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
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I was trying to find out if there is more bacteria upstream or downstream and if it is safe to swim in the water. Methods/Materials To conduct my experiment, I built an appa…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In this experiment, the chemicals bacteria emit were collected with a solid-phase microextraction fiber (SPME). These chemicals were then identified on the Gas Chromatography Mass Spectromet…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Mandor River water as the main water source in West Kalimantan is not feasible to be used because it has been contaminated by Hg2+ (0.0095 ppm) from gold mining activities and Fe3+ (2.722 pp…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment is to determine which decaying food produced the most landfill gas. The hypothesis of this experiment was that decaying dairy products produced more landfill g…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dirtier, nonrenewable fuels, like diesel and gasoline, seem to be used much more extensively that the cleaner burning and renewable fuels, like biodiesel and ethanol. This e…
ISEF · 2015
Most pencils today are made from wood and carbon-lead which are obtained from graphite. The uses of wood by cutting off trees will affect the environment today. The project’s purpose is to m…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to invent a glove using ultrasonic sensors and vibration modules that is more effective to assist mobility in blind people than the typical white cane Metho…
ISEF · 2015
With a passion for renewable energy and motors, I made my own biodiesel from waste vegetable oil and compared it to conventional petroleum-based diesel. My hypothesis was that biodiesel woul…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this research was to determine if prior browning (cooking) of pork and beef meat cuts increased palatability as compared to browning post sous vide cooking methods. Trained pa…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Enterobiasis, the most common parasitic infection known, is caused by human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, which mainly infests infants and children. Eggs are present everywhere including…
ISEF · 2015
The fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis is responsible for maize crop losses worldwide. It affects 2% of maize crops, causing a over $1 billion annual loss in the U. S. alone by producing tumor-…
ISEF · 2015
Whether a simple eye-wash or an anti-glaucoma solution, ophthalmic medications have employed benzalkonium chloride (BAK) as a preservative since the 1950’s. Currently, BAK remains the most c…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In our daily life, Bernoulli#s principle is being applied. We will understand how Bernoulli#s principle works and its importance in everyday life. This project will show us…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective in this project was to find patterns in the changes in CO, NO(2), and particulate matter levels due to time and weather in my local area. In particular, I was l…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of education on the attitude towards sunscreen. Exploring this topic is extremely important because wearing sunscreen an…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test different types of metal cooking pots to determine which one would leach the most amounts of metals when boiled in a 25% citric acid solution for 30…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to build an operational miniature ice hockey rink. I hypothesized that I could keep the surface of the ice rink frozen by running a super-cooled saturated b…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out if the brand or price of children#s bicycle helmets affect the integrity of the helmet in a crash. Methods/Materials I tested va…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Potential "newly emerging contaminants" in waterways are being evaluated. Unused or excreted pharmaceuticals may pose threats to aquatic organisms. This arouses concern since the EPA has not…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Foam and plastic packaging's for food are known to cause health and environmental problems from traditional foam and plastic packaging's. Lotus leaves have been used in old time food packing…
ISEF · 2015
Our study aimed at transforming thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) into artificial blood vessels to preserve and transmit the properties of extracts of antimicrobially active olive seed and Ch…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biking is a very popular activity in Beijing and, along with cars, serves as one of the primary modes of transportation. Our goal is to create a system that can be attached to a bike or a ca…
ISEF · 2015
Plastic is one of the largest pollutants that threaten the environment. We conducted a simple experiment as an initial procedure, which aims to test how applicable our future solutions are t…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal was to compare the heats of combustion of three different fuels I made from peanut oil, olive oil, and canola oil. Methods/Materials I used a mini camp stove, water,…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Polystyrene was first commercially used in 1938 and is better known by the trademarked name ‘Styrofoam.’ Polystyrene is used in a wide range of products ranging from food beverage containers…
ISEF · 2015
Oil, natural gas and its by-products represent 55% of global energy consumption. Unfortunately they won’t last more than a few decades, their reserves are finite and their use is the main so…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to see if I can successfully convert goat manure and grape pomace into biofuel Methods/Materials grape pomace ,goat manure, 50 gallon empty drums, totes, pvc…
ISEF · 2015
In many of the countries involved in extraction processes, most of the pollution problems are usually mining related. Normally, a huge amount of material is dug from the ground and then crus…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Electron transfer (ET) governs all known energy-conversion processes in biology. A remarkable example is the recent discovery of rapid ET along electrically conducting bacte…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Flying robots have tremendous potential for many applications, including search and rescue and emergency response. However, the capabilities of these robots are currently highly limited, and…