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 · 2015
Animal Sciences
The purpose was to study the effect of formulation of moxidectin when administered orally on barber pole worm levels in goats. Barber pole worms are a major threat to a goat’s health. These…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua, depend on specific vocalizations for courtship and chick-rearing; therefore, examining the correlation between gentoo vocalizations and geographical locati…
ISEF · 2015
The investigation examined the effect of grilling method on concentrations of the carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) benzo(a)pyrene, naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, in…
ISEF · 2015
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause posttraumatic epilepsy, currently 20% of all epilepsy cases are due to TBI. This research project studied the effects of TBI on PTE. The purpose of thi…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment is to find out if there is a relationship between interpupillary distance and peripheral vision. This research is important because people need to be informed…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this investigation was to measure the effect of L-arginine on cisplatin’s ability to disaggregate human superoxide dismutase 1 enzymes (hSOD1), which are found to aggregate in…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Aethina tumida, otherwise known as the small hive beetle, is a destructive pest of the honeybee. With the global decline of honeybee populations, and considering the honeybee's importance to…
ISEF · 2015
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of the project is to test how localized vibrations affect the physiological signals of children. If vibrations are proven successful in calming children down, then vibration ther…
ISEF · 2015
How do cattle manure microbes affect the growth of Clavibacter Michiganensis subspecies nebraskensis (Cmn)? Cmn is a bacteria and the cause of Goss’s Bacterial Wilt in zea mays. In this stud…
ISEF · 2015
The microwave oven is one of the fastest selling home appliances in world, but there are major concerns about the effects of microwave heating on various food nutrients/substances. For my pr…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
People commonly use the leaves extracts of MSN plants as a topical gel to cure "Herpes zoster", a viral disease. They say that this plant can inhibit the growth of this virus. The purpose of…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
With cell phone use becoming ubiquitous in the academic lives of teenagers, high school students use their cell phones for social connection in a multitasking way while studying and doing ho…
ISEF · 2015
Since there are more binary star systems than single star systems that have been observed in the visible universe, the purpose of this experiment is to explore the implications of habitabili…
ISEF · 2015
For centuries, spices have become popular in different cultures due to their medicinal values and antimicrobial properties. Spices have been shown to have a high phenolic content, which may…
ISEF · 2015
To determine the effect of certain plant extracts on the rate of seed germination, several types of seeds were planted in water-based extracts of walnut shells, orange peels, and cornhusks.…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This project studies the effect of pollution on the number of tardigrades (water bears) in lichen and moss samples. I asked whether the correlation between pollution and elevation as measure…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
A primary characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the oligomerization of amyloid-beta (aß) 1-40 random coil structures leading to the eventual formation of neurofibrillary tangles and aß pl…
ISEF · 2015
A previous year's work studied the effect of micronized rubber powder (MRP) on the abrasion resistance of a rubber compound. To further evaluate the impact of MRP usage on a nitrile rubber,…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
It is necessary to better understand human haptics because of the explosion of multi-sensory interfaces and growing need for devices that utilize weight perception to decide force required f…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Mankind is challenged to ensure sustainability in providing food and water at affordable prices. The problem becomes more complex with the growth in global population, especially in difficul…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial solid cancer in children and there is about one case in 7000 live births, resulting in approximately 700 cases in the US alone. About 25% of ne…
ISEF · 2015
With depleting fossil fuels, a new source of energy has to be found. Algae, nature’s oldest, fastest growing plant, is a viable solution. The purpose of this project was to determine which h…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to determine the role that sea surface temperatures play in the formation and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes found in the Atlantic Basin. The Atla…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
An infamous atmospheric anomaly, Sudden Stratosphere Warming (SSW) alters the circulations of different layers of the atmosphere, affecting the weather of the ionosphere/thermosphere as well…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Yearly, approximately 65,000 are diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and of these new cases 20,000 of them result in death. Naringin, a citrus flavonoid, has shown promise in causing apopt…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Millions of people each year die of mosquito-borne diseases. My past experimentation with an environmentally safe fungus, known as Beauveria bassiana has shown its effectiveness at controlli…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This essay attempts to discover how the temperature of water is affecting its molecular structure at the surface and what consequences this may bring to the surrounding us world. Also its ai…
ISEF · 2015
Germanium wafers are primarily used in multijunction photovoltaic cells for aerospace applications. Due to the expense of Germanium, wafers are very thin, and thus very susceptible to fractu…
ISEF · 2015
This project is to discover the effect of trace elements on a calcium phosphate bioceramic and to determine the trace elements that best reacts with calcium phosphate to produce the stronges…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Unlike most normal cells, aggressive carcinomas overexpress voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC). Studies demonstrate a positive correlation between cancer cell aggressiveness and VGSC overe…