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 · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which type of sedimentary rock makes the best storage rock for petroleum oil. The reason I am doing this project is because oil res…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how different types of water filters (sediment and carbon) affect the pH level, total alkalinity, total chlorine, total hardness, iron level, copper…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn which type of water produced the fastest growing bean plant. I initially hypothesized that spring water would work best because it was the purest,…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine the best aerodynamic blade design of a wind turbine that would produce the most power. I hypothesized that the feather shaped des…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find which of the two most popular composting worms created the most nutrient rich compost. I did this project in the hopes of making it easier…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this investigation was to observe whether white tea's nutrients could increase bone growth and thus have a possibility to decrease bone loss caused by side ef…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to isolate sources of pollution in the Santa Ana watershed using Nitrogen Isotope Fingerprinting, and develop a better understanding of the Nitrogen Cycle b…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether females look more like their fathers than males do. My hypothesis is that the females offspring will be more like the male parent. I ca…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The researcher wants to test adults on a math and science test and be able to decipher the results and their meanings. Methods/Materials Binder No. 2 Pencil Microsoft Excel…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my project I explore if light pollution levels increase the closer you get to large, densely populated cities. The purpose of my project is to raise awareness about the g…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to use carbon dioxide measurements (an end product of bacterial degradation), to determine if the new Bioreactor landfill design could be a better option fo…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal is to find out whether Wi-Fi routers increase the risk of cancer and if you can block the radiation with metal shielding, mainly copper. Methods/Materials An antenna…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The 2007 Southern California Wildfires induced high levels of air pollutants, causing asthmatics to be particularly at risk. To determine the specific effect wildfire air po…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to distinguish if colored sheet protectors act like a greenhouse trapping all of the heat and keeping it in there. If it does help the plants,…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out if acid rain affects seed germination. For this purpose I used different levels of acidic solution of white vinegar with water. I…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if radish seeds will germinate in non-contaminated or contaminated ashes. I believe that the radish seeds will germinate better in Eucalyptus ashes a…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effects of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate on the phytoremediation process of Brassica Juncea. Methods/Materials 10 plants separated into five categori…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if the addition of polyacrylamide (PAM) will help water percolate through a hydrophobic layer of soil. This is a water repe…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine what number and angle of windmill blades can produce the most energy. Methods/Materials 1. I constructed the windmill stand and blades with pin…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to increase the efficiency of resonant wireless power transfer by utilizing a passive tuned coil placed between a transmitter and a receiver, an…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals I did my research project on Wolbachia and Spiroplasma. These two Bacteria infect many insect species are and are passed down from generation to generation through ovaries.…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Objective: I performed this experiment to show how different proportions of animals would affect the overall health in a closed system. Methods/Materials Materials and Metho…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Determine how fast the world's population would grow if there was no violence, war or disease, and find how would that growth would impact the earth's natural resources (nat…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which worm compost produced the best fertilizer based on the plant root that grew the fastest in a period of four weeks. Meth…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if yawning was contagious in the sense that the yawn passes form one individual to another. The scientist originally believed…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals "The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Some people have the curiosity though and I am one of them. Th…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project measured the reliability of eyewitnesses and answered the question: Will you get more accurate information from eyewitnesses if you ask them individually about wh…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I was determined to find out how much aluminum in cookware was absorbed into our acidic foods, which in turn, we ingest and may cause harm to our bodies. My hypothesis is th…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Determine what effect (if any) the weight and string length of a yo-yo have on its "sleep time," which is the time it stays at the bottom of the string when the yo-yo is thr…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How much Standby Power is wasted in typical household electronic devices per hour? Methods/Materials Kill-A-Watt (instrument to measure power) Camera, Laptop, Desktop Comput…