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.
ISEF · 2015
Amaranthus palmeri is a type of weed known for being a threat to the genetically modified crops cotton and soybeans because of its resistance to the chemical herbicide, glyphosate. Glyphosat…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Stabilize a rubber ball octopus projectile so that it gets attached to a white board surface as its target Methods/Materials white board Needle and string Graph papers Party…
ISEF · 2015
Fruits and Vegetables have a circadian clock (physiological process for all living beings). It is believed this cycle continues after being picked. This investigation is the second phase in…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In rainy days, we can see a lot of liquid layers formed in the lattice of window screen. We hypothesized that the speed of layer popping is related to the properties of liquid. First, we obs…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this investigation, the high frequency hearing sensitivity of 200 subjects were tested, replicating the author’s study performed in 2008 with 178 subjects. The results of this longitudina…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Research has shown that boys who bully are perceived as more aggressive and receive harsher punishments than girls who bully. In addition, people who bully girls are viewed as more aggressiv…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Introduction: Throughout the tropical Pacific, box jellyfish pose a medically significant sting danger to beach-goers, tourists, & swimmers. Cnidae or stinging cells, including the nematocys…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Within the financial markets, I am comparing momentum indicators with oscillating indicators. Then I created programs with multiple time frames to try to improve their resul…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to design and test the best way to retrofit a two story house to make it earthquake safe. Methods/Materials -Foam Board -Duck Tape -Bungee Chords -Tape -Tennis…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether a car#s front or rear brakes are more efficient. Methods/Materials Materials needed, 2x Wood pieces 25in x 9in x 2in, Hin…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Third Award
This investigation aims to identify and optimize a composition that accelerates blood clotting. Severe bleeding is the leading cause of death on the battlefield and the second leading cause…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to distill 200 ml of pulp free orange juice and receive a pH of 7 (neutral). Methods/Materials Materials: deep-cooking pot, lid for pot, 2000 ml of pulp fre…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
This work was instigated from the resistance and difficulty encountered during a geography class in the town of Antônio Cardoso, Brazil when a newspaper article was presented. The headline w…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect laughter yoga has on perceived stress levels, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate. Methods/Materials 25 human subject…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective/goal of this experiment was to see if stress can affect body temperature. I did reach that goal, but it wasn't exactly determined by myself. It was mostly deter…
ISEF · 2015
Graph theory, a subfield of mathematics, is a versatile subject, able to be applied to numerous other fields such as computer science, sociology, and the physical sciences. Complex networks…
ISEF · 2015
Economic production of algal biofuel requires maximum lipid productivity. Optimizing production is more complex than choosing the best algal strain, since Algal oil content varies with envir…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project is to depict and analyze an accurate representation of the direct effects of food on an ant colony's egg count and population size. This come from the need and re…
ISEF · 2015
Carbon composite materials generally have excellent tensile properties, low densities, high thermal and chemical stabilities. Carbon fiber may be used for forming flexible composite sheets w…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Our ancestors used eggplant peduncle to cure gum disease. Periodontal disease is commonly a decayed tooth that has inflammation and the bacteria will advance to a disease. Also, decayed or i…
ISEF · 2015
Our school is relatively colder in winter and cooler in summer when compared with the center of Daegu city. Geographically, the school is located at the valley of Palgong mountains in the ea…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Coral reefs and Cnidarians are hosts to symbiotic, nutrient-providing dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium/zooxanthellae). Almost all coral reefs experienced a major decline in the 1980s and climat…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Natural products have a long-standing history of providing medicinally important compounds from aspirin all the way to taxol. Our group has an interest in identifying medicinally relevant co…
ISEF · 2015
The main purpose of the present research is contributing to the area of number theory. It is focused on the study of properties observed in the set of natural numbers when applied to the cub…
ISEF · 2015
The existence of the prime numbers has being documented since 300 AD when mathematicians like Euclid found this strange and beautiful numbers. If finding a prime number on the naturals is aw…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this investigation was to find a natural process to restore water quality parameters when chlorine and pH levels were altered. Using the common household plant Epipremnum aure…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Environmental pollution by the oil spill effect is a serious problem in many places, its consequences affect not only to aquatic life but also to the whole ecosystem. Therefore, oil spill tr…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals Around the world, the environment is threatened by human pollution. Scientists are facing the problem of diagnosing corals before they become completely diseased. This study…
ISEF · 2015
Current common commercial solar cells use either crystalline silicon or thin-film cadmium telluride. Silicon in bulk crystalline form is expensive and cadmium is toxic. It is therefore desir…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the safety of sunscreen containing Oxybenzone as compared to reef safe biodegradable sunscreen on marine life by testing how each sunscreen aff…