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
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project aims to find properties other than those involving matrices and determinants to prove Heron#s Formula and Brahmagupta#s Formulas. Methods/Materials Various stra…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Since California is unprepared for a major tsunami, I wondered if a man made shallow underwater structure would make the wave break earlier before and give up some of its de…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see if tumor cells could travel through the lymph system to metastasize to other parts of the body and the factors within the nodes that co…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In order to assess the potential of PTEN as a chemosensitizer and its ability to reduce side effects of chemotherapy, this study was conducted to examine the effect of tumor…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to examine the anti-mutagenic effect of turmeric or Curcuma longa, a ubiquitous spice of the Indian sub-continent whose use is thought to be r…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Does atmospheric pressure, temperature or humidity affect stellar scintillation? Methods/Materials 1 pair of high power binoculars or telescope 1 stopwatch or timer 1 scient…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to investigate the nature of turbulence produced in heated air. The goal is to measure the properties of time variability of the refractive in…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Many people get sunburned or tanned, which is a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays. The objective of this project is to determine whether certain surfaces should be avoi…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if there is an immediate effect of a metronome tempo on the walking of a Parkinson Disease patient. My hypothesis was that if a p…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To determine which design and set up of vortex generators allows for the greatest angle of attack at a low airspeed velocity before a wing stall occurs. Methods/Materials Pl…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals Building foundations are usually made of steel and concrete, which in turn rely on a solid soil base beneath them for stability. During an earthquake the soil base undergoes…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My goal is to remove pesticides from farm run off water with plants and air. I hope to filter the chemical out of the run off water before releasing the water into rivers. M…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find a way to decrease the time it takes to use solar energy to inactivate pathogens in contaminated drinking water by raising the water's temperature us…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether cheek cells do osmosis and if they are alive or dead as a result of different food salinities. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I did in vivo and…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore what happens to air molecules when a trumpet is played. The researchers wanted to see if the effects of invisible air molecule move…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is possible to grow all of the different parts of the African Violet in the tissue culture environment successfully. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project was done in order to determine whether the property of fluids, viscosity, has an effect on the shape of a liquid#s droplet. The hypothesis was viscosity affects…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Which fruit juices and vegetable juices contain the most amount of vitamin C? Comparing vitamin C in fruit drinks and fresh fruit juices. Does vitamin C have any anti-oxidan…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigates to which characteristics of the human voice -- pitch (frequency), amplitude, and timbre (overtones) -- people of all ages respond positively and ne…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To study the relationship between the voltage output of a tin-copper cell and the temperature of the two solutions. From this, values such as change in entropy and enthalpy…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out what location (front, middle, back) and length of seepage curtains cause the most resistance to seepage under dams. If dams with seepage curtain…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if treating wastewater with ultraviolet light will increase bacterial resistance to ultraviolet light in the effluent by triggering constitutiv…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the quality of tap water in various regions of the United States for unsafe quantities of certain contaminants. Methods/Materials Untreated tap…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to collect sufficient data to relate water temperature to salmonid development in the San Lorenzo River. Our hypothesis is that salmonids will h…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals Our project was to simulate a wave energy buoy using magnets and springs that would generate electricity by converting wave energy to electrical energy. We would conduct sev…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the affect bottom contour has on the height of a wave. I wanted to try to reduce a wave as much as possible. I wanted to find a possible way t…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis was that right-handed, active students' weight will determine the strength in their arms. As the weight of each consecutive student increases, the strength in…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does the distance from a freeway affect the air quality on a school campus in the form of air borne particle pollution? Based on the research I have found, the air quality o…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to prove if humidity really effects mold growth and how it effects it. If it's by making the mold grow faster of making it grow sooner. Hypothesis The higher…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to test fog and rain effect on laser communications(free-space optics) systems using a laser transmitter of three different wavelengths and a…