is to create a drone mounted…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, we prove certain properties about the Rado Graph. In order to do that, we first consider a simpler case of the graph, a modified version, and prove that it'…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build and test a prototype hardware and software to detect fire in the earliest stage possible and produce an automated warning response vi…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to compare the effectiveness of non-traditional recycled materials versus commercial materials as thermal insulation. Methods/Materials The…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics, lysozymes and EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid) on weakening the antibiotic resistance o…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to examine the ways in which solar radiation affects the heat of two different surfaces, land and water. The purpose of my experiment was to ans…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of different natural antifungal agents, the level of concentration, structure, and behavior on the treatment of candid…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to examine the effects of wind patterns on carbon dioxide concentrations by using data showing the effect of the Santa Ana winds on the…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine the effects of varying concentrations of phytoplankton on the larval arm to body ratio of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, which is esse…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Over the span of three years, I tested the effects of three aspects of climate change on the mortality rates of freshwater microorganisms at the Arcata Marsh: increases in s…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment used malathion and carbaryl, known neurotoxicants, at a sub-lethal concentration (0.05 mg/L, approximately 1/100 of LC50) to induce neurodegeneration in Duge…