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 · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine the strength of two different spider web designs: an orb web, and a triangle web, using weights. My hypothesis was that the orb spi…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is that if cat paw prints are unique, then I will be able to identify a cat from its paw prints. Methods/Materials In my procedure, I used six cats in this exp…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out who is a better learner, children or adults through three phases of chess. Methods/Materials Methods: I created a lesson plan specifically targe…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goals were to find out why Polyurethane and Expsanded Polystyrene are the best or not bes foam for surfboard cores. My second goal was to find out if any of the three oth…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The main goal of our project was to identify factors that have adversely impacted the Alder Creek Watershed, the salmonid habitat, the demise of the local steelhead populati…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find out the variation of knot formation depending on several factors including string length, material, and thickness. I used different leng…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which Wi-Fi antennas perform the best when examining distance, speed, and packet dropping. Methods/Materials The antennas tested are the Omni-D…
CSEF · 2008
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I tested to see whether higher concentrations of Aloe vera would speed up the regeneration of planaria. My hypothesis was that although Aloe vera would quicken the regenerat…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I observe that I need to eliminate or reduce the cut in wind speed requirement of my Savonius wind turbine. I plan to create a hybrid unit by utilizing solar power, and to r…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was used to determine whether the blade shape of a windmill would affect how much electricity it generated. Methods/Materials I used a model of a windmill, compos…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the report is to find the best combination of blade length, number of blades, and angles of the blades needed to create the optimal fan settings to produce th…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was about building the windmill best suited for generating voltage. I tested the number of blades and the angle of each blade. The amounts of blades used wer…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Goal: To see how many propellers would have the most electricity output on a home made wind turbine. Methods/Materials Method: 1. Created frame from PVC pipe using glue, saw…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective for this experiment was to investigate the electrical voltage that could be generated at a given wind speed using a simple wind turbine design. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective my project was to determine if a change in a magnet's temperature would affect the strength of the magnetic repulsion of two opposing magnets, and if so, to me…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals I enjoy solving the Rubik's cube, and I have developed my own method for solving it. I am interested in mathematics and have written programs to solve Sudoku puzzles and mag…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether E. Coli is magnetic like other magnetotactic bacteria. The hypothesis is that E. Coli is magnetic and that the bacteria concentration w…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine whether yawns were more contagious to males or females. The hypotheses were that yawns would be more contagious to females, and th…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this investigation was to determine if yeast produced more carbon dioxide by taking away the oxygen or adding more. It was hypothesized that of the two method…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test different characteristics of airplane propellers (number of blades, blade pitch, and chord) to find which propeller design is most…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test water samples from different sources for various properties such as bacteria, lead content, pH Levels, etc. My hypothesis was that Thousand Oaks tap…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to identify how the temperature of the milk influences the time it takes for the milk to turn into yogurt. My goal was to solve my mother's problem in iden…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals When strawberry juice ruined a lunch pail after leaking out of the baggy, we wanted to find out if there is a particular brand with a better zip-seal. We thought the name br…