20,037 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS and the Calgary Youth Science Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Low-lying regions are inherently vulnerable to storm surge threats during a hurricane, yet many communities in those areas lack integrated coastal defense systems. Not all types of shoreline…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Landslides are a kind of major natural disaster that causes huge economic and life losses globally. And visual detection using satellite imagery is critical for disaster response. Landform,…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Coastal wetland restoration is increasingly challenged by climate-driven salinity shifts that impose physiological constraints on vulnerable plant populations. This study evaluated how natur…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Phytochrome B (phyB) is a plant photoreceptor that forms nuclear photobodies involved in temperature sensing. While photobody size has been studied, the mechanism controlling photobody numbe…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Dental cavities are widely considered the most prevalent chronic disease globally. For over a century, dental x-rays have been the standard for diagnosis. However, new technologies are emerg…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Most energy sources are non-renewable, like fossil fuels. One way to get around this is to have more renewable energy sources. One idea is to harness the steps and physical movement that ind…
CYSF · 2026
Pillarox AI is a program made to assist visually impaired individuals with identifying their medication. Trained using Google's Teachable Machine and coded using AI, this project hopes to re…
CYSF · 2026
For this test we tested 10 grade 7/8 students to see how high or low frequency they could hear. I first split the students into musicians and non-musicians. After the test I found out that t…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Orchids are plants with challenging propagation; therefore, in vitro cultivation is a viable alternative for seedling production, despite its high cost. Additionally, growth is slow, and the…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Current plant monitoring systems often rely on reactive visual inspections or invasive analysis, detecting issues only after physiological damage has occurred. To address this, we present a…
CYSF · 2026
putting salt water and regular water into the same plants
CYSF · 2026
Plant will grow together and separately. Which one will grow faster
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Plastic pollution is a major problem. Millions of tons of plastic are dumped in landfills each year and do not break down. Plastics also pollute oceans and harm marine life, and their produc…
CYSF · 2026
Seperate plants will be placed in a closed jar and Enviourment. Different environments like wood smoke, humidity, moss, ect. They will be placed and I will calculate its growth,behaviour, an…
CYSF · 2026
My project is about up cycling recycled paper in plants. I am using seed paper and I am going to plant them into soil. I will observe the plants to determine which recycled paper is best to…
CYSF · 2026
The purpose of our experiment is to observe the effect various liquids have on seeds and growing plants.
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Plaque is a widespread health problem leading to cavities, pain, gum disease, and eventual tooth loss. Many popular mouthwashes address this by using alcohol to nonselectively kill oral bact…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This study presents the design and evaluation of a solar-driven hybrid plasmonic–photocatalytic system based on ophiolite-supported nanomaterials for the treatment of oilfield produced water…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Our project was about how some types of mushrooms can degrade plastic. The type of mushroom we studied are called Blue Oyster Mushrooms. What our procedure was that we had cut water bottles…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Plastic pollution represents a major environmental challenge. This project investigates the potential of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) to biologically degrade plastic waste using a…
CYSF · 2026
Through measurements of pH, TDS, and biodegradability over time, this project investigates the effects of various bioplastics on water quality. It determines which components make bioplastic…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Nearly half of the world's population, 47%, has little to no access to diagnostic testing, which can delay care until conditions become critical. This gap in diagnostic access limits timely…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
Poetry rewriting requires more than fluent paraphrasing; it must preserve the source poem’s meaning while reproducing a target author’s persona, including diction, cadence, punctuation, and…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 55 million people worldwide. Although early diagnosis is critical, up to 75% of dementia p…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
I was investigating and tracking the kinds of pollen that different colonies were collecting. Specifically local hives vs. domesticated hives. I compared four different hives, two which were…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Oil spills cause large-scale destruction of marine ecosystems and economies. Current remediation methods primarily rely on mechanical recovery, typically recovering only 2-6% of spilled oil.…
CYSF · 2026
To test how the membrane of boba pearls made with 3 different pH liquids with reverse spherification will thicken at different times in a sodium alginate bath
CYSF · 2026
Our project examines which toothpaste(s) are most useful to remove stains on teeth by replicating tooth staining on eggs from commonly consumed beverages like coffee, tea and cola.
CYSF · 2026
Building materials (straw, wood, brick) are tested for structural stability under wind conditions, and insulation in cold temperatures.
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Viral zoonotic diseases pose major challenges in epidemiology due to their lack of transmission predictability. These diseases often lead to global outbreaks. There have been past studies th…