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
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objectives were to find out if something easy, like laughing, would lower blood pressure, and if so, would the gender effect the amount of change in the blood pressure.Ov…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am trying to find how people study according to their strengths. I believe that learning styles play a very large, important role in people#s lives, for they are the bases…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if brain processing speed could be improved if pure lemon scent is administered to grade-school age students. I was also interested to see if t…
CSEF · 2005
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if the probability of picking the right object is better by switching your initial choice with a variant of the shell game, whe…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which of four pre-planting treatments to lettuce seed would cause the seed to germinate the fastest. The four pre-treatments I used were: pre-w…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Stress, a part of our daily lives, is one of the main causes of high blood pressure today; it increases our respiratory rate, blood pressure and heart rate. I am evaluating…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The behavior of the Oreochromis mossambicus #Mozambique Tilapia# will be compared against individual light intensity variables to determine if variations in light levels cau…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see which colored light (purple, green, red or white) crickets are attracted to. By understanding what light crickets are attracted to,…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine what properties of mediums affect the light reflection, refraction and intensity off different liquids and in what quantity. Ano…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The object is to find if I can make a model of a linear accelerator that shows the basic principals of a linear accelerator. Methods/Materials Tape four 12mm ceramic cube ma…
CSEF · 2005
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out which soil is the safest to build a structure on in the earthquake-prone area of San Francisco Bay. Methods/Materials I took two clear plastic cups and…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The live oak tree is a large part of the native California landscape. Live oak seedlings are found to be limited when the oak woodlands community is examined. A member of th…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: White light, and additive colors all come from the primary colors red, green and blue. I will try to use the wavelengths of the primary colors to calculate the a…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to deterine if specific microorganisms could meet two of the criteria (ability to survive in the Martian atmospheric mixture of gases, and the near vacuum…
CSEF · 2005
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To determine the location of earthquakes by using the time differential for P and S waves. Methods/Materials A. Locate the Stations: 1)I Looked at USGS Web site to see the 2…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project studied the interior and exterior temperatures of houses and their insulation rates given that the houses were painted with both solid colors (red, blue, green,…
CSEF · 2005
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the randomness of multi-linear congruential random number generators, using Benford's Law as a reference. Benford's Law proves tha…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandates that there be no more than 0.1 ppm of chromium in drinking water. To be able to determine whether a water sample had reache…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The object of my experiment is to find out if, and how, the number of maggots on a piece of beef affects the length of their life cycle. I tested to see if the number of mag…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Make a rail gun using a homopolar motor move on its own and do different tests to see what factors affect its performance. If the current and number of magnets are increased…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if temperature affects the strength of a magnet. Methods/Materials My Materials were a plastic bowl, standard #1 paper clips, containers to hold ice…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objectives were to observe the tunnel junction magnetoresistance (JMR) of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) and thereby investigate the magnetism of Co ranging from the s…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The vestibular system in the inner ear decodes motion and acceleration. The utricle otoconia deflect hair-like protrusions in ascending order, called the morphological polar…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals For those people who have lots of plants, buying fertilizers can be expensive. The purpose of my experiment was to make homemade fertilizers and compare them with commercial…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether or not it is possible to plant false memories into the brains of unsuspected individuals, through creative methods, like the process of…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Graves# Disease is a form of hyperthyroidism often accompanied by Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy (TAO), an autoimmune-mediated inflammation of the extraocular connective…
CSEF · 2005
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to measure the ratio of dune spacing to dune height of sand dunes on Mars. I expected this number would be different than ratios from other a…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Our project is based on acids and bases reacting together to create gases.We wanted to see if fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables would produce the most gas when mixed with…
CSEF · 2005
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals In the previous year project, it was shown through a field experiment that a large number of detection zones can be created by overlapping a small number of sensor footprint…
CSEF · 2005
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to compare data compiled for boys' and girls' success rates and times when solving tangram puzzles to determine which gender displays stronge…