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 · 2011
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Certain Sun Chip bags have been advertised as being 100% compostable. I wondered if this was really true. I decided to put a compostable Sun Chip bag into our garden compost…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In today's technology, smaller processing chips & parts are needed to make functional devices. Acoustic levitation ensures that certain parts of those devices can be made in…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Burn wounds frequently scar and cause long term complications. Burn scars on the feet and toes may contract, and distort the tissue underneath to prohibit natural function.…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to test the heat retention performance of different survival blankets and alternative insulators in the outdoors. We also wanted to determine the mechanism…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective and Goals- A mammal living in the Arctic can survive the freezing temperatures because of their blubber, or fat layer. I wanted to test and see which substance, la…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine how the density of a sugar-water solution and the color of laser light shone through the solution affect the angle of deflection of the light.…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In competitive swimming,a second can make the difference. However, there is little research regarding swim speeds between salt and chlorine water pools. This study investiga…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to answer the following question. How do different swimming strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly) affect heart rate…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the presence of white vinegar or sterile human urine prevents Moon Jelly nematocysts from discharging when they come in contact with E.…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if a golf ball, softball or a baseball will go the farthest when hit by a baseball bat. Methods/Materials Materials: A 2x4 and…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to identify corresponding trends in stock market changes in the countries of Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, China and the United States, as a…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I have been playing and watching basketball my whole life. In the 6th grade I entered a free throw competition, and as I looked around at other competitors, I thought to mys…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Reflective nanoplates, or nano-mirrors, have shown to be good candidates for applications such as liquid mirrors in astronomical telescopes, but currently no reliable method…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals Producing biofuels from algae is an expensive and energy intensive process. The major bottleneck is the dewatering process. The separation step with centrifuges provides the…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To test for the age group that had the highest amount of synesthetes. Methods/Materials 1. Surveys 2. Test subjects 3. Camera for documentation 4. Pen or pencil to record da…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if memory is affected by recording information on a keyboard versus handwriting. This study is particularly relevant in today's society, as key…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Telomerase elongates chromosome ends and is required for the indefinite lifespan of cancer cells. We set out to determine whether telomere length correlates with telomerase…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals A new physical framework of perception based on modeling neurons as nonlinear oscillators has recently been developed to explain the stroboscopic Wagon Wheel Illusion. This…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Students are often presented with the option of using hand sanitizer to clean their hands instead of going to the bathroom and washing with soap and water. The purpose of my…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals When a new medical procedure gets tested, a large population may get tested against a small trial population. Since the null hypothesis states that there should be is no dif…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I set out to see what weight of a skateboard would complete and accelerate down the track the fastest. My experiment question was: How does weight affect the speed of an obj…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The neural tissue of Periplaneta americana has been found to have antibacterial properties against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The object of this experiment…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if everyday natural substances -- in particular cinnamon, talc powder or vinegar -- can create a barrier that would repel an…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Computers that can process the large amounts of data statistics requires have made available unprecedented means of understanding the word, resulting in radical advancements…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find the best pulley combination for reducing workload. Methods/Materials First, a platform was built to hang and test the pulleys. A total of 11 combin…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My science fair experiment investigated tabletop linear accelerators. The experiment tested chain reactions using the forces of magnetic and kinetic energy. The question is…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which home-based citric acidic solution (i.e. lemon juice, lime juice, Sprite, Pepsi) dissolves calcium in a kidney stone fastest and most eff…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to delve into the potential association of cognitive aptitude, quantified in this study in the form of students' grade point average (GPA, with o…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to find cost-effective methods to sterilize or pasteurize water and make it potable. Specifically these methods must be easy to use in countr…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This aim of this project is to discover why EGTA-decalcified gastrolith solutions produce Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectra with twice the number of expected peaks. My init…