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 · 2004
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Can I set up an experiment to see what household materials would make better sound barriers against different frequency notes? Methods/Materials I build a 2ft. wide by 2ft.…
CSEF · 2004
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out the location of an object based on the sound it makes. Methods/Materials The theory of this project is to place 5 microphones in two…
CSEF · 2004
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals For this science fair project, this young researcher wanted to conduct an experiment that studied spatial reasoning abilities and how these abilities can be related to chess…
CSEF · 2004
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was done to see what material would stay with the most heat after being heated and cooled. By konwing this, one could see how the climate in different places is e…
CSEF · 2004
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals We tested to see if a person#s learning modality (style)#visual (V), auditory (A), kinesthetic (K)#affects their spelling scores. We did research at the USC library and foun…
CSEF · 2004
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To see if alcohol, caffeine, and cold medicine have an effect on your body. I am going to spray spiders with fluids and observe how they make their web and observe how the w…
CSEF · 2004
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals To develop a single use sunscreen applicator that prevents contamination of hands and eyes, yet still allows adequate sunscreen to be applied. The name Splatter Platter was…
CSEF · 2004
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To study standing waves using different strings. To study the effect of tension on standing waves. To study the effect of tension on unit density of the string. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2004
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to observe if 3% hydrogen peroxide could kill the bacteria, staphylococcus aureus. Methods/Materials A brief procedure of the experiment is…
CSEF · 2004
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This science fair project investigates everyday activities that could create static electricity sufficient to cause a danger at a gas station. If two materials rub together,…
CSEF · 2004
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test stellar parallax theory, a method used to determine the relative distance of stars, through a series of observations taken on a footb…
CSEF · 2004
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Is the fruit ripening process in bananas, pears, and avocados accelerated the fastest by temperature, amount of sunlight, ethylene gas exsposure, being in an open air enviro…
CSEF · 2004
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The project purpose was to determine whether the number of stomata on a leaf's surface affects volume of water transpired in 24 hours. After testing environmental effects on…
CSEF · 2004
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the quit smoking method or product that had the greatest success rate, and which methods or products had a dominant failure. Thi…
CSEF · 2004
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if different concentrations of stormwater runoff pollutants affect brine shrimp and algae differently. Methods/Materials The brine shrimp and al…
CSEF · 2004
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine whether the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of a cable is affected by the number of wires in the cable and the manner in which they are arranged.…
CSEF · 2004
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if 7th graders at my school are more stressed about academics, personal life, or current events. Methods/Materials The first thing I did was to do resea…
CSEF · 2004
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal for the project is to find a solution to stress. I compared the effects of Yogic relaxation (Deep Relaxation Technique) to that of Music, and Nap on one#s Blood Pre…
CSEF · 2004
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Determining what brand of HE liquid laundry detergent is most effective at removing a variety of stains. Creating a process to quantify the cleaning power of the detergents…
CSEF · 2004
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Subjective contours are nonexistent lines that can be perceived. My problem was to find the maximum percentage of homogeneous white area over the total area of one side of a…
CSEF · 2004
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see which sunblock would withstand various temperatures and water at various temperatures the best without losing effectiveness. The data…
CSEF · 2004
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the amount of surfboard rocker affects a surfboard#s speed in the water. I believe that increasing the rocker will decrease a surfboard#s spee…
CSEF · 2004
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Can crickets take on fruit oils, even though they eat fruit? Which fruit oil is more toxic to crickets? What kills faster, oil sprayed on or oil through food? To answer this…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Scientists have found a gene that may play a part in whether an athlete is a sprinter or excels at endurance events. This gene has been named ACTN3 and it makes a protein ca…
CSEF · 2004
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In my project I intended to find out whether the length, amplitude, or weight of a pendulum affected its period of motion. Through research I hypothesized that the length, w…
CSEF · 2004
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to determine how usable forms of nitrogen and symbiosis inhibit or encourage plant growth. We believed that plants with usable nitrogen woul…
CSEF · 2004
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to synthesize gallium oxide nanowires. Methods/Materials The fabrication of the nanowires was done by a process known as chemical vapor depositi…
CSEF · 2004
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The project was aimed at finding the best combination of nucleation time, deposition time, and deposition potential for palladium nanowires. It was hypothesized, from the th…
CSEF · 2004
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Target Training is a training method used on dolphins and I wanted to see if it would work on dogs too. The goal of the training was to get the dogs to touch their nose to t…
CSEF · 2004
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Obesity is a major public health problem and in the U.S. alone more than 65% of the adult population is overweight or obese. The result of this epidemic is an increase in ob…