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.
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today, people in some countries eat little fruits and berries because of their short shelf lives and transportation technology imperfections. Natural polymers are known to be used as "edible…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
A medical condition due to excess accumulation of fats in human body leading to a BMI =30 kg/m2 is termed as Obesity. According to WHO, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 worldwide. While…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Eutrophication is the result of an increment of nutrients in bodies of water. This produces an explosive growth of natural organic matter (NOM). As a result, the concentration of oxygen dimi…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to determine the secondary effects of bisphosphonates, a class of drugs primarily used to treat osteoporosis or other bone-related diseases, on ce…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The bacterial species of Burkholderia are renown by scientists to be extremely difficult to distinguish. As a result, melioidosis, which is one of the many diseases caused by Burkholderia, h…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The inspiration for this 3-year study comes from a desire to find a better way to prevent barnacle growth on marine vessels and to determine if the type of hull material used in the manufact…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Devise software/hardware that can tackle the issue of indoor air pollution in the most optimized way: Assemble hardware with various readily available sensors and connect th…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals UV resistant polymer formulations pose a threat to the environment. Irreversibly safe from the sun, these plastics may linger for generations. The primary objective of this…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The goal of my project was to determine the if preference of red in poultry is instinctual and, therefore, present from the time chicks hatch or if it is learned. I researched many experimen…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if all dogs can see color by testing subjects from different dog groups in order to observe how they see and respond to colors. M…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The aim of this investigation is to determine the inhibitory effects of sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate on Aspergillus flavus and its hepatocarcinogenic metabolite Aflatoxin B1…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Endoplasmic reticulum calcium dysregulation caused by mutations in the presenilin has been implicated in neuronal death and in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD) pathology. The purpose of th…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My science project is about reducing particulate air pollution from fires using HVAC filters. This is an important issue because 5,000-25,000 people in the U.S. die from par…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Neglected tropical disease, Leishmaniasis, is a deadly disease that is most prevalent in poverty stricken countries. The purpose of this project is to create a drug therapy…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Third Award
My work is devoted to studying the combinatorics of 216 maximal C3 circular codes - a special sets of words. Circularity means, that every new word, formed from the elements of this set and…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Graph connectivity is a critical concept for a variety of applications in both pure and applied math. Identifying the connectivity of the graphs underlying neural networks, for example, woul…
CSEF · 2018
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Major pollinators such as bees and butterflies which contribute to the yield and quality of leading crops globally are declining in dismaying quantities. Scientists believe…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Due to the general opinion that carrier plastic bags represent ecological burden to the environment, the number of measures aimed to reduce their consumption has increased recently. Conseque…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
After major nature disturbances such as hurricanes, flora is damaged, as a consequence honey bees too. The objective of this research was to identify which wild plants are preferred by honey…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to test energy drinks and sports drinks for their boost level properties on daphia. Methods/Materials Obtained Daphnia, tested the heart rate before adding…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals According to statistics from 2009 - 2014, the average person who drinks raw milk is 840 times more likely to contract a foodborne illness than one who drinks pasteurized mil…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lichen species cover nearly 8% of the earth’s surface and are overlooked in genetic studies. Because lichen are composed of bacteria, fungi, and algae, separating and sequencing a three-part…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to compare the nitrate levels of both organic and conventional gala, granny smith, and red delicious apples before and after they are washed in…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Many plants native to the Coastal Sage Scrub plant community are being crowded out by invasive plant species that compete for space, nutrients and water. In Encinitas, the S…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine which plastic decomposes the fastest. The results of this experiment will help solve an important issue: plastic pollution. Meth…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is comparing the compression strength of reclaimed wood structures to new wood structures. My goal is to prove that reclaimed wood structures wil…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The amount of native forests left on Moloka‘i is only 15% (Sarhangi, 2017). On a field trip, we observed that non-native forest seemed to have a lack of variety in plants. However, the nativ…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal contamination in soil negatively impacts the environment and human health. It has been linked to multiple disorders and symptoms such as bone fractures, kidney damage, neurologic…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment is designed to analyze the relationship between the input quality of a dataset and the output quality of a dataset after it is processed a Natural Language Ge…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals Pathfinding programs are on of the most applied algorithms in present day. In my project, I will be coding four pathfinding artificial intelligence programs (A*, Uniform Cos…