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.
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to construct a prototype of a digital tomographic telescope that could capture images of targets as far as one hundred feet away as an inexpen…
CSEF · 2005
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the dominant soil type in Anderson Valley. Methods/Materials Our method was that we took soil samples from conveniently located mile markers f…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether Histone Deacytelayse (HD) inhibitors, 51 novel compounds, are effective compounds against MDA-MB-435 breast cancer cells.…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove two things: the effects of the filtering and screening processes standard in sewage disinfection plants, and the best disinfecting agents used in t…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which kind of ant would finish the maze in the shortest amount of time: an intact ant, an ant missing its right antenna, or an ant missing its left antenn…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if contaminates, such as perchlorate, and other properties found in drinking water would transfer to broccoli when raw broccoli was washed or cooked in the wate…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test whether crickets communicate information about their environment through chirping. Methods/Materials To conduct these experiments tw…
CSEF · 2005
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if there was a measurable difference between the rebound heights of drumsticks on a snare drum according to how the mass distributi…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect magnetic fields have on the growth of plants. Methods/Materials Start with 30 Styrofoam cups and place five holes in the bottom of each cup for water…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if mice rely more on spatial memory or sight; also to learn the affect of reflective objects on mice performance in a maze. Method…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out if the mass of a bean would have any effect on the height of its plant. For this experiment three different beans masses wou…
CSEF · 2005
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Our project tests the gas production of certain vegetables and tests to see if the food enzyme dietary supplement Beano#, reduces the level of gas. We hypothesized that if B…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if beta carotene is effective in preventing tumors (galls) in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a bacterium known to caus…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if there will be a relationship between blood pressure and heart rate. Methods/Materials I measured blood pressure and heart rate in e…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To discover if the density of a wood affects its combustion rate in a measurable way. Methods/Materials Materials: 1 hot plate, 1 stopwatch, 6 plastic cups, metric ruler, pe…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if transpiration rate of rose geranium is changed by the increased diameter in leaves. I think it is interesting how plants transpire, the way this actu…
CSEF · 2005
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if heat affects crystal growth. Methods/Materials Pottasium Fericyande Cupric Sulfate 4 petri dishes 4 crystal growing papers 1 cup of water Results My results…
CSEF · 2005
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was done to see if G.P.A is really affected by the time students spend on the internet. If it results to have negative affects on students,maybe students will s…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project is to observe if light will attract aquatic invertebrates. Methods/Materials I took two containers, one with nothing in it, and the other with a flashlight inside…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if genetic mutation affects attraction to different odors in Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly. I believe that the behavi…
CSEF · 2005
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine if there is a difference in one-time use (disposable) cameras, and does the quality of the photographs produced correspond w…
CSEF · 2005
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which type of soil is the best for worms to live in and reproduce. Having this knowledge will help people choose the best soil…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out how different light colors affect plant growth. Methods/Materials - 4 boxes - Colored Transparencies: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Clear. - 5 fl…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I would like to know which color in the light spectrum is most needed for plant growth. Methods/Materials Materials: 1)Tinker Toy set 2) 4 colors of plastic wrap and clear w…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether or not the concentration/pH of pepsin will affect how thoroughly proteins are digested. Methods/Materials 1. Separate the albumin, or white of an egg, f…
CSEF · 2005
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine if elapsed time between crushing garlic and its usage will have an effect on bacterial inhibition. My hypothesis is that as time…
CSEF · 2005
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how salinity and initial temperature affect the rate of heating and cooling of water. Methods/Materials To test this hypothesis,…
CSEF · 2005
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to see if whether or not the angle at which sunlight hits a solar panel has any effect on how much current is produced. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to see which type of water; tap, distilled, or recycled, would make grass grow the fastest and greenest. Methods/Materials We grew 2 strips of fescue grass…
CSEF · 2005
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see that if we add protein or fiber to the diets of dairy goats if it will affect the pH level of the milk. All of the diary goats will s…