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
Systems Software
The cattle industry has seen many changes in the field of animal husbandry over the past century. Recent technological developments in squeeze chutes have been intended to create a more calm…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to examine how the specific gravity of the environmental sea water in sea urchin population areas affects their spawning and fertilization. I…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Games have been a part of our lives since prehistoric times, an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. In modern times, it is the largest…
ISEF · 2015
Ferrofluids are highly viscous liquids that develop the properties of solids whilst remaining liquids in the presence of a magnetic field. When Ferrofluid is heated in the presence of a magn…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Gibberellic acid is a phytohormone that when applied to plants, is known to promote growth. In an effort to maximize the efficacy of this hormone, gibberellic acid was applied to Arabidopsis…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if video game play before a test can improve test scores. Methods/Materials Nintendo Wii U console Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Mystery Case Fil…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Pancreatic BETA-cells comprise the central regulatory tissue of the glucose homeostasis system. Glucotoxicity-associated loss of insulin producing BETA-cells is the most significant contribu…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I have always been interested in the propagation of plants because my parents own nurseries where they grow palms, tropical, and hanging flower baskets. We have a well on ou…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a major cause of non-genetic developmental delays and neural and physical abnormalities. Free radicals, highly reactive by-products of ethanol (EtOH) metabolism, ca…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if ferrofluid and magnets will work as efficient agents to remove oil from water and to determine if the match between the type of oil spilled…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose of the Experiment The structure of most western languages is based on the syntactic notions of ‘subject’ and ‘predicate’. However, in other languages, the syntactic characteristics a…
ISEF · 2015
The research team of the Centre proposes a theoretical and experimental study to the harvesting field, which is concretized in an energy harvesting cube structure .The harvesting energy cube…
ISEF · 2015
This project presents a cost-effective, efficient way to grow non-food crops for biodiesel production through the implementation of a photovoltaic-powered drip irrigation (PVDI) system on un…
ISEF · 2015
The constant use of roads causes serious wear on asphalt. As a solution to this problem, the application of rubberized asphalt is used in Arizona, Southern California, and Washington. The gr…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
There is a fundamental limitation inherent in standard hearing aid devices- due to the fact that they amplify all ambient noise, use in noisy environments is both irritating and isolating. T…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals There is a fundamental limitation inherent in standard hearing aid devices- due to the fact that they amplify all ambient noise, use in noisy environments is both irritating…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The sex ratio of Reeves’s turtle (Mauremys reevesii), a temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) species mainly inhabited in China, is closely related to the incubation temperatures. Se…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I tested subjects with brown, green/hazel, and blue eyes on their ability to identify motion, shapes, and colors, the subjects with the blue c…
ISEF · 2015
The world is encountering unprecedented challenges related to growing populations and diminishing resources. Growing populations have created food shortages. Increasing food output means an…
ISEF · 2015
Holden Creek is a municipal creek that floods throughout the year, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. This project focused on the role of tide gates and possible changes tha…
ISEF · 2015
The destructive force of an arc flash has plagued industry for years because it is essentially uncontrollable. This experiment studied the feasibility of harnessing this energy as a propella…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Serious injuries and fatalities among cyclists are a problem of global concern. Nationwide studies on cyclist fatality have demonstrated that 92% of cycling fatalities involve a collision wi…
ISEF · 2015
The Flexible Optics Model research presents an alternative in developing optical systems with variable focal distance, which instead of using more lenses that change distance between them, i…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Little is known about Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall, (detected in Florida in 2000). However, it is known to infest >150 different plant species with the potential to cause se…
ISEF · 2015
This project presents the newly found phenomenon of formation of super-long chains of nanoparticles. I can produce such chains up to 60 cm long. Five methods of formation of these nanochains…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
This project was conducted to determine two things. First, the scientists would determine which meat byproduct would be most beneficial to the growth of maggots. The second test would be con…
ISEF · 2015
I have researched an old Chinese game with stones. The rules of the game: There are two piles of stones, m stones in the first pile, and n in the second one. There are two players, who take…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals A Gauss gun is a device that uses magnets to launch a ball from a stack of balls. My objective is to find if the material of the ball will affect its speed from the Gauss gu…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Have you ever wondered where the best spot to shoot a bank-shot on a Basketball court is? In my experiment, I hypothesized that if I used Algebra and Geometry to find the re…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether California Native Plants are more or less fire-resistive when dead or alive. Methods/Materials A propane torch was used to burn 7 speci…