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 · 2017
Animal Sciences Third Award
Extensive studies have been done on the causes and consequences of aging, but the actual mechanism behind this process is only partially understood. My research on Rpd3, a homologue of mamma…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Purpose: To determine which household products would be most effective in killing or slowing the growth of mold while also comparing pH levels Hypothesis: I believe the more acidic products…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effects of Low Levels of Radiation on Phyasrum polycephalum LEVI HRABOS, Northwestern High School, Kokomo, Indiana, 46901 The purpose of running these experiments was to determine the ef…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was undertaken to prove that hypothermic conditions can be an in-vitro model of the tau hyperphosphorylation seen in Alzheimer's disease. Secondly, this study was…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Objective: To determine if concentration, molecular weight, and ion size affect the refractive angle of visible light through solutions containing solutes of various sizes.…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The transition from crawling to walking is a crowning achievement in infancy, and typically studied as a series of motor skills. Walking independently opens up a world of possibilities, allo…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether memory is better if people are multitasking or not. Methods/Materials Materials: Recording of article on phone, notebook…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Plants and certain types of fungi have the potential to have a symbiotic relationship, which is referred to as a mycorrhiza. Through research we identified that, the presence of mycorrhizal…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences First Award
The purpose is to determine if mycorrhizal fungi can protect corn plants from corn smut infections. If corn smut is exposed to the symbiotic relationships between corn plants and various myc…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Silver has long been associated with antibacterial properties, which at high enough concentrations, could prove troublesome for many aquatic organisms. In particular, when silver is dissolve…
AJAS · 2017
The dangers of infected, non-healing acute and chronic wounds are a major medical concern. This study observed the synergistic effects of the non-ionizing radiation of near infrared (NIR) li…
AJAS · 2017
The Effects of Nickel Titanium (Nitinol) Wire on Impact Force A concussion is a very dangerous injury that can affect a person for the rest of their life. Concussions are incredibly dangerou…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Third Award
Antibiotic misuse has caused bacteria to evolve resistance, raising the potential for devastating health crises. To combat antibiotic resistance, novel therapeutic alternatives seek to targe…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Martian habitability is a problem for NASA and other space agencies that will need to be solved before we can send people to Mars. This project consists of attempting to tra…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Although medical advancements continue to create new drugs and ways to treat and prevent cancer, an estimated one in four deaths within the US is attributed to this disease. Some studies hav…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effects of pitch on propeller thrust both at a constant RPM and wattage. Propellers with a 4, 5, and 6 degree pitch were tested using a…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Birds in California salt marshes have become acclimatized to human presence and its effects remain unexamined. The objective of this study is to determine whether difference…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Today, emissions, a greenhouse gas, are a very controversial topic as many environmentalists believe they are part of the cause of global warming. In this project, I wanted to test one possi…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals According to the EPA, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world's oceans with 300 million added each year. It is vital to understand how to decompose plas…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
This study pertains to Parkinson’s Disease patients in Hoehn Yahr stages 1 and 2 participating in a boxing based therapy called Rock Steady Boxing. Patients were given the option of particip…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this study is to determine a relationship between the secondhand vapor emitted from an e-cigarette (via human exhalation) and Drosophila melanogaster. Secondhand vapor is quit…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
This project aims to measure the effects of limited side stream secondhand smoke on Drosophila melanogaster. The researcher looked for changes in reproduction rate and the levels of mutation…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressively decreased verbal and visuospatial memory function. Previous research indicates that women are at greater ri…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Ionic silver is known to be an effective antimicrobial that is commonly used in cleaning products and to treat pathogenic infections in medicine; however, through evolution, certain strains…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Central to evolution, fitness influences the abilities of individuals to reproduce and become more abundant in new generations. The majority of mutations with observable effects are deleteri…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Determine the effectiveness of two different synthetic and natural antifungal medications on limiting the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae over time. Methods/Materials The…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test how temperature and material affect the speed of sound in a gas. I tested the hypothesis that if the temperature is changed, then the speed…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
More than six million crashes were reported by the police in 2015. Almost thirty percent of the accidents in the U.S. are rear end collisions. Collisions from the rear are not only dangerous…
AJAS · 2017
Toluene (methylbenzene) is a volatile aromatic hydrocarbon widely used in industrial paints, fuels, and nail polishes. There is evidence that toluene is harmful to the human central nervous…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Infection, inflammation, and other factors that inhibit tissue regeneration pose a major challenge in medicine. However, research on increasing regeneration capabilities, particularly in the…