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 · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project was to determine if the type of perforations of a water well casing would determine the efficiency of the yield of a water well. Methods Constructed…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The goal of this project is to determine what mechanisms work best for capturing energy from certain wave shapes, sizes, and speeds. This is important because wave energy could be…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives Our goal was to create a self-sustaining energy source that relied on natural occurrences. We decided to make a wave powered generator, after researching several alternative energ…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The goal of this project is to determine the effects of electromagnetic micro radiation on Vitamin B12 levels in foods after heating them in the microwave. Methods RIDASCREEN FAST…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Smombie, a combination of smartphone and zombie that was first used in 2015, Germany, means people walking slowly while looking into smartphone. Media reports reported a wave of accidents oc…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
In recent years, deep neural networks have found some success in exhibiting human-level cognitive skills, yet they suffer from several major obstacles. One of the most significant limitation…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Children with vocal, visual, or auditory deficits are constantly faced with communication barriers. They can show signs of frustration and aggression because of their limited connection to t…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The estimation of bioindication (BI) of large ecosystems is a subject of great interest for various organizations managing such systems after destructive events - fires, floods, eruptions, t…
CSEF · 2019
Zoology
Objectives The purpose of this project is to investigate whether or not different audio frequencies will repel Pogonomyrmex barbatus (also known as Red Carpenter ants). This is a second year…
CSEF · 2019
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The purpose of my project is to determine how the levels of nitrogen in the ocean affect Daphnia. I will be observing and calculating the rate of change in daphnia's heart rate su…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine which brand of baseballs will travel a further distance when hit off of a tee with the exact same bat velocity. Methods Seven different…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Celtic” tribes of the La Tène culture inhabited a considerable part of Europe in the Late Iron Age (ca 500–40 BC), which indicates the necessity of the existence of certain trade mechanisms…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between smartphone usage and the well-being and academic performance of high school students. The null hypothesis is th…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground level ozone is one of the most abundant forms of air pollution worldwide. Ozone is regulated by the EPA because of its negative health effects, such as premature aging of lungs and di…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Determine the consistency and accuracy of various step counting devices during three activities: Walking forward, walking on stairs, and steps during daily activities. Tracking step…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Honey is a natural sweetener used for health and medicinal purposes, but it is considered one of the most adulterated food products in the world. Recent studies have yielded conflicting resu…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives The objective of this project was to identify which substances in manuka honey give it its anti-bacterial properties. It was also to determine if the same beneficial effects of ma…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the best way to disinfect a toothbrush. I compared five different disinfection techniques (salt water, mouthwash, ultra-violet toothbr…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The objective of this study is to establish if the relationship between helium and mass increases in a linear way. Methods Same size balloons, same lengths of string, various weig…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The problem of drought increase in severity leads to the conservation of water and the efficiency of water use in the garden. With this idea, I decided to test how the moisture of…
CSEF · 2019
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of our project is to create strong wood boards made of entire trees, twigs and sapwood deemed unusable as well as heartwood, the center part of the tree, that, after…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Canine Gaucher’s disease is an inherited Lysosomal Storage Disorder characterized by a near complete deficiency in the catabolic activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. As a result, the m…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
The goal of this project was to test different materials to see which ones produced the most static electricity. The materials were rubbed against a balloon for one minute, and then the ball…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of my project was to see what materials would last longer in wave erosion and prevent the least erosion. For this my hypothesis was that the sand and clay mixture wo…
AJAS · 2019
Since 2002, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids has increased by 410%, and currently, more than 115 people in the United States die every day from an opioid overdose. Suicide rates…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to determine if allergen causing proteins are passing through the different filters of our school. Our school has three different filter systems of all differen…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives Our goal is to determine if there is a fungi exacerbating the effects of the densovirus driven disease, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, attacking Ochre Sea Stars, Pisaster ochraceus, a…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives My intent was to notice if microplastic particles are present in sea salts of different qualities. Methods Gathered salts of different price points. Dissolved 50 grams of each sal…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
An increasing number of leakage incidents have been reported when shipping chemicals and these leaked chemicals have caused irreparable damage to the marine environment. In the present work,…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives My goal was to find out if there were more antibiotic-resistant bacteria inside the home or outside the home. I hypothesized that I would find more resistant bacteria inside the h…