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 · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the aerodynamic capabilities of winglets # the tips at the ends of wings that point up. I wanted to test the differences between different size…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal was to develop a novel test for accurately identifying duplicated content in a large text corpus and build an efficient program to detect duplicate content based on…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover how much stiffer a wooden sample will be if foam and fiberglass is added to it. Methods/Materials The procedures to conduct this experiment take…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which irrigation method would conserve the most water and is the most cost efficient. Methods/Materials I used four different kinds of irrigati…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the level of Ammonium-Nitrogen in Clovis Stormwater is toxic to aquatic life. Hypothesis: The toxic level of ammonium-nitrogen to the aquatic life will…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if planting seeds and plants in soil contaminated by battery acid will increase both the germination and growth process. I believe that planting…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals In the past, bacterial infections were deadly, but today they can be treated with antibiotics. Bacteria can mutate and become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Many galaxies have smaller satellite galaxies orbiting around them, known as dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs). The goal of the research was to use fifteen dSphs of the Andr…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals 1)Are autism symptoms caused by excess purinergic signaling? 2)Would drugs that block P2X/P2Y signaling of extracellular ATP (such as Suramin) reduce the root cause and will…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Phosphorus supply may become limited in the future. The world's food supply relies on a continuous supply of phosphate in the form of fertilizer. The purpose of this project…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Tissue heterogeneity is a major confounding factor in microarray-based gene expression analysis. Gene expression deconvolution is an innovative method to overcome this probl…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to create a carbon dioxide sequester that reduces the carbon dioxide emissions from automobile exhaust in a cheap and efficient manner. Methods/Materials CO…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives are to determine if oral bacteria will develop cross resistance to other mouthwashes and to antibiotics with repeated use of mouthwash and whether the resistan…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see if subliminal messages inserted into videos affect the viewers perception. My hypothesis was that the viewers will be more influenced…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine the minimal inhibitory concentrations of the fungicide Metalaxyl in various strains of fungus-like Phytophthora (Kingdom Chromalv…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals I conducted this experiment to test the relative speed of dissolution of pain reliever tablets in simulated stomach fluid with different beverages. I tested two pain relieve…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to quantitatively measure how much texting while driving affects a driver's reaction time. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis, I desig…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Xanthomonas, the causal agent of Bacterial Spot Disease in plants, releases 30 effector proteins, including XopD, into the plant host cell during infection. This research is…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to obtain information regarding adolescent#s knowledge of healthy eating and physical activity, and compare this data to what the adolescents actually do th…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To study the compliance pattern of the most medically knowledgeable and educated group (physicians) compared to that of non physicians. Methods/Materials Twenty subjects- 10…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Parasitoid wasps are natural predators that are a great alternative to pesticides. Scientists are currently releasing a parasitoid wasp, Psyttalia humilis, to combat the oli…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The experiment purpose was to find out if a Reversible Fuel Cell provided more power than a Fuel Cell over time. It was hypothesized that the RFC and FC would produce about…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if brain hemispheric dominance affects a person's visuospatial ability. I became interested in this topic because I am left-handed…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see which carrot has more vitamins after being boiled, steamed or fried for 15,30 and 45 minutes.Will the boiled have the highest level…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether or not cosmic dust in space will slow a spacecraft down, and if so, how long it would take. Methods/Materials Since real-worl…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Last year, concluded that gender affect the reason of teen frustration.As a result of last year's project, I decided on investigating if this precise stress not only is diff…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) produces a skin secretion containing pigments that are thought to prevent infection and protect the skin from harmful UV spectra. T…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if a figure skater experienced more dizziness after performing a spin due to vision (open or closed eyes) and the line of sight (head position in…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if there is a correlation between a person#s first name and their personality type (introvert or extrovert). The hypothesis…
CSEF · 2012
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that the result numbers of the soil were going to go down. I made this hypothesis because the thermometer was being pushed in further down in all the soils.…