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 · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The research conducted was to find if vitamin B-9 (VB9) increases the migration and/or proliferation in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as well as if the migration of MSCs can be inhibited by…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find the material that best moves hockey pucks like they were on a roller hockey rink. This will be done by comparing the speed of the puck mo…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how gender affects short-term memory recall of pictures, numbers, and words in 11-13 year olds. We predicted that girls would have a higher rec…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Many devices use GPS and depend on the accuracy and reliability of the signal, but how accurate really is it, and what affects the change? This project tests WAAS signals, a GPS correcting s…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to learn if the herbicide glyphosate negatively impacts the navigational abilities of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). It was hypothesized that if hone…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The experimenter set out to discover whether green tea had the potential to increase the critical thinking skills and short term memory recollection through the consummation of it. The exper…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test the effect of heat on bean plant growth, in relation to climate change. Methods/Materials 60 bean plant seeds in pots, 3 small gr…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Venom from the sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, has bioactive and cytotoxic compounds. In this study, cytotoxicity induced by Heteractis magnifica venom was investigated u…
AJAS · 2018
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Masahiro Mori’s Uncanny Valley is the notion that as robots appear more human like, humans will find them more like-able until they reach a spot where they turn unsettling. This dip in likab…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective for this project is to conduct an experiment to determine whether polyacrylamide hydrogels are able to act as a stain removing vehicle when tested against diff…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our experiment's objective is to determine interrupted sleep's effect on cognition. Common diseases like sleep apnea and generalized anxiety disorder interrupt sleep instead…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Goal: I wanted to learn if sucrose, also known as table sugar, can be converted into glucose during the human digestion process. Methods/Materials Materials/Methods: Inverta…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Insulin levels in diabetics are monitored by checking blood glucose levels. When there is not enough insulin in the body, hyperglycemia occurs. In extreme cases, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA),…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) whether mild, moderate or severe, can have a direct and definite impact on a person’s everyday life. The initial treatment after TBI usually consists of inter…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Mycelium is a new biodegradable, sustainable and eco-friendly material. Mycelium is the vegetative part of a mushroom, made up of cotton-like fibers called hyphae, and acts…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if the germination of seeds could be affected by music differently than noise or silence. Methods/Materials Cucumber and radish seeds…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Determine the effect of all genres of music on the frontal and temporal lobes. Methods/Materials Headphones. Laptop computer with an iOS simulator. Students took the test on…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Pathogenicity by the plant pathogenic Streptomyces scabies, the causative agent of common scab disease on various economically important root and tuber crops, is triggered b…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out if nanosilver found in consumer products is harmful to Daphnia Magna, and if the temperature of the water affects the way nanos…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Fourth Award
The purpose of our experiment was to devise an effective yet cost-efficient means of killing microorganisms in drinking water. We created a self-sufficient attachment to Hippo Roller pushabl…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The effect of native Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis velutina) and non-native African sumac (Rhus lancea) on biodiversity in the Sonoran Desert Cassidy Chamillard Tucson High Magnet School, Tucson…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the properties of chitosan were significant factors in removing Azo dye from solution. Congo Red – a dangerous azo dye – is commonly found…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test natural and synthetic insecticides on the mortality rate of cockroaches. Methods/Materials Used neem oil (2.5 mL), neem extract (2.5 m…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Preeclampsia is a condition responsible for 76,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 infant deaths a year, and is characterized by less nitric oxide being produced, which results in reduced uterin…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
My experiment’s purpose was to compare the memory and cognition of high school students when exposed to different levels of noise. For the second year of my project, I chose to add pink nois…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease results in learning and memory deficits due to toxic changes in the brain caused by amyloid-ß plaques and oxidative stress (Alzheimer’s, 2011). Oxidative stress is caused…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) uses ozone (O(3)) and particulate matter (PM(2.5))readings to issue their daily Air Quality Index (AQI), eclipsing the…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Fourth Award
The native Olympic Oyster, Ostrea lurida, once populated the pays on the Pacific Coast. During the California Gold Rush, these oysters were harvested to the extent that they disappeared from…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Current tissue culture techniques use labor intensive propagation of seedlings which require lab-grade equipment and sterile environments. North American farmers are estimated to lose millio…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test if Glycine max can withstand a flood for a longer duration with the addition of Oscillatoria. If Oscillatoria is added to submerged Glycine max, then t…