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 · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My study is designed to show the relationship between the large amounts of pollution that people dump down the storm drain everyday, and the lifespan and bioluminescence of…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This investigation was designed to determine if the daily consumption of oatmeal(a water soluble fiber) and regular exercise will reduce a person's total blood cholesterol l…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Through my project I wanted to find the lubricantthat would withstand the most amount of pressure and produce the least amount wear on a rod and pipe assembly. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals How does the population of macroinvertebrates differ in a seasonal stream vs. a year-round stream? Methods/Materials Materials 1) Meter stick; 2) Rubber boots; 3) Forceps; 4…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to learn how the presence of macro-nutrients affects the early stages of plant growth. Methods/Materials Segmented growing tray(5 segments), Cactus potting…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The two main purposes of this research is to determine the relative magnetic susceptibility of cryostat materials at low temperatures and analyze the magnetic behavior of th…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if decreased temperature increases magnetic strength. Methods/Materials Five groups with five magnets in each group were tested at varying temp…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of my experiment was to determine how certain variables affect the strength of the magnetic field of an electromagnet. I tested the variables of ele…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does the average amount of weeknight sleep an eighth grade student get, effect his/her academic performance in school? Methods/Materials 1. Make a survey to collect data on…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to determine which amounts of fertilizer added to Martian soil produces the most growth to bean, tomato, and carrot plants. Our goal is to ke…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The object of my project was to determine how three different types of mascara affected the growth of the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis, and in what way. I took quant…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project, was to determine which sex has greater levels of "mate guarding" (jealousy) in a relationship. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained f…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to prove that music notes are mathematically realated, and to find an equation that will explain the relation. I hypothesized that different l…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was a survey to see if red food in a meal would make the meal more visually appealing. I believe that the meals with red food in them will be more instantaneously…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if hillside vineyards covered with a layer of mulch will have less erosion than soil covered with straw, seeded with erosion control mix or left…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Can birds learn to recognize the position of a food hole or patterns in food holes on a food board and can they apply this knowledge intelligently to new environments? I bel…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine how many factors a person could store in short term memory and the correlation between the difficulty and the accuracy of doing…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To find out how well the membrane of a fish egg protects the embryo within when confronted with various pollutants and bacteria. Methods/Materials Materials: 24 Medaka eggs,…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if the wetland on the Penn Mine site reduces the amount of dissolved metals in the water from the creeks and seepages that flows into Camanche…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to observe the effects Methoprene Acid (MA), which acts as a hormone, and Thyroid hormone (T3) have on the growth of 3T3 cells. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to understand how different physical properties and chemical agents affect microwave superheating of water. Since scientific literature has n…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to use Millikan#s oil drop experiment to experimentally determine the value of the electron charge, #e#, to demonstrate the discrete nature of…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to discover whether or not action movies had an effect on children#s blood pressure. The change in blood pressure was also compared between b…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to show how air-resistance and gravity affects how a ball bounces on Earth and Mars. Also, to see if this can be molded in virtual realty e…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Volatile liquids vaporize at low temperatures. It has been proven that by increasing temperature, the kinetic energy of the molecules increases, and likewise, the number of…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Our purpose is to monitor the differences in gene expression between a cell line of pulmonary carcinoma (HTB174), a normal cell line (HTB175), and normal tissue using oligon…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Electric motors are being used more due to increased demand for cleaner vehicles, energy and technology. Standard electric motors are only about 30% efficient, leaving signi…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My problem was which mouth wash will kill streptococcus salivarious. My hypothesis was that scope mouthwash would kill the most streptococcus salivarious. Scope has an activ…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to identify differences in the population of peromyscus maniculatis (deer mice) inhabiting a humanly populated area of San Mateo County com…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if the amount of a person's musical training and background affects their recognition of several different electronic musical instruments (MIDIs). Methods/Ma…