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 · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals One of the most interesting applications of magnetism is its ability to accelerate objects at tremendous speeds through the use of linear accelerators. In addition to applic…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project aims to solve the problem in computational seismology of automatically picking the arrival of an earthquake from data points that represent a seismogram. The al…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project objectives were to 1) develop and demonstrate the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as an effective and economical method for tracking individual parti…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The octanol-water partition coefficient (Kow) measures a solute's distribution between competing organic and aqueous phases, determining its environmental fate and safety. C…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Problem: To find an effective, safe, long lasting, low cost, and easy to use deer repellent for common flowering plants in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Methods/Materials Experi…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine important aerodynamic characteristics of an ornithopter configuration, Micro Air Vehicle [MAV] scale vehicle. This project inv…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The Mimosa Pudica is a member of the Pea family which also includes the Venus fly trap. The Mimosa folds its leaves and droops its petioles rapidly when the leaves are stimu…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, has the potential to replace fossil fuels as the worlds# primary energy storage medium thus eliminating pollution and global warming. Current…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Cellulose plays an essential role in the "pop-ability" of popcorn. During the popping process the heat inside the kernel increases while cellulose rearranges itself and crys…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether name brand antacids or generic brand antacids are better for consumers in relationship to cost and efficiency. I hypo…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this experiment was to determine the resistance of two strains of Chinese Hamster Ovary cells to the antibiotic Geneticin. My hypothesis was that the strain…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I want to find out which type of antibiotic will best treat the calves on the Mendiboure Ranch with scours. I am not at all sure about which antibiotic will successfully tre…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how specific an antibody is when presented to proteins with similar amino acid sequences. Methods/Materials The antibody I used…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) is a compound occurring naturally in Brassica species vegetables (e.g., cabbage, broccoli). In vitro, I3C has been shown to suppress the proliferatio…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if white sage and eucalyptus concentrates repel argentine ants. The information discovered in this experiment can help make a less toxic ant rep…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which degree of pitch combined with which number of blades on a propeller is optimum for producing the maximum power from a mode…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our study demonstrates that the application of the right-hand rule of magnetism and inclusion of electrodes produces water with reduced levels of impurities and odor-produci…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The first step in doing my science project was researching a potential idea to experiment with. Once I came up with the question "Which type of filtration system works best…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My project was to test and see if a dog's mouth is cleaner then a human's. My hypothesis for this project was that a dog's mouth would have more bacteria then that of a huma…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Purpose: To determine if dogs are colorblind. Hypothesis: Dogs are able to see at least some shades of color. Methods/Materials 1. Take black and white pictures of an assort…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My experiment is to test which materials work best as thermal insulators. My hypothesis is that a good electrical conductor would be a bad thermal insulator. This hypothesis…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose is to determine whether the manual riffle method of shuffling a deck of cards produces a more random deck than an automatic card shuffling machine. I hypothesize…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if the injection of a large amount of tiny gas bubbles in to a tank of water would cause a weighted cylinder to sink. I believe…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal is to how and what the volunteer view, which is like an optical illusion only dealing with gray shades. But i many change some of this information. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals 1) Will phytic acid (an organic acid present in vegetables) form an insoluble complex with zinc? 2) Will the complex form at a certain ratio of concentration of zinc and phy…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to study the ripening process of peaches in different container materials to determine which environment caused the sugar production rate t…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals If a huge earthquake were to come right now, would your home be safe? While this question has many parts to its answer, one main part is structural reinforcements. The main…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Aromatherapy has grown in popularity and the users do not have any scientific evidence that it works. Previous research has provided the information needed to conduct this e…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals I undertook this project to determine which combination of fletch and arrowhead provides the most stability to the arrow, thus making it the most accurate. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals This project was based on measuring the concentration of arsenic in the local waters of Pasadena. The samples were from Eaton Canyon, which was obtained from a waterfall, So…