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 · 2005
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether length has an effect on the weight a beam can support when tested in the form of a simple, free-ended beam bridge. Methods/Materials Bamboo skewers were…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To find if the plant growth in poppies and bush pea plants is affected by the application of aluminum, zinc, or iron sulfate; and to find if plants grow and germinate faster…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to analyze the effects that a parasitic fungus and a mutualistic fungus would have on tomato plants', as well as Bacopa plants', growth, develop…
CSEF · 2005
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see if nonbiodegradable plastic had an effect on the cracking of concrete. Methods/Materials I had 54 concrete bricks made and tested. The plas…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to determine the tolerance of different salinity levels from diluted ocean water on rice seedlings growth. Methods/Materials Purified drinking water…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover at what rate an oil spill effects the growth rate per gram of underwater plant life, and how it effects its photosynthetic rate. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals To test how people's daily behaviors will be effected if given a certain amount of information, in this case, water conservation. Methods/Materials Collecting data and resea…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals There are many superstitions and beliefs that there are, in fact, more car accidents during a full moon. I evaluated whether the moon's effect on drivers is just a myth or a…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Cigarette butts litter the beaches. Tobacco, which contains the drug nicotine, is contained in the cigarette butts. I wondered if the scavengers, land hermit crabs, were eat…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Taking into consideration the sensitivity and delicacy of crystal growth. I decided to subject seed crystals, taken from crystal clusters which I grew, and expose them to a…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals In Santa Barbara County there were countless pinniped and cetacean deaths off the coast, occurring from domoic acid producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. My goal was to not onl…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to determine whether various herbal teas would affect the longevity of Drosophila Melanogaster. Methods/Materials I used five different…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine if Gossypium barbadense c.v. pima S-6 exposed to low, medium, and high levels of ozone would affect the G. barbadenses' roots and…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if playing video games causes a significant change in blood pressure, which theoretically could lead to future health problems. If stu…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals the effects on the flow rate, as a representation of stroke volume and cardiac output, and pressure on a model heart with progressive atherosclerosis in comparison to that o…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to test the efficiency of lactase enzyme, with varying concentrations and temperatures of lactose. Methods/Materials The materials used were:…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to answer the question: Which kind of wood burns faster? My hypothesis was that Cherry wood would burn faster because it seemed softer than t…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the Franck Hertz Experiment is to test the hypothesis that the energy absorbed by gaseous atoms when they are excited is quantized. Methods/Materials To test…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair experiment was to help the people who might plan a manned trip to Mars. It is intended to find the best way to recycle urine so the astronauts…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I continued in this project because I felt that I had more to learn in this subject and that my project had not yet been able to reach to its full potential. In my research,…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment was done by comparing Kentucky bluegrass, or Poa pratensis and measuring how it grew in pure humus, or potting soil and a mixture of pure humus and sand. Meth…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The effects of ozone depletion and resulting increased amounts of ionizing radiation in our environment are under investigation. What effects might these increased doses of…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The overall objective of my project is to develop a realistic and fully functional flight simulator for the craft known as the Hiller Flying Platform. A fundamental goal is…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment shows Bernoulli#s Principle is too simple an explaination and doesn't consider Newton#s Laws of Motion or the Coanda Effect, nor does it give enough credit t…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Elevated stream temperatures and low dissolved oxygen are two components which are detrimental to salmonids. Ground water is generally cool enough to be considered thermal r…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The experiment investigated whether plasmon oscillation of Ag plasmons with an ideal resonance frequency of 410nm would diverge more of the normally nondiverged Heaviside en…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test if magnetic levitation would reduce friction and understand how magnetic forces can be applied to train technology. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Compartmentalized cilia play an essential role in mechanosensory transduction and perception of the environment. The aim is to identify and verify highly-conserved proteins…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how different types of background music affect memorization skills of high school students. A prior study involving only class…
CSEF · 2005
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experimental objective was to determine whether gender plays a role in the ability to create a 3D object from a 2D representation. Methods/Materials Materials: 150 2 x 4…