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
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives My goal in my project is to see which plant had the highest level of vitamin C. Methods Test five different plants of juice 31.25 mL/ 1oz mixed with 125 mL. of water and the same…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The American ear will find the British accent more appealing because of the amount of representation it has in American media. The French accent will be the least liked accent bec…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives Thousands of marine mammals have been killed by paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), caused by consuming toxic shellfish. How did the shellfish get toxic? Research shows that it s…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I have investigated the production of hydrogen gas using multiple elements by running an electric current through water and sodium hydroxide. Methods I made an apparatus with two…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives The goal of this project is to investigate whether Organic produce or Non-organic produce has more DNA degradation under the same conditions. This is to determine if the chemical…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate which nose cone design would be the most efficient for a slow moving projectile. I predict that the nose cone in an elliptical shape wi…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine which of the three robotic apparatuses that I designed, built and programmed would perform the best in accuracy and speed in launching…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to see which surface, cement, grass, asphalt, and sand, will reflect the most amount of ultraviolet rays. Methods UV measuring beads, UV measuring p…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The objective of this experiment is to see which type of capacitor charges the fastest. Methods 3 types of capacitors, breadboard, 1 resistor, digital multimeter, power supply, st…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives The Objective of my project is comparing various paper tray types: Wet Strength, Wet Strength Vented, Poly Coated, Poly Vented, and Poly Coated Slitted Vented to see which type dr…
CSEF · 2019
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives Strong bioplastics that are biodegradable might provide a solution to plastic pollution. My project investigated bioplastics made from different types of starch to compare how str…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives My objective was to determine if the retention time of the wastewater from the Arcata Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP) and the Eureka Wastewater Treatment Plant (EWTP) affected t…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Since my project is about Wifi signals, my objective was to find what materials block a Wifi signal either entirely or partially. Methods In my project, I tested what materials bl…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The goal of my project was to see the direction that the plants roots will grow if i changed the direction of gravity . I wondered what went on underneath the surface. I wanted to…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The goal of the research was to identify potential internal support rib designs for a collapsible, hybrid- bouyant spacecraft wing structure, when covered by a flexible material l…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives Design and construct a modular control-line model aircraft to allow a range of wings to be easily swapped at the flying field to evaluate aerobatic performance. The design would a…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research designed, constructed, and tested an earthworm-inspired robot that can maneuver through narrow spaces in order to search for survivors in rubble or inspect dangerous sites with…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
If the effects of X-inactivation are observed with tortoiseshell cats, then it will be determined that lyonization is random and not predetermined because each female cell designates X chrom…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Commercially used sanitary napkins are dangerous for women and detrimental to the environment because it is contains harmful chemicals such as furan and dioxin. These chemical toxins are uns…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are extremely important, performing about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. Their population has been rapidly declining at an alarming rate. Multiple studies have shown lac…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Recently released data (2017-present) from the Herschel space telescope for both the PACS and SPIRE instruments provides far-infrared (FIR) data to better analyze and identify young stellar…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Recent wildfires resulted in unhealthy and hazardous air quality conditions with the recommendation to shelter in place. However it was uncertain to me if the air quality in my ho…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The biggest problem the world faces today is the water shortage. Agriculture consumes water more than domestic and industrial fields usage by ratio 70:30 It wastes much of that through ineff…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
As a wide-bandgap semiconductor, zinc oxide (ZnO) is prone to having multiple native defects introduced into its bandgap. This high defect density is oft-deemed undesirable as it hinders the…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Sound technologies are developing at an exponential rate. Headphones have become integrated into everyday use which leads to the problem of listener separation from ambient auditory environm…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Create a nanostructure using iron oxide nanorods (Fe2O3), gold (Au), porous silica (P-SiO2), and cuprous oxide (Cu2O) that mimics the Z-scheme mechanism for hydrogen production. M…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Hydrogen gas has the potential to be a clean source of energy and can be used in fuel cells, but current methods of H2 production such as natural gas reforming use non-renewable resources an…