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 · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to scientifically look at the effects of sodium on greenery in nature. This project has 3 experiments: the first using beans, the second using algae (chlor…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives People's worldviews, opinions, thoughts, characteristics, and feelings are often reflected in the way they write. By looking at which kinds of words increased/decreased in their f…
AJAS · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to 1) examine the leaching of heavy metals from fly ash concrete by testing water samples for metals (found in fly ash) from concrete that is frozen,…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
While chemotherapy and targeted therapy are common cancer treatments, both have limitations. Induced apoptosis is an attractive alternative. Mitochondrial apoptosis is controlled by the BCL-…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Traditional aids for the visually impaired, such as canes and guide dogs, have short detection range, poor coverage, and slow information transfer. We designed a device through which the vis…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This investigation reports the finding of three new High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) candidates using Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) in the central 30 parsecs of the Galactic Ce…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Silica nanoparticles (SiO2) can selectively and safely destroy tumor cells when loaded with ruthenium complexes, reducing the toxicity of antitumor therapy. Approximately 44,330 patients wit…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives The goal was to see if a substance world be dirtier if it stayed on the ground longer. Methods Bananas, saltine crackers, petri dishes, swabs, and a heat lamp. I put a banana on t…
AJAS · 2019
Chemistry (inferred)
Cotton balls were tested after being exposed to different substances. Combustion is when compounds combine with oxygen and produce heat. There are two types of combustion, complete and incom…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
lt is always unpleasant and dangerous to be blinded by glaring light, whether from the setting sun or bright arc welding flashes. As conventional darkening methods provide an inadequate solu…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this project was to determine the most efficient number of fletchings on an arrow, testing to see how a change in this number of fletchings would affect the shooter’s accuracy. I…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Abstract The Frozen Iron machine The idea of the project is an iron working at very low temperatures to reduce accidents that can happen from ordinary iron. It is lightweight and can be batt…
AJAS · 2019
Increasing lipid content in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella vulgaris, two green algae species, can increase the efficacy of algae as an alternative fuel source. The retinoblastoma (R…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Not only human, but environments also affected as the human is polluted by oil spill, metal ions and dyeing colour.In this study, a new super adsorbent polymer (SAP), fabricated by adding na…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The purpose of this project is to understand whether plants, such as Peace Lily, Snake Plant, and Spider Plant, can help clean our air especially when smoke or other bad chemicals…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Several organisms exhibit survival and adaptation to a harsh environment. Selection of candidates that has the potential to withstand and adapt to a diverse set of harsh condition…
AJAS · 2019
Permafrost, a layer of frozen soil under the Arctic surface, stores nutrients that are typically inaccessible to plants. As climate change warms the Arctic, the melting permafrost releases t…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
It's of scientific interest to develop techniques to analyze the large amounts of data generated by particle accelerators such as the LHC in order to complete the standard model. We've devel…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives My partner and I know how many people all over the world wear makeup and that their applicators contain bacteria that they don't know they put on their face daily. In this experim…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are generally distant and faint, making exact estimation of their shape and size by direct observation difficult. One way of measuring them indirectly is to time the asteroid as it…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a multifactorial autoimmune disease. SLE is difficult to treat due to its various causes and progressions. The PRDM1 pathway has previously been implicated in…
CSEF · 2019
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this study was to show that people put added value on something they construct themselves. Methods 3 test groups (10 people per group), instructions based on grou…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving procedure involving chest compressions used to resuscitate those that undergo a cardiac arrest. Although Basic Life Support (BLS) classes…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives 1. To create a lesson plan aligned with the California Health Education Content Standards that teaches high school students skin care and skin cancer prevention practices. 2. To i…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Currently, hundreds of billions of gallons of water are used daily on agriculture across the nation. This project finds how bacteria can affect environmental conditions and promot…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
While the Department of Education mandates how many hours of instruction a school must have within a year, they do not specify how those hours are distributed between subjects. Each school d…
AJAS · 2019
According to the US FDA, use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has reached “an epidemic proportion.” Although they are marketed as a healthier alternative to traditional cigaret…
AJAS · 2019
Plastic is now the most common container material for bottled water. Concerns have been raised that plastic may not be safe for storing water because the plastics or additives to the plastic…
AJAS · 2019
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to attempt to find a correlation between stress hormone levels and detected symptoms of stress in different personality types. We predicted that although peop…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The increase of non-point source agricultural chemical runoff and inadequate waste disposal systems has made remedying eutrophication one of China's most pressing issues. Phytoremediation is…