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 · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Introduction In a hurricane or in high winds, a roof of a house is prone to detaching from its walls. The problem of roof disengagement from homes is often approached with l…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the toxicity of different categories of pesticides on Hippodamia convergens, commonly known as ladybugs. Ladybugs are beneficial to farmers and…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Certain facial features will affect the way people perceive one#s honesty and I believe Race, Demeanor, Expression, Smile, and Eyes will be shown as the top five most affect…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine if dye affects the flammability of baby clothes. We hypothesized that colored baby clothes will burn faster than white baby clothes because of…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment's goal is to determine the positive and/or negative effects of heat on ladybugs' speed, strength, flight, and activity. Methods/Materials 1,200 ladybugs were…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to build a hovercraft that met the basic requirement for lift of up to 200lb and travel in a straight line unless acted upon by another force, then use it to ver…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project is to measure the sky brightness at various locations in San Diego County, ranging from the darkest part of the county in the desert to one of the brightest areas…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to discuss how different surfaces would affect the velocity of a rolling object. I used a fifteen centimeter ramp, a pool table, and a pool bal…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cooking techniques [baking, boiling, steaming, and stir-fry] will retain the most vitamin C content. I thought steaming for a short perio…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find out if dairy products affect a singer#s voice in any way. Methods/Materials In this experiment, five singers recorded how many scales…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to determine how electromagnetic fields, specifically those of different strengths and directions, will affect plants. Methods/Materials A DC-…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to find the effect of caffeine on the rate of pulse of humans. The pulse rate of five persons of different age levels were measured before and…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective- Our objective was to find how changing the air pressure of an air gun affects the average speed of the pellet. We thought that if you double the air pressure, the…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the genre of music and the tempo of music that produces the fastest typing speeds in words per minute. Methods/Materials First s…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how angle and spin affect the trajectory of a kicked soccer ball. My objective was to learn how my success rate would vary by shooting a soccer b…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out how the amount of vitamin C in fruit juice is affected when thte juice is heated, refrigerated, or stored at room temperature. M…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to see if 50 day artichoke plants would grow with different amounts of salinity in our irrigation. Methods/Materials In our project, we started off with making…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the relationship between the spectrum of an ionized gas in an electro-luminescent tube and the amount of electric current that a…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if the conductivity of distilled water changes when it is mixed with various substances and to what extent. Methods/Materials A LED based conductivity meter is…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine what affect different weather conditions have on the magnitude of static charge produced by rubbing a comb with various types of cloth. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to evaluate the claims of "full-spectrum" light source manufacturers in order to determine whether their products imitate the qualities of sunlight more acc…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to determine how varying the temperature would affect the rate of Helium escape in Helium-filled latex balloons. I want to calculate how long it takes Hel…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find what size of a glider horizontal stabilizer will increase a glider's flight distance the most. test each glider with the horizontal stabilizer as the variable. i bel…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: Friction constitute most of the resisting energy of the motor Objective is to Measure how much energy is lost to Friction in a Motor Assumption: Rotating motor h…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Plants rely on photosensory receptors to mediate light regulation of growth and development. The photoreceptors and the signaling proteins responsible for plant perception o…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective of my science project is to find out the level of total coliform bacteria, E. Coli bacteria, chlorine, heterotrophic plate count (HPC) in my friend#s swimming pool…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out how animals that live in the sand are affected by people and also if people affect the total number of animals as well as the diversity of species that can be fo…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine how much the material of a skateboard#s bushings effect its turning performance. Methods/Materials Eight bushing pairs made from dif…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out how vertical or horizontal reinforcements affect a bridge's ability to hold weight. I am interested in engineering and this proje…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project#s purpose is to explore the components of speech perception, to answer the question #What do humans actually hear when they listen to speech.# This project was…