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 · 2009
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine the effects of heavy metals on the survival of plants and the tropic responses of their roots. We also wanted to determine if the response is…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives were to determine (A) how people make decisions when faced with uncertainty and (B) how the framing of a question influences their choices. I expected that tee…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to coat nanoparticles of silver, zinc, tin, and iron oxide with copper (from copper nitrate) and nickel (from nickel nitrate) in the presence…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if a radiometric thermography can detect Median Mononeuropathy in the articulation radiocarpalis and to establish the efficiency of the…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the Coriolis effect can be detected by its influence on water flowing through a coiled hose in a rotating frame of reference. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2009
Toxicology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My Objective was to understand how runoff detergents affect plant growth. I hypothesized that runoff detergents would affect plant growth because detergents contain harmful…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to compare the difference in sizes of color molecules in two different brands of food coloring dye. My goal is to show which color molecules are the smalles…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if child proof cleaning products, pill containers, and liquid medicines would really protect kids from successfully obtaining the substances in…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What types of paints would be best used on a home from preventing combustibility? Methods/Materials Procedure: 1. Paint craft sticks with 4 selected paints 2. Let craft stic…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the science project is to determine if different types of fire wood ash would help in the germination, growth and the production yield rate of a plant. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2009
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determin the relationship between added weight and wind velocity on an airplane. Methods/Materials A wind tunnel was built to simulate the effects of wind. A model airpla…
CSEF · 2009
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, the purpose was to discover the heat output of rocks. Which rocks would produce more heat: Igneous (Pumice/Basalt), Sedimentary, or Metamorphic? Methods/…
CSEF · 2009
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out if it is possible to determine how exercised an individual is by measuring how dilated their pupils are. Methods/Materials M…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine a relationship between the voltage drop across a diode as temperature increases. My hypothesis was that as temperature incr…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the human brain classified superimposed sound waves # by, conventionally thought, differences in frequency, or by my hypothesis, differences…
CSEF · 2009
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide and the first leading cause in Sub-Saharan Africa as noted in a report by UNAID. Infection…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Overfishing is a major factor in the decline of fish diversity, and productivity of fisheries worldwide. In order to combat overfishing, DNA barcoding could be utilized to i…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective for this experiment was to see how many adults were informed about the hazards of plastic containers based on what chemicals they were made from. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2009
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find if witnesses are useful during an actual crime scene. Methods/Materials You will need a journal, witnesses, set-up scenes, and a camera(optional). Results The respon…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Evaluate Debbie Meyer Green Bags to determine if they are better for storing fruits and vegetables than just using Ziploc plastic bags or no bags, with or without refrigerat…
CSEF · 2009
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to determine if different juices would help my test antibiotics create a larger are of bacterial inhibition than they would have alone.…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine if the levels of Fecal Indicator Bacteria such as E.Coli and Enterococci were higher at enclosed beaches when compared to the levels…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if Bantam Light Brahma chickens would prefer one color of crackeconrn over another. I believe that chickens will eat more orange and red corn tha…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if adding PAM (polyacrylamide) to topsoil will prolong the toxicity of pesticide. A second year study was needed to remove…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For my experiment I tested how different types of reinforcement, namely positive, neutral and negative affects performnace. My test revealed that positive reinforcement affe…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Scientists predict that much of the carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere will be absorbed by the world's oceans. As this carbon dioxide interacts with seawater, it forms car…
CSEF · 2009
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The problem that the experiment was going to solve was "Does fire retardant work and does it#s effectiveness vary on redwood, pine, and cedar?" Methods/Materials For each of…
CSEF · 2009
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Reading fluency is the ability to read phrases and sentences smoothly and quickly. Young readers need to develop their fluency so they can become better readers. Fluency als…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether growing plants hydroponically outperforms traditional growing methods. Methods/Materials Fifty bell pepper seeds planted in a #Rapid Rooter# rooting sys…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to analyze how the approach speed and center of mass of a high jumper relates to the vertical height that the athlete will clear. Methods/Mate…