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 · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals There are many superstitions and beliefs that there are, in fact, more car accidents during a full moon. I evaluated whether the moon's effect on drivers is just a myth or a…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Cigarette butts litter the beaches. Tobacco, which contains the drug nicotine, is contained in the cigarette butts. I wondered if the scavengers, land hermit crabs, were eat…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Taking into consideration the sensitivity and delicacy of crystal growth. I decided to subject seed crystals, taken from crystal clusters which I grew, and expose them to a…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals In Santa Barbara County there were countless pinniped and cetacean deaths off the coast, occurring from domoic acid producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. My goal was to not onl…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to determine whether various herbal teas would affect the longevity of Drosophila Melanogaster. Methods/Materials I used five different…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine if Gossypium barbadense c.v. pima S-6 exposed to low, medium, and high levels of ozone would affect the G. barbadenses' roots and…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if playing video games causes a significant change in blood pressure, which theoretically could lead to future health problems. If stu…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals the effects on the flow rate, as a representation of stroke volume and cardiac output, and pressure on a model heart with progressive atherosclerosis in comparison to that o…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to test the efficiency of lactase enzyme, with varying concentrations and temperatures of lactose. Methods/Materials The materials used were:…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to answer the question: Which kind of wood burns faster? My hypothesis was that Cherry wood would burn faster because it seemed softer than t…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the Franck Hertz Experiment is to test the hypothesis that the energy absorbed by gaseous atoms when they are excited is quantized. Methods/Materials To test…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair experiment was to help the people who might plan a manned trip to Mars. It is intended to find the best way to recycle urine so the astronauts…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I continued in this project because I felt that I had more to learn in this subject and that my project had not yet been able to reach to its full potential. In my research,…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment was done by comparing Kentucky bluegrass, or Poa pratensis and measuring how it grew in pure humus, or potting soil and a mixture of pure humus and sand. Meth…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The effects of ozone depletion and resulting increased amounts of ionizing radiation in our environment are under investigation. What effects might these increased doses of…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The overall objective of my project is to develop a realistic and fully functional flight simulator for the craft known as the Hiller Flying Platform. A fundamental goal is…
CSEF · 2005
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment shows Bernoulli#s Principle is too simple an explaination and doesn't consider Newton#s Laws of Motion or the Coanda Effect, nor does it give enough credit t…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Elevated stream temperatures and low dissolved oxygen are two components which are detrimental to salmonids. Ground water is generally cool enough to be considered thermal r…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The experiment investigated whether plasmon oscillation of Ag plasmons with an ideal resonance frequency of 410nm would diverge more of the normally nondiverged Heaviside en…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test if magnetic levitation would reduce friction and understand how magnetic forces can be applied to train technology. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Compartmentalized cilia play an essential role in mechanosensory transduction and perception of the environment. The aim is to identify and verify highly-conserved proteins…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how different types of background music affect memorization skills of high school students. A prior study involving only class…
CSEF · 2005
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experimental objective was to determine whether gender plays a role in the ability to create a 3D object from a 2D representation. Methods/Materials Materials: 150 2 x 4…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Objective: Find out what effect pressure (PSI) has on the bounce height of a ball. Hypothesis: I predict that as you add more air pressure into a ball, the ball will bounce…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals I like playing golf and often wondered why the length of a club affects the distance the ball travels. It feels like the longer clubs just have more power when I swing them!…
CSEF · 2005
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test several methods of landslide prevention to determine which is the most effective. Methods/Materials Six identical 90 degree slopes w…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if visual acuity with and without corrective lenses affects the perception of hidden 3-d images. Methods/Materials Potential subjects were scre…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This is the 4th year of a study on the introduced mantid species Iris oratoria, the Mediterranean Mantid. Babies hatching from an isolated female indicate previously undocum…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project was to find out if there were any disadvantages to using pulleys to lift weight. I think when you use more pulleys it gets easier to lift a certain amount of weig…
CSEF · 2005
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Of all the banners on the internet, only few are effective. The rest just sit there unnoticed or are so annoying that viewers have no intent on clicking on them. The purpose…