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 · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The lack of drinking water in the near future is one of the key problems that appeared before humanity in 21st century. Therefore, the best way to obtain fresh drinking water is desalination…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How does increasing the water height of a wave tank affect the speed and height of the wave? Methods/Materials Build the wave tank out of Lexan glass, Acrylic Cement, a pull…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Fire vortex is a certain type of fire that curls upward like a tornado. It is also known to cause more damages and harder to extinguish compared to other types of fire, because of its charac…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The main question of our experiment is, what type of roofing material will keep a house coolest in the summer heat, insulates a house in the winter, insolates the best in th…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see which porduct would be the fastest and most effective weed killer versus my base which is Roundup weed killer. Methods/Materials I needed Roundup wee…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals We want to know if we need to protect our ears from NIHL, to become aware on how we could prevent acquiring hearing loss and to stop or avoid wearing hearing aids. To prove…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The weighted Catalan numbers, like the Catalan numbers, enumerate various mathematical objects. For example, the number of Morse links with n critical points is the n-th weighted Catalan num…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine whether well water or city water was better in growing longer roots, taller plants, and more leaves. I used ebb and flow hydroponics to truly test t…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which playing surface is best for dribbling a basketball. Methods/Materials Each surface area was prepared by taping a meter stick to a wall or p…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if hydroelectric power would be the most efficient renewable energy compared to wind power and solar power. Methods/Materials Measured water po…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In my project my goal was to see for myself if Galileo's claims about the dependence of a pendulums period on mass, length and amplitude were correct. Methods/Materials 10 w…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effect of distance, user location, and position, on signal strength of two different commercially available sets of Motorola Two-Way Radios i…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which physical feature of computer generated characters in animated movies has the greatest negative effect on responses to the Uncanny Valley.…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals For my experiment my objectives/goals were to see if Red Abalone would consume carrots and sea lettuce. Also to see which food the Abalone would consume of the most and how…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to see whether the eye color affects a persons ability to see different colors through dark light. We believe a darker eye color will see be…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Neogobius melanostomus (Round Goby) are a benthic dwelling invasive species of fish in the Great Lakes. The question is: What effect does gender, tones, and sound location have on the respon…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes nerve cells in the brain to gradually break down. The aim of this experiment was to see if the viability of Alzheimer’s sick fruit flies…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if how loud a train horn sounds is a direct function of the amount of air pressure applied. I believe that increasing psi(pounds per square inch)…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I decided to do my project because my father and I always enjoy watching people pick up coins. I have always been intrigued by psychology. One day, my dad and I were bored w…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what ingredients (oranges, carrots, or sweet potatoes) produced the most methane when put through the process of anaerobic digestion. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the best material to create a safer helmet for impact sports by reducing g-forces upon impact, which may reduce the risk of athletes developing…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I was interested to learn if supplementing a Boer goat's diet with ammonium chloride would affect the urine pH levels in meat goats to help prevent urinary calculi. My ultim…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this senior project was to investigate the effect of canopy cover on Salvinia molesta and Salvinia minima. The hypothesis for this project states: If Salvinia spp. are growing…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate the effect of reflecting angle and effect of the reflector type on the efficiency of a solar cooker. Methods/Materials In reflecting angle ex…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Which test piece design is least effected by the instability caused by vortex shedding and how can changing the design make the test pieces more stabile? The purpose is to determine how vort…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine when the brain stops confusing the character(words) with the color. Methods/Materials I took the original stroop effect and began to distort the words into vary…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This experiment was conducted to determine how the addition of kenaf fiber, granular activated carbon (GAC), and humate affected soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE). Upper Sonoran Lif…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Energy independence and environmental concerns have grown the interest in wind turbines exponentially. The purpose of this experiment was to determine which variation of the…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the measured fat extracted from ground beef will be less than what is published on the label. Methods/Materials Purchase packages of ground be…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if trace amounts of antibiotics can be detected in meats sold in major California grocery store chains. I will test muscle tissue fluids from me…