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 · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to reduce the photovoltaic cost by using the multijunction (MJ) concentrator cell as a viable energy source. Methods/Materials I first performed an analysis using…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to show that the density of various liquids affects the refractive ability of light, or index of refraction. I believe that liquids with more…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Problem: What group of people, based on a number of variables (age, gender, city of residence, etc.) can find a given object in a refrigerator in the least time? Hypothesis:…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study will attempt to prove that meditative techniques have observable effects on cognitive functioning, such as cued recall, a certain type of memory. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to build a remote controlled fishing boat, with a remote controlled reel, and catch fish with it. Methods/Materials Fabricate Boat Hull 1.…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Question: Can robots be applied in the medical field so that they can deliver blood bags from laboratories to nursing stations within the hospital? Hypothesis: If the curren…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To discover if a human is better than a program for controlling a robot. My hypothesis is that a program would be better than a human for controlling Roomba, a robotic vacuu…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to demonstrate a practical method of creating super-hydrophobic surface coatings and then to characterize the movement of water droplets on th…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to get my hamster to generate electricity using his exercise wheel and to store that electricity in a rechargeable battery. Methods/Materials 4 nail generat…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to see if electricity can be generated more efficiently than conventional methods. We hypothesize that using two three-phase motors, in a set…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The recent wildfires in Southern California generated a lot of fear in everyone. The purpose of this experiment was to understand the nature of physiological (external) resp…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine if age has an affect on people's performance on the Rubik's cube. I hypothesize that the oldest age group would perform at the highes…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Metals remain the favorite raw material to be used to build enormous structures as big as oil drilling platforms to as little as small nails. Unfortunately, it is a constant…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether and what concentration of salicylate can induce phenotypic antibiotic resistance to ampicillin in E. Coli. Methods/…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if salt water would be beneficial and or toxic in the germination of lettuce seeds. Methods/Materials Seven different concentrations of NaCl wer…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals We tested as a continuation of previous years in which we found that beach sand could be a possible contaminant of oceanwater and groundwater. We tested to see if sand could…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine the most cost-effective, least polluting fertilizer and soil combination for the backyard gardener to save money and minimiz…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Bill 821 becomes law on July 2008 the Californian Senate passed legislation to ban lead ammunition that is poisoning endangered Californian Condors. The bill is designed to…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals California has lost more than 90% of its wetlands in the past 200 years. Environmentalists say that due to this wetland loss, artificial reservoirs and farm ponds have becom…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal was to show a correlation, if any, between a student's electronic media usage on a school night and his/her GPA. Methods/Materials I asked my school principal to giv…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which water sealant works the best on cedar and redwood. Methods/Materials Three different water sealants were tested on untreated cedar and redwood fencing boa…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my science fair project is to better understand self-similar objects and their fractal dimension. A self-similar object is one that is created out of multiple sm…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study viewed the evolution of genes related to Serine Protease Inhibitor Activity throughout several species of Drosophila. The goal was to extend the theoretical predi…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if shampoos affect the strength of human hair. I have always wondered if shampoo has an affect on the hair. It has been stated that…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What I wanted to find out was, if keeping the surface area constant, how does the shape of a parachute affect the descent rate of a given load? Methods/Materials To find thi…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project was to determine what the angle of the waves had to do with the sand going down the beach. Methods/Materials My first experiment was to make a…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if the comb shape will affect the electrostatic charge production of a Van de Graaff Generator. Methods/Materials The Van de Graaf…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to indentify the key aspects of a showerhead design that transfers the maximum amount of heat to the body using the least amount of water. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To test subjects, both while talking on a cell phone and not; to see which way their reflexes are better and thus minimize the risk of an accident while driving. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I strive to determine the effect of adjusting gravitational potential energy and effort force on a golf swing and the resulting ball flight. I hypothesize that the maximum g…