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 · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if there was a correlation between the number of cosmic rays I could detect and where the Earth's magnetic pole is located. The solar wind, which includ…
CSEF · 2010
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project takes advantage of a "natural experiment" on stress and bone development. String players exert stress on the fingers of their left hands as they apply tension b…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To find out either the single, double or triple paned; clear glass or tinted glass windows would be the best to keep the house at room temperature under the hot sun. If doub…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Throughout the entire world, many people suffer from loss of memory. Improving all human memory is imperative. I chose to test playing card recognition because I was trying…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if reading captions on the television would increase one's comprehension. Methods/Materials The materials that I used in my experiment were: six…
CSEF · 2010
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My science fair project will demonstrate which type of roofing material will resist deterioration due to acid rain. Acids can be measured using the pH scale from 1 to 14. Ac…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether changing the symbols used on an eye chart would affect the vision testing results. Methods/Materials I used 4 different Snellen Eye cha…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Does everyone see colors the same? Do either gender or age affect color perception? My hypothesis is that people see colors differently, especially as they age. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to determine the effect of Fatal Vision Goggles on a person's Wii score. The Fatal Vision Goggles that I used replicated a blood alcohol level of .07-.10+.…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which of the following common distractions had the greatest effect on a driver's reaction time: eating, talking on a hands hel…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine/test which drivers are effected most by different distractions. Methods/Materials Materials: Cones, stop watch, clip board, nine people (two ad…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate if while using the compouter there is a higher incidence of a human having a dry eye. Methods/Materials 17" MacBook Pro (with hid…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to study the dynamics and drug-drug interaction of lovastatin and acetaminophen (APAP) in affecting the health of human muscle and liver cells…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if solar-powered fans can cause enough air circulation to decrease the ambient temperature inside automobiles in warm climates. Methods/Materials Materials: DC…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine the effectiveness of various household and commercial materials to deter and repel the Brown Garden Snail (Helix aspersa). Meth…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Dye sensitized solar cells are promising for their low cost, ability to work well in low light conditions, and absorption across the visible light spectrum. The objective is…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether an enclosure based on the Faraday cage principles can still be effective in reducing the strength of radio frequency (RF) radiation when…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose for this experiment was to understand how the chemicals we use to wash our cars effect our environment. Also to see if the eco-friendly car washes actually do wh…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out which combination of blade shape and blade angle would produce the most electricity on a model wind turbine. Methods/Materials Fo…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Since I was little, I've had a growing interest in human psychology which therefore led me to wonder which gender the placebo effect impacts most. In my science fair project…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see what effect increased gravity would have on root growth (not on root direction). I wanted to see if increased gravity would result in increased root…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The visibility of stars is largely affected by the amount of light pollution in the area. Some stars remain visible everywhere you go while others appear rarely. I wanted to…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effects of sand/soil ratios (0, 40, and 80% sand) and fertility (0, 10, and 20% fertilizer solution) on sunflower growth. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if reducing the exposure to UV light on pea plants affects the plants' development, fruit production, rate of germination and fruit production over two generati…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the inhibitory effects of novel three-membered heterocyclic compound-derived analogs on several nucleic acid polymerases in silico using molec…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to test the effects of small concentrations of ammonium phosphate when introduced into cultures of the dinoflagellate prorocentrum.By…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine how density of organisms affects the metamorphic development of larval red rock shrimp, Lysmata californica. Results from this projec…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether electrical stimulation of bean plants could positively affect the plants' growth. Methods/Materials Beans were organized into…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To identify the optimum concentration of Leukemia Inhibiting Factor (LIF) for maintaining Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (mESCs) in the pluripotent state. Methods/Materials A st…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals We studied the effect of motility and contact inhibition on tumor growth using mathematical modeling. Methods/Materials Based on the Celluar Potts Model, tumor cell properti…