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
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to discover which size and material of spherical projectile delivers the optimal (deepest) penetration into a block of foam, when fired from…
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which kind of wood gives off the most heat when burned. Methods/Materials In my investigation I burned eight different types of shredded wood.…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project is to see if the gaming theory invented by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern help to improve your chances when you are involved in a gambling game as apposed…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to determine whether or not the age of a person has an effect on their "Total Optimism" score on Dr. Martin Seligman's optimism scale. The result…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether it is possible to harness wasted gravitational potential energy and convert it into easily accessed kinetic energy. My application of t…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine which grasses grow the best under various levels of soil salinization. Methods/Materials Three types of grass seeds(vetch, clover, and fescue),six salt-water so…
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project involves the testing and research of hard and soft water and its cleaning effects on different objects and surfaces. I was interested in this project because the…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether fresh water holds heat longer than salt water. I think that the salt water will hold heat longer than fresh water because salt water h…
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Last summer, a wildfire burned towards my neighborhood. We were given orders to evacuate. Luckily, the fire was brought under control, but it made me wonder about the old ce…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of the study is to find out how accurate observation is done by eyewitness. Hypothesis: I believe that eyewitness is not accurate and their details are sometimes fa…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine which construction material will result in the most sound reduction at various sound levels. My hypothesis is that the 2" brick will outperform th…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which brand of goldfish food causes Carassius Auratus Auratus (goldfish) to gain the most weight. I believe that Tetra Fin Gol…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This study investigated the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Insulin-like Growth Factor Pathway and the increased susceptibility to breast c…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the relative inhibitory plant growth effects of allelochemicals from foreign plants on a variety of plants native to the Santa Cruz…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Cleanup of soil pollutants is often expensive and environmentally unsound. Phytoremediation is an area of frontier science that provides a safe and cost-effective alternativ…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which type of soil fertilizer, organic or synthetic, will leach the fastest when water passes through the soil, mimicking diffe…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether, in a two-player zero-sum contest, a player would choose a seemingly more powerful strategy, or select a less obvious strategy, recomme…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out whether red algae would grow more quickly in warm or in cool temperatures. The purpose of this project is to help biologists find larg…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out the most effective hand washing method(s) that will remove the most bacteria from our hands. Hence, it will prevent spreading an…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project was to figure out which stringed instrument had the greater loudness. Then the problem established was, "What is the effect of different sized…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project objective was to determine if photons in sunlight exhibit detectable mass properties when striking a mechanical detector. This exercise would be accomplished by b…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to effectively isolate and independently measure the different radioactive emissions from the uranium oxide glaze on the bowl so that proper shi…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to derive a more precise and realistic retinal representation in monocular as well as binocular vision based on its optical and geometrical pr…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of tis experiment was to find out the effect of acid rain on native and non-native plants. Methods/Materials 36 native, and 36 non native seeds were planted in…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to expand on my previous projects, which defined and characterized the Nimber-Simplex graph. The first goal was to prove that all binary li…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The Pappus Chain Theorem, a type of Euclidean geometry, was discovered and proven by Pappus of Alexandria in the third century. In the 1800's, Jacob Steiner, a Swiss mathema…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine and compare how much and how fast motor oil can pollute and harm our soil. My goal was to find which soil could withhold motor o…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals In this project, the planar isometries of polygons are characterized by their grap structure. It is shown that the reflections and rotations are the only possible planar iso…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to find out if meditation reduces stress. Methods/Materials We produced a guided meditation tape. We had 18 people listen to it and tested t…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if different varieties of sugar affect the amounts of carbon dioxide to be released during the process of fermentation. The hyp…