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 · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a difference in the amount of carbon dioxide in car exhaust emitted from the use of the 3 different gas grades to find which gas gr…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine at what age cats will recover from anesthetics fastest when spayed/neutered. I hypothesize that cats will recover quicker fr…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to figure out which anti-bacterial agents were effective against both Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We believe that all a…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Does the consentration and soaking period of hydrogen peroxide effect the germination time for a seed? Methods/Materials 1.Household Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) 3-5% concentrat…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine whether there is a correlation between accuracy of tonal replication and various factors. Methods/Materials Thirty eight subjects we…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals One day while talking with my friends, I noticed that some of my friends talked so near to me that it made me feel uncomfortable. Others talked to me from so far away that I…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective or goal in my project was to understand which surfing beaches in my area would be more likely to be unsafe due to the presence of E.coli bacteria. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test whether or not anti-bacterial soap really kills more bacteria than regular soap, and which is the best soap on the market for both ca…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this field study is to show that the lettuces grew in California are contaminated with perchlorate since the water that used to cultivate these lettuces is al…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find how bad the air quality was for the cities: Orange, Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, Fullerton, Villa Park. To find the average for each city and compare it against the natio…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see whether the normal traffic light sequence (green, yellow, red), the blinking yellow sequence (green, yellow, blinking yellow, then red), or the blink…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find out if we could build a fiber optic system which was capable of transmitting a signal from both an iPod and signal generator to a set of speakers. We also…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project aims to find properties other than those involving matrices and determinants to prove Heron#s Formula and Brahmagupta#s Formulas. Methods/Materials Various stra…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Since California is unprepared for a major tsunami, I wondered if a man made shallow underwater structure would make the wave break earlier before and give up some of its de…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see if tumor cells could travel through the lymph system to metastasize to other parts of the body and the factors within the nodes that co…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In order to assess the potential of PTEN as a chemosensitizer and its ability to reduce side effects of chemotherapy, this study was conducted to examine the effect of tumor…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to examine the anti-mutagenic effect of turmeric or Curcuma longa, a ubiquitous spice of the Indian sub-continent whose use is thought to be r…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Does atmospheric pressure, temperature or humidity affect stellar scintillation? Methods/Materials 1 pair of high power binoculars or telescope 1 stopwatch or timer 1 scient…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to investigate the nature of turbulence produced in heated air. The goal is to measure the properties of time variability of the refractive in…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Many people get sunburned or tanned, which is a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays. The objective of this project is to determine whether certain surfaces should be avoi…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if there is an immediate effect of a metronome tempo on the walking of a Parkinson Disease patient. My hypothesis was that if a p…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To determine which design and set up of vortex generators allows for the greatest angle of attack at a low airspeed velocity before a wing stall occurs. Methods/Materials Pl…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Building foundations are usually made of steel and concrete, which in turn rely on a solid soil base beneath them for stability. During an earthquake the soil base undergoes…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My goal is to remove pesticides from farm run off water with plants and air. I hope to filter the chemical out of the run off water before releasing the water into rivers. M…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find a way to decrease the time it takes to use solar energy to inactivate pathogens in contaminated drinking water by raising the water's temperature us…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether cheek cells do osmosis and if they are alive or dead as a result of different food salinities. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I did in vivo and…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore what happens to air molecules when a trumpet is played. The researchers wanted to see if the effects of invisible air molecule move…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is possible to grow all of the different parts of the African Violet in the tissue culture environment successfully. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project was done in order to determine whether the property of fluids, viscosity, has an effect on the shape of a liquid#s droplet. The hypothesis was viscosity affects…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Which fruit juices and vegetable juices contain the most amount of vitamin C? Comparing vitamin C in fruit drinks and fresh fruit juices. Does vitamin C have any anti-oxidan…