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 · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if wood ash is a suitable fire retardant paint additive. If the potassium bicarbonate content found in wood ash can release enoug…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My science fair project was designed to find out if and how an acidic level of pH (acid rain) would affect the health of calendula flowers. Methods/Materials I bought 24 cal…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what additives could potentially make saturated soil stronger. Methods/Materials We cut 3-inch diameter PVC pipes into 2-foot…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to investigate whether performing a short amount of aerobic exercise would decrease the amount of false memories produced as result of increase…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Dietary substances are major contributors to the formation and maintenance of tumors. Caffeine has been shown to inhibit tumor growth in certain cell lines while acetaldehyde, the primary ca…
ISEF · 2016
“Natural herbs,” “oil treatments,” “earthly remedies”: all of these things are the hype of today’s medical world. Everyone wants to steer clear of all of the “unnatural” things and “go green…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this test is to measure the efficacy of antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress induced on D. magna. Methods/Materials 2000 Daphnia and aquarium, microscope…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose is to observe the effects of BPS on the behavior patterns of Drosophila melanogaster with FMR1 gene insertions to determine if exposure to the chemical intensifies Fragile X Synd…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see which building material is the most effective in sound wall construction. I thought that the slab of concrete would be the most effective because in…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To study the effects of calorie restriction on the longevity of drosophila and to compare these results with a control group. Methods/Materials Drosophila, culture tubes, dr…
ISEF · 2016
Due to the human dependency and current depletion of petroleum, scientists are searching for more environmentally friendly sources to create feedstock chemicals which are then turned into va…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose The purpose of this project is to use chemicals to reduce pathogen levels in any aquaculture environment. Procedure 1. Pond water will be inoculated with fish pathogens. 2. Formalin,…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Developing pest control strategies is challenging when urban environments are affected by climate change. The relationship between climate and herbivorous pests in urban environments has bec…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine which variety of Coca Cola was healthier and why. Methods/Materials The pH was tested first and it was determined through NaOH…
ISEF · 2016
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease and highly difficult to repair. It is the degeneration of articular cartilage and the underlying bone over time, most commonly affecting j…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMO, are becoming more prominent in the agricultural industry of the United States. According to the Institute of Responsible Technology, these organisms a…
ISEF · 2016
This year the purpose of the experiment was to determine if there is indeed a Halocline occurring in the water just below the ice formed on a body of water and, if so, the structure of such…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine which form of grading: self, peer, or teacher, enhances students' retention most. Self-grading being that the student corrects hi…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Our project aims to extend the Iron Hypothesis, a potential solution to climate change, originally proposed by oceanographer John Martin. We tested the effectiveness of usin…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project studied the effects of disc golf on plethodontid salamanders. My hypothesis was that, because of the constant passage of players, salamanders would be less likely…
ISEF · 2016
This project was aimed to determine the relationship between e-cigarette vapor and Drosophila melanogaster’s genome and resulting phenotypic expression and behavior. The creation of the e-ci…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Dugesia tigrina, Brown Planaria, are flatworms that have sensitive chemoreceptors and photoreceptors. Planaria can regenerate themselves from fragments of severed tissues using adult pluripo…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Abstract For my project I tested how adding different contaminants to pond water affects the amount of oxygen in the water. My hypothesis was, if nutrient contaminants are a…
ISEF · 2016
Ultraviolet light affects millions of people every year in the form of cancer, and other skin diseases, by inducing damage in DNA. A direct comparison of the effects of enzymes for alternati…
ISEF · 2016
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic heart disease that affects 1 in 500 people in the United States, resulting in fibrotic hearts. This disease is very difficult to detect and nea…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Forest fires are quite common during drought season, we see the signs that warn us of the danger, but we hardly take into consideration what happens to microorganisms. Based off of experimen…
ISEF · 2016
DHP may be a furniture company but the acronym DHP also stands for something much greater. Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide. The machine generates DHP using only electricity and humidity in the air.…
ISEF · 2016
Globally we burn through 11 billion tons of fossil fuels a year, but crude oil reserves are depleting at a rate of 4 billion tons a year. Over the last 150 years, burning fossil fuels has re…
ISEF · 2016
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder classified by the loss of neuronal tissue in key areas of the brain and by the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques in toxic oligomer…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine whether changing the pH level of cherry juice, carrot juice, water, and vinegar with the addition of sodium citrate affects the ability of liquids t…