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 · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study was to determine if chemically lightening human hair affected its structure, based on how it reacted to humidity. Methods/Materials hygrometer, hyd…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Objective: My objective was to learn if dog saliva could really kill or prevent bacteria. Methods/Materials Materials: For my project I used dog saliva, sterile petri plates…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to build a device that models earthquakes caused by fault slippage and determine the effect of fracking on the number and magnitude of earth…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine if light intensity affects people's perception of Fechner colors. I hypothesized that Fechner colors would change in different luminos…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate the significance of the relationship between the use of modern information technologies and the exacerbation of procrastination among teenagers…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test whether increasing ocean acidification, which is caused by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, affects the weight of shell…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science fair project was to determine whether recycled or non recycled paper would biodegrade faster and how moisture will affect the process. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover which saddle pad material kept my horse's core temperature the lowest during work to minimize cooling time. Methods/Materials H…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to investigate if freshwater or saltwater around the Earth was becoming more acidic due to increased carbon emission produced by humans. M…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if there is a relationship between my mnemonic mobile application, Study Senses, and the improvement of memorization in educationall…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the presence of food in the stomach affects iron absorption (and iron absorption rate). Methods/Materials Three so…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of the project I conducted was to test the short-term effect of changing water pH on pea plant growth. Changing the pH of water was supposed to simulate how polluted water effect…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to discover if the wood type of an acoustic guitar will affect its tone. Methods/Materials This project involved five varying types of wood, g…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To begin, the purpose of my project was to investigate if changing the circadian rhythm of gold fish affects their memory. My first observation was when I removed the cardbo…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The objective of this research was to determine if Eastern Oysters and Hard Shell Clams filtration ability to naturally filter and improve the overall water quality would be affected if the…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if meat goats are able to see color or if they are color blind. If they do see color I wanted to know whether there is a specific…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to find out if the distance between domino's will affect how fast a marble will go. If the increase space between the dominoes will create more…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if honeybees are being exposed to neonicotinoids, and if I can completely eliminate or control the exposure of neonicotinoids to my col…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Previous literature has indicated that the goals that parents have for their children often become the goals the children have for themselves, and these goals influence certain character tra…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Urea electrooxidation has the potential for both waste remediation of toxic nitrogen compounds and efficient generation of hydrogen for renewable energy production. This work explored the ap…
AJAS · 2017
Glyphosate is an herbicide commonly used as the active ingredient in agricultural products such as Roundup™. The EPA states that glyphosate has a low acute toxicity on humans and wildlife. C…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
I estimate the effect of marginal changes in the minimum wage on the science scores of 15-year-old Canadian students in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 test. B…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if yeast introduced to environmental stress will eventually recover and grow at a rate similar to non-stressed yeast. I also wanted to see if the stressed ye…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out which material out of cotton balls, rubber mats, foam, plastic bags, shredded paper, and plaster of Paris will be the most effecti…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Flight simulations help optimize model rocket design. The TARC competition requires flying a model rocket repeatedly to a specific altitude, but the results can be inconsist…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The harsh ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Martian surface prevents viability of life as we know it by causing potentially lethal single and double-stranded DNA breaks. However, there are a…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of DOT is to facilitate the process of stippling and pointillism, but also to prevent as well as aid those of have ailments such as arthritis that are easily c…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
According to Adams and Galinsky’s (2012) enclothed cognition effect, clothing can have a strong influence on an individual's performance. Particular articles of clothing, such as a doctor’s…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
The industry of interactive entertainments or, in other word, computer games is nowadays one of the most developing directions in technology and economics and it’s been such for a couple of…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether driving force or drag force on an object has more of an affect on an object's speed in water. Methods/Materials A wooden boat…