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
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today, the effects of pharmaceuticals on the environment and living organisms are largely unknown, primarily due to lack of studies in the lab and field. Additionally, there is no standard f…
AJAS · 2018
Microbiology (inferred)
Benzoic acid is a common phenolic phytochemical found in the natural environment. This phenol has been found to increase the susceptibility of resistant microbes, making it more feasible to…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The question for this experiment was to see how different pH levels affect plant growth. This was done by testing three different pH levels, which were pH 4, 6, and 9. We decided to do our e…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Current research on plant-derived smoke shows that it functions similar to plant growth hormones. The objective was to test the response of traditional Yemeni watermelon to…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Determine how proximity to a roadway affects the water quality of bodies of water by measuring water quality at various different sites. Methods/Materials Bought and used Te…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Weak rhythmic activity is a manifestation of aging process. In this experiment, wild type Drosophila is selected to study the rhythm changes and rhythm-related gene expression mechanisms dur…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals As many parts of the world are facing water scarcity there is a growing interest in reusing greywater. However, many commercial laundry detergents contain chemicals harmful…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to create a low-cost device that effectively filters contaminated water to produce purified drinking water using solar energy. Methods/Mate…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The timbre, or tone color, of a sound possesses unique characteristics which enable us to differentiate one musical instrument from another, even when the tones are of the same pitch. Violin…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal water pollution is a growing concern worldwide due to the ongoing operations of battery manufacturing, paint/pigment production, glass industries, etc. Current methods of heavy m…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Eggs are living things that interact with their environment. Eggshells may appear to be an impermeable layer, but gases and other chemicals are exchanged across the shell. This study investi…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sulfate compounds on the voltage output of perovskite solar cells. Three groups of four perovskite solar cells were used: one of solar…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Our experiment seeks to find a different way to solve the problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria, or superbugs, by using bacteriophages. We look at the effect of T4 coliph…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The bond between horse and human is a crucial part of equine therapy, as well as various equine activities. This experiment studied the effect of different combinations of talking to and/or…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Because of global climate change that is occurring, this study was conducted to see how temperature affects an aquatic organism, Daphnia magna. It was predicted that temperature would have a…
AJAS · 2018
The goal of this study is to determine how temperature epigenetically affects the developmental time and survival rates of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). It is posited tha…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I try to find out how the affect of changing molality of salts, effects the freezing point of water. This is relevant in that, today America spends millions on deicing roadw…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The purpose of this projection was to determine whether the complexity of the stereographic or inverse stereographic projections of prime knots increased as their number of crossings increas…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment I am creating a more natural form of hormone estrogen replacement therapy (HRT) using phytoestrogen. I am going to use the phytoestrogen genistin from soy…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine how the physical properties of a reed relate to the timbre (or quality of sound) produced by a musical instrument. Notes fro…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Many kids bring lunch to school, and we have been hearing suggestions about what foods are suitable for lunch packing, due to concerns of nitrite content in foods stored ove…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The disease Alzheimer’s is taking over the older generations of the world. Taking this into account, research began. Turmeric was said to be a helpful seasoning that can contribute to the re…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This experiment served to implement the various satellite-tracking techniques acquired through the Irvine CubeSat Program and to verify the claims by several ham-radio opera…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to identify whether visuomotor adaptation training, performed on one side of the body, positively affected the contralateral side. It was obs…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether surface gravity affects the luminosity of the gravitational waves produced by a binary system of Black Holes. It was hypothesized that…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose was to determine which sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) solution dissolves porcine dental pulp tissue the quickest. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is used to help dissolve the infected a…
AJAS · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi is known to produce long chain methyl and ethyl unsaturated ketones, also known as alkenones. Because of the global distribution of Emiliania huxleyi and…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to discover how the Genovese Basil plant reacts to different amounts of salt in the plants soil. Methods/Materials Table salt, 4 packets of G…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was an investigation of how different wing configurations affect the pressure measured on aircraft. Methods/Materials Using an engineering application called Si…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To test possible effects of application of abscisic acid on unstressed and water stressed Brassica rapa, and see if ABA's role in stomata and water usage in a plant would he…