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
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals While breast milk has numerous benefits to child and mother, the objective of this project is to prove that increased intelligence is not one of these benefits. Methods/Mate…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Nanoparticles are easily finding their way into the environment much easier than before due to them being in consumer products such as food and the lining of clothing. If enough nanoparticle…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether a pre-rinse or pre-scrub helps to wash dishes in a dishwasher and test the effectiveness of various detergents. Methods/Materials Twelve kitchenware sam…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science experiment was to determine if there were harmful bacteria in popular brands of dry, canned, and wet dog food. If dry, canned, and wet dog food a…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see which gender judges which gender more based on appearance. Methods/Materials photos of both genders, T.V, pencil, computer, 50 volunt…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Children with special needs may have gross motor skills issues. To improve gross motor skills kids go to physical therapy. One of the basic exercises is kicking a ball. This…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to understand geological folding patterns of different earth materials while under the stress of lateral compression. I focused on contine…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals My project was to design and create an application for determining weight and balance for general aviation aircraft that would be faster and more accurate than calculating i…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Improved methods of producing healthy crops in environmentally-friendly manners are desirable. The purpose of my experiment was to determine the effects of hydrogen peroxide…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find whether log jams affect the number of macroinvertebrates in Freshwater creek. Methods/Materials Stopwatch, 170 cm kick-net. Counted macroinvertebrates at 2…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project investigates how changing the order, size, and angle of turbofan jet engine's blades manipulates the air flow to maximize output thrust. This work arose out of my…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The project "JustStep: Voice message system for tactile ground surface indicator (TGSI)" is an Assistive Technology tool that aims to solve the difficulties faced by blind people in order to…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My primary goal is to make tempered chocolate molded items so they won't melt in my hands. My primary hypothesis is that if tempered chocolate is melted and reformed at a te…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Traditional analysis of text has been limited to an analysis of the content to extract meaning and intent. New technologies now allow us to also measure the process of creating the content a…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Today's children are spending over fifty hours a week immersed in technology (Burke, 2003) and yet, seventy-five percent of these children fail to meet the World Health Organization's recomm…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if there was a positive or negative correlation between relative humidity and particulate matter (PM-10) and flammable/combustible gasses. Meth…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Sinusitis is very common condition in the United States, afflicting 15% of the population each year. This study tested the antimicrobial/ inhibitory effects of Kimchi against the common Gram…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals Studying emission line stars helps improve our understanding of stellar evolution, types of stars, and their environments (Prichard et al. 2016). In this study, we investiga…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to create a kinetic model of the Intra-S Phase DNA Damage Checkpoint, which is important in cancer, in order to better understand its inner workings. Method…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which tennis and running surfaces have the least impact on your knee. Methods/Materials I will weigh unused and unopened tennis balls and recor…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are lipids or proteins that become glycated due to exposure to sugars which buildup in cells due to aging and life style. They can be…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Early diagnosis is of unequivocal importance to survive debilitating multiple organ failure (MOF), the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, current lab-based met…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Speaking plays an indispensable role in communication. We utilize our vocal apparatus to speak through various articulatory processes including variations in the manner, place and the intona…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Technology has given us advantages to improve our life’s quality; it brought a lot of changes to our life. Scientists plan to colonize the moon and planets, to expand the humankind in space.…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Today the Internet is one of the most important services that everyone needs, for personal uses, but specially for business: email, web banking, cloud services, etc... Areas where is not pos…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Kaolinite, a natural deposit in Jordan has been proved it can be used for removal of toxic heavy metals from water. This study aimed to remove lead ions from industrial waste water using Nan…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to find the correlation between the complexity of leaf vein structure and the speed at which leaves dry, as determined by the rate of embolism formation. M…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an invasive type of skin cancer that lacks expression of lecithin-retinol acyl transferase (LRAT), a protein implicated in wound healing and cancer progressi…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to come up with a way for people who are hearing impaired to be able to communicate in the dark using American Sign Language (ASL). Methods/M…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Due to the partial unavailability of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency in today's world is more important than anything else. Less energy consumption meaning less fossil fuels will…