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 · 2010
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if and how temperature will affect the elasticity of nylon stockings. Research on thermoplastics, elasticity, entropy, and temper…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation was to discover if a cell phone battery could be charged on the energy produced by fruit for an hour. Methods/Materials The fruits were a…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to confirm and refine results of a previous experiment conducted last year by myself regarding the effect of electricity on plants. A.C. curr…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which condition would eradicate the most E.coli when applied to ground beef. Methods/Materials The materials I used were cotton swabs, test tub…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective was to develop a prototype that used a low-level architecture that not only established a faster and a more secure wireless connection but also demonstrated th…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to generate a direct current using solar cells to power an apparatus that desalinates enough water for an average person's use. Methods/Materials Four diff…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project was done to test the viability of using bacteriophages as delivery mechanisms for organic materials to fight bacterial infections, and compare the results to cu…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals All over the world, the issues of renewable energy and efficient use of energy are being frequently discussed. Following the thought, we noticed that our school's sprinkler…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to test two different methods of producing environmentally friendly hydrogen using the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Under certain cond…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Bismuth crystals have a very unusual shape; they appear terraced. My goal was to improve crystal "hoppering" by slowing down crystal formation. Hypothesis: environmental tem…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether calcareous algae protect their enzymes from heat denaturation more than non-calcified algae. Methods/Materials Four red algae were test…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objestive for our project was to conclude whether or not horses short-term memory exceeded scientists origional assumption. Methods/Materials We placed five large bucket…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This math project is a continuation of a previous project to determine the use of a model as a predictor in field studies. In phase II of my study I looked at the correlatio…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to verify the manufacturers specifications on maximum thrust, minimum thrust, and impulse. Methods/Materials Using a GLX Explorer I measured…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The fungus Candida albicans can enter the bloodstream in immunocompromised patients, infecting most organs of the body and resulting in disseminated candidiasis, which has a…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn all I could about air quality by comparing outdoor air conditions with indoor air conditions. Methods/Materials I gathered data with a Dylos Corpor…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine which antibacterial cleaner has the highest sanitation rate as measured by exposing the antibacterial cleaners to Bacillus subtilus. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Will using an exercise ball instead of a standard school chair help students have better short term memory? Methods/Materials I recruited 20 4th grade students and divided t…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if engine exhaust had an effect on the growth rate of plants. I also wanted to determine if exhaust from a lawnmower had more of an effect on g…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the amount of yeast used had an effect on the rise height of bread dough. I believed that using 2x the Amount of Yeast in the Recipe would cause t…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If I change the temperature of a golf ball from 0 ^oC to 40 ^oC in 10 degree increments, how will this ultimately affect ball flight distance and elasticity. The goal of the…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals Although many do not know about it, surface tension has many important impacts on life. For example, it is essential for the transfer of energy from wind to water to create…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Exploration of amount of stress dancers put on lateral and medial collateral ligaments when performing a plié. Stress on models of ligaments will be measured at 180° (straig…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton, which is a mathematical simulation that demonstrates the phenomenon of how complex patterns can be formed by a few simple rule…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if the psychological theory of the uncanny valley (Freud/Jentsch),as applied to robotics by Dr. Masahiro Mori in the 1970s, is scientifically valid,…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find whether the dehydration process of a strawberry affected the amount of nucleic acid it contained. To do so, I had extract the nucl…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals I extracted DNA from three different foods. I weighted the DNA that I extracted from mushroom, onion and liver to see which one had the most DNA. My hypothesis was that the…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Several studies demonstrate a positive association between school performance and participation in sports. In fact human and animal studies demonstrate that physical fitness…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Facebook is widely seen as a miracle in the networking world and as a phenomenon between virtual social societies. The predominant motive behind this project is to discover…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The brain is very good at recognizing faces, even though the basic structure of all faces is relatively similar. People can recognize thousands of different faces. We wonder…