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 · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The objective of this study is to understand the effects of wildfire on Southwestern willow flycatcher (SWFL) habitat and behavior to determine if fire could potentially benefit the bird whe…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Azadirachta indica known as Nim, is a natural species from Asia and the Indian subcontinent, it belongs to the family Meliaceae, it is used as pesticide. The objective of this study was to i…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
To develop an easy, simple method for identifying microorganisms based on their DNA sequences, Bayes’ theorem was applied to DNA sequence analysis. It was hypothesized that the conditional p…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
In the field of disaster response, fast message relays are vital. To fulfill this need, Ham radio offers people who are willing to assist during emergencies, when typical communications aren…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The researcher intends to apply the combination of different types of mathematical concepts such as Linear Algebra, Statistics and Game Theory in economic situations of real life. Game theor…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The rapid evolution of viral species complicates the management of chronic infections and the control of other emerging microbiological, infectious agents. The accumulation of these polymorp…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This research focuses on refining the formula of James Stirling that gives an approximation of the actual value of a factorial (Striling, 1730). A wide interval was selected for the value of…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Throughout history, plant extracts have been used as treatments for a number of different illnesses. Past research suggests that clove oil and Eugenol, a chemical found both in cloves and ci…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
In this work, we observe that the right triangle with integral side lengths possess an interesting feature that the slope of the bisector of each respective interior angle is a rational numb…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Our project aims to show the effectiveness of mass data keyword frequency over social-networking sites, such as Twitter, at accurately displaying real world occurrences and enumerating a pop…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Over 65 million people worldwide are affected by epilepsy, and there is no known cause for 60% of these cases. GM3 Synthase Deficiency is due to the loss of function of an enzyme at the head…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this project, we developed an intelligent motion tracking system incorporating both software and hardware. The software reads in a video stream from a webcam, processes it to recognize mo…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
This project examines two specific factors that influence the accuracy and confidence of eyewitness identification in criminal proceedings. Post-Identification Feedback refers to comments ma…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The main goal of the project was presenting options of artificial intelligence (namely genetic algorithms) on simple but complex example. The example being the simulation of robots with goal…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Blindness forms a significant barrier to participate in physical activities including entertainment. Playing video games is one way of having fun. At present the current video game technolog…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Housewives and cleaning workers are suffering a lot when they clean walls, windows and fans. Thus, this idea of inventing a cleaner which can move easily on the walls and windows and climb o…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Desert Bighorn Sheep thrived in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona until twenty years ago, when the population became extinct from causes yet undetermined. A multi-group restoration eff…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and salicylic acid are anti-inflammatory drugs with several molecular targets in cells. They were also found to suppress the growth of prostate and colon cance…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if selected local trees (Sage brush (Artemisia tridentate), Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera), and Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)) co…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Stents are used for a variety of purposes throughout the human body. This investigation focused on two types of stents: arterial stents – which are used to treat narrowed or weakened arterie…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Purpose: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are new battery-powered devices that resemble tobacco cigarettes and convert nicotine solutions into inhalable vapors. Thirdhand exposure occurs…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many of the current theories regarding the origin of life on Earth rely heavily on the assumption that amino acids were present in the ‘primordial soup’, some 4 billion years ago. However, r…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
A new kind of fire-retardant thermal insulating polymer material was studied. In order to improve the brittleness of phenolic foam and reduce its production cost, the tar crude phenol was us…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project was to determine if Pseudomonas putida can be used as a biofertilizer in the production of corn and wheat in salty soil environments. Corn and wheat were grown in…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Aircraft fuel consumption and carbon emissions can be reduced by improving aircraft wing efficiency. Drag inducing vortices form at the tips of aircraft wings and can be reduced by wingtip d…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Planarian flatworms are again gaining notoriety as creatures useful for scientific research. Through the use of stem cells, these worms regenerate lost tissue and repair structural damage. P…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Purpose of the Experiment: Mutations in ?-glucocerebrosidase, the genetic defect in Gaucher disease (GD), are an important susceptibility factor for Parkinson disease (PD). A PD effector is…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Every year close to 40 children die from heatstroke after being left in a car. This problem has gone largely unchecked in today’s vehicles, so the goal of this project was to end these death…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The original purpose to this experiment was to determine the effects of ethanol concentration on the degradation of hydrogen peroxide by catalase, which forms oxygen and water. We had though…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The 70-kilodalton heat shock protein (HSP70) is a cytoprotective protein produced at an elevated concentration in individuals afflicted with atherosclerosis and has been linked to reduced ri…