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 · 2019
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective is to see whether there is any correlation between sleep and working memory.The hypothesis is as follows:people who are getting less than the recommended 8 hours of…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
When an oil well is drilled, water must be injected to provide easy access to the crude oil in the shale. After, when the oil is pumped, wastewater is produced. This wastewater must be treat…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Creating efficient deep neural networks involves repetitive manual optimization of the topology and the hyperparameters. This human intervention significantly inhibits the process. Recent pu…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The objective of this work was to evaluate the environmental quality of a forested area of Parque Natural San Francisco, throughout the measurement of the ecological attributes of diurnal bu…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Purpose: Weeds in agriculture compete for energy resources, decreasing yields and increasing labor costs. Herbicides to kill weeds are toxic to human health, environment and most importantly…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives The purpose of this project is to find the best way to treat cancer without causing harm to healthy cells. After reading more in depth about cancer and chemotherapy, I learned tha…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives My objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of dish soaps in removing oil from bird feathers in case of an oil spill. Dawn Ultra Dish Soap is the current standard for cleaning b…
CSEF · 2019
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The purpose of my experiment was to figure out if age or gender affect change blindness. Change blindness is when you don t notice that something changed in your surroundings. I p…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives To measure impacts of air pollution on marine life. Methods Using water samples collected from the Pacific Ocean, measured the impact on water pH levels using an "artificial" meth…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective is to determine if air quality is lower at schools near the freeway. Methods An air quality monitor was built using multiple gas sensors and a PM2.5 sensor on an Ard…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The purpose of my science project was to compare the permeability rates of various typical soils. I used gravel, poorly sorted sand, well sorted sand, and clay and I measured perm…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Individuals who suffer from lactose intolerance are deficient in the digestive enzyme lactase, which breaks down lactose (sugar in dairy milk). So, they take the lactase enzyme supplement La…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The objective of this project is to find the most suitable quantity of gibberellic acid to create the most growth in snow pea plants. Methods Gibberellic acid (powder form), digit…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of my study is to determine if shading can increase the efficiency of an air conditioner. Methods Temperature sensors, PVC frame, heat lamps, and various shade mater…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effects of varying amounts of nitrogen on cyanobacteria oil production. Methods Tested the the affect of nitrogen on cyanobacteria…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this project is to determine whether or not parental limits affect middle school students smartphone addiction. My hypothesis is that the more limits parents give,…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives My goal in completing this project was to determine the effectiveness of psyllium in reducing the amount of sand in horse s digestive system. Methods I collected manure samples fr…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
When I had first thought of this project, my hypothesis is that the pole beans are going to all grow tallest, the pole beans without the plastic/paper will grow best out of the three, the pe…
CSEF · 2019
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine if stimulating the right brain improved reading speed and comprehension, for Dyslexic and non-Dyslexic students. Methods The experimen…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives My project aims to discover if the amount of time food is in contact with various surfaces affect the amount of bacteria it collects. Methods I used many materials to conduct my s…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives My project involved creating electrolysis of water using a battery to examine the pH of the water after it was affected by electrolysis. My hypothesis was that if we separate the…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to utilize a dog's high sense of smell as the solution to creating an improved method of treating their wounds and injuries. By combining natural…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
The random use of antibiotics by people, especially taking them at the slightest pain in throat, or tonsils affects the immunity in the body. As the pain could be caused by a bacteria or a v…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology
Objectives The purpose of the project was to find a plant-friendly alternative to road salt (NaCl). Four types of salt were tested: calcium chloride (CaCl2), potassium chloride (KCl), ammoni…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Cancer research is a priority for medicine and modern society. Melanoma is considered one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, since this tumor has aggressive behavior and it is metastati…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment and are harmful to animals. I wondered if microplastics could affect plants. The objective of this project was t…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment is meant to understand the relationship between the plane of rotation of a sound/light emitting body in circular motion and the resultant shift in its frequency as per Dopple…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
A Doppler Radar System is presented which is suitable for reporting sudden changes of streamflow. The system includes a Doppler radar transceiver and uses Digital Signal Processing to detect…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives To determine if a soil wetting aid can reduce salt or sodium (Na) levels in different soil types (sandy, sandy- loam and clay soil) so that plants have more water and nutrients av…
AJAS · 2019
Epigenetic response is recognized as an important component in growth and adaptation across species. It is well documented in plants and animals that epigenomic changes occur as a response t…