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 · 2003
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment is to provide evidence that germinating maize roots (Zea Mays var. rugosa) sense and respond to altered gravitational forces (Gravitropism)…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see how different types of food affect protozoa. Methods/Materials Six water samples that had Protozoa in them with a food sample from ea…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To create a simplistic file format for storing two dimensional images that supports compression, encryption, color mapping, and is easy to interpret. Methods/Materials Mater…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine how receptive a cross-section of retail business owners would be to implementing a recycling program, how much of an impact the…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study is to prolong coagulation through the introduction of cholesterol-binding methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MBCD). It is thought that MBCD, through its know…
CSEF · 2003
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals NMR (H-1; C-13) spectroscopy was used to characterize the essential oils isolated by steam distillation from lavender Grosso, Provence, Angustifolia, and a blend, to determi…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to determine if listening to no music, music in a G major key or music in a G minor key will cause my subjects' heart rate and/or respirato…
CSEF · 2003
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, we attempted to test the hypothesis that plants can be classically conditioned. We used the Venus flytrap as the plant specimen and its trapping response…
CSEF · 2003
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to understand how the flute works as a musical instrument. Methods/Materials I constructed model flutes from plastic irrigation pipe. My flutes varied in le…
CSEF · 2003
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals I re-created a small Trebuchet, an ancient siege engine from Medieval Europe. I hoped to be able to duplicate the function of ancient examples, in accurately firing projecti…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which AI computer player wins the most games. I believe the more aggressive player, Type A, will win more games. Methods/Materials I programmed…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to find out if a person's age affects how quickly they perceive color. I did this project to show how ones eyes might be affected, as they ge…
CSEF · 2003
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the speed of a model car powered by a solar cell vs. a car powered by a hybrid cell (solar cell plus fuel cell) with the solar…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project is designed to test the execution speed of popular computer languages such as QBASIC, Java, and C++ and determine which language will execute its code the faste…
CSEF · 2003
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This experiment involves solar cells and how they produce electricity. Two important questions are: How is the output power affected by the input power and by distance from…
CSEF · 2003
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the relationship between the length of a string (I tested guitar strings) and the frequency produced when the string is plucked or strummed. In addi…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The hypothesis of the experiment is that the ratio between the error in determining I using by inscribing polygons within and circumscribing polygons about a circle with (km…
CSEF · 2003
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My project was to learn how electromagnets work and to determine if the number of wraps in an electromagnetic coil proportionally affects the strength of the electromagnetic…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if urban runoff or pollution harms plant and animal life in a Riparian Environment. Methods/Materials First finding each pond around Huntington Bea…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if artificial light has an effect on the migration pattern of Daphnia in a simple laboratory experiment, in a simulation of a pond habitat, and…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how whether a person has a dominant right or left hand affects whether they have a dominant right or left eye. It was hypothes…
CSEF · 2003
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment explored the possible ability of purple sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, to detect the location of a rock (one that they had previously crawled ov…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if there was a relationship between water temperature and flow on the Mad River. Because of the Klamath River fish kill that claimed t…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Cultural eutrophication is a major problem affecting lakes all over the world. Ludwigia peploides is a plant native to riparian communities in Southern California. It is unk…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if E. senticosus (Ginseng) causes mutagenic effects on D. melanogaster (fruit flies). A lethal mutation will result in the ab…
CSEF · 2003
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project determines if one or more insulating layers will protect a steel rod when heat is present. Methods/Materials I did this experiment using 12 straight, pre-measured…
CSEF · 2003
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to understand and demonstrate the thermoacoustic phenomenon, which uses heat to initiate the oscillation of gas without moving parts. The second objective i…
CSEF · 2003
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to determine the factors that cause rust and determine whether or not nanobacteria/bacteria have a part in accelerating the rusting process. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if there is a mapping between Nimbers (non-negative integers under Nim addition) and multidimensional objects called Simplexes, t…
CSEF · 2003
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals To calculate the signal attenuation coefficient of a particular fiber optic cable, and demonstrate why it is that red light of a wavelength between 650 and 660 nm is used to…