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 · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if signage encourages people to recycle more in order to help the environment. Methods/Materials To experiment on how people…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the effect of 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol (a coal cleaning agent) on the population change in Daphnia Magna. Procedure: The Daphnia…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
With the advancement of the world, pollution has caused detrimental harm to the Earth such as global warming, and some smaller issues, such as acid rain. Acid rain generally measures at a pH…
AJAS · 2018
Plant Sciences (inferred)
This project was conducted to determine the effect of an Odocoileus virginianus carcass on an ecosystem. It was predicted that the carcass would increase the animal presence, compared to an…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if sense of taste changes with age and if the sensitivity to a certain flavor is more dominant in any particular age group than ot…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project's objective is to determine if almond byproducts can be used as an effective soil amendment. I studied the growth of tall fescue grass seed to determine if the ad…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
It has become well established that the gut and the brain communicate with each other in a bidirectional manner. The objective of this experiment was to determine if altering the gut microbi…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to understand how the size, mass, and velocity of a meteor relates to the size of the crater it makes upon impact. Methods/Materials I used di…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to find what brand of antibacterial soap is most effective to kill bacteria. Methods/Materials Bacteria samples, Petri dishes, incubator inoc…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project was to determine whether the sun is a major source of cosmic rays. The question at hand was how does a solar eclipse effect muon counts? It was hypothesized that…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this research project was to study the effect of three different concentrations of atrazine (AAtrex 4L) on the germination rate of Raphanus sativus 'Champion'. The hypothesis…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn how the length of a winglet changes a wing's amount of lift. For this experiment, the hypothesis is that the wing with a winglet of 5 cm creates the…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Black carbon (BC), a carbon accounting for much of observed global warming to date, negatively affects human respiratory health. Thus, the purpose of this experiment was to determine the eff…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine is California wildfire ash added to water effects tardigrades transitioning out of cryptobiosis. Methods/Materials A population of tardigrades was collected. On…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Biofuel producers have begun to use carbon sources as a method of stimulating continuous growth of algae through a combination of heterotrophic and photoautotrophic growth.…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal for this experiment was to find the capabilities of different types of drones. The usage of multiple drones allows for the comparison to find which drone is best co…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project explores how different colors of LED lights affect the carbon dioxide production in yeast during the fermentation process, thus determining if certain frequenci…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I am determining which golf ball dimple pattern travels the fastest through a fluid. Methods/Materials I took 5 different patterned golf balls and dropped them in a 1.8 mete…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find the most convenient material for building structures in a hurricane danger zone Methods/Materials I tested balsa wood, basswood, alumi…
AJAS · 2018
The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of various concentrations of caffeine on the growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants. Five different caffeinated liquids were compared in the…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find commonly available household materials that can be used as effective shields on electromagnetic emissions from electrical and ele…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate how different types of fruit peels affect the amount of oil absorption. There has been previous work in the scientific literature on this subject…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to find out which type of toothpaste removes the most bacteria from my teeth. Methods/Materials To conduct this experiment I needed petri dishes…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lasers are becoming more prevalent in online marketplaces. There are multiple reports of lasers being pointed into the cockpits of aircraft in America. Lasers are also used in classrooms to…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
The research question for my Science Fair Project is: “Does drumstick material effect the properties of the sound waves produced by a drum when struck with the stick?” My hypothesis is that…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
After the discovery of the electromagnetic field, people began to use these fields widely in everyday life. Today, it is impossible for people to reject radiological studies concerning mobil…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Water bears (phylum Tardigrada) are small metazoan animals which live in different environments, for example mosses or soils. Tardigrades have evolved many special adaptations to these speci…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Emerging evidence is suggesting that exercise can be used as a primer for neuroplasticity. This relationship was investigated in the current study, by having three groups of participants com…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study was performed to understand the relationship between exercise and thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue. Many researchers believe that studying BAT in addition wi…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
The following research was conducted to study the effect of Fluorination of Graphene on the effectiveness of primary batteries and supercapacitors. Fluorination is the process by which Fluor…