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
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see how common chemicals that end up as runoff in our waterways effects pond organisms. The pond organisms I used were daphnia, and the c…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to ascertain if the distance of the freeway affects air quality in the form of airborne particle pollution on a school campus and to determine how the intens…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to develop a method to convert cellulose to glucose utilizing chemical and enzymatic processes based on literature and experimental means.…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine what sail trim 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 degrees would make the boat sail fastest. We believe that the sail trim of 90 degrees would make the boat sail the…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I constructed a statistical model that considers streamflow in the San Lorenzo to predict fish populations migrating past Henry Cowell Redwood State Park. I then created, fr…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The reason I did this experiment is to see if plants would grow in saltwater. If not saltwater, different salt solutions. Specifically, I tested the different salt solutions…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of the previous 3 years to see if river water could be a source of the ocean water and sand contaminat6ion causing many Californian beaches to be…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals About 55% of our residential water is used for landscaping. San Diego residents will have to make an 8% cut on their use of water beginning July 1st under a drought emergenc…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal for my project is to inform people that they're ways to decrease one's energy bills by simply using a solar water heater in order to heat up water . Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if CFL bulbs are as efficient as generally proclaimed when subjected to real life conditions. The hypothesis was that CFL bulbs are NOT as efficient as claimed…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if winglets on an airplane improved stability. If so, what shape and angle of winglets would make an airplane the most stable. I…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to make people more aware of the effects of global warming and how it impacts sea life. I used clamshells, mussel shells, razor cla…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Computers, even simple ones in digital clocks and calculators, use binary arithmetic and need to convert binary, which most people can not read, to decimal. The purpose of m…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Human mast cells produce histidine decarboxylase, which catalyzes the histidine decarboxylation reaction, converting histidine to histamine. This reaction causes histamine t…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals With a price over $8 per gallon for algae biofuels, companies across America are seeking to reduce the costs. Knowing the best conditions for growing algae may help make alg…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Although there are multiple reasons for the lack of response to cancer therapy, the emergence of cancer stem cell populations, subsets of cancer cells with self-renewable pr…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Marine natural products have demonstrated potential in treating cancer and other diseases. The goal of this experiment was to separate, recover, and identify structures of c…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Shake Down is a project in which I plan to see if I can harness one of the world's most powerful natural forces, an earthquake. I am doing this project because I want to see…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I will demonstrate that the more aerodynamically shaped and smother an object's surface is, the lower the object's drag coefficient [C(d)] will be. I will do this by compari…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science project was to determine how many lemons, oranges, or potatoes would be required to make an electric battery that would match a small solar cell'…
CSEF · 2010
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the goal was to find out which material would sound proof a room the most efficiently and at a reasonable cost. The prediction was that rubber matting would…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals If TSC is increased in the solution, then the wavelength of visible light will increase because the size of the nanoparticle will increase. If PVP is increased, the waveleng…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the project are to design and construct a simple, field-assembled laser spectrometer for the detection of nitrogen dioxide pollutants in air. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine what additive(s) will most effectively stabilize and add to the shear strength of soil. Methods/Materials I used 40 lbs. of soil divided into six equal parts an…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals I invented a medicine cabinet to address a pressing problem our society is facing today. The population of older people in the U.S. is increasing rapidly, and as people grow…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our project is about fish recompression and the corneal crackling, exophthalmia and ventilation rate that occurs in rockfish species after they are decompressed. Fish recomp…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Measuring the speed of light in air is pretty difficult. It took Albert Michelson years to make an accurate measurement. Measuring the speed of light in water might be easie…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to verify the accuracy of sodium labeling on several brands of taquitos. The researher is seeking to verify whether the levels were wi…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I examined four different soil "types" to assess soil & structural survivability to earthquake damage. A model for ground motion was built using an electric motor to generat…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if adding different materials to soil will have an effect on liquefaction during an earthquake. I was curious about soil liquefact…