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 · 2016
The ability to detect and diagnose cancer greatly influences patient survival rates. Current cancer detection methods take multiple days to process, are inefficient, and relatively expensive…
ISEF · 2016
The number of found factors damaging cell DNA increases recently. To understand the impact of these new factors it is necessary to have simple method of estimating the impact level. The Come…
CSEF · 2016
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if any physical characteristic of a Pelton Turbine may affect its efficiency. Methods/Materials Used Cura and 123D Design software to design various Pelton wate…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how different temperatures would affect the magnetic pull of a magnet. I believe that if the magnet is heated it will have a wea…
ISEF · 2016
With the agreement reached by the Paris Climate Talks, a dire need for renewable energy collection with greater efficiency and lower cost has arisen. The goal of this research was to develop…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals Efficient energy use can help to combat global warming. Transportation of people and goods has increased with the expansion of global markets, leading to greater energy cons…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals In this project, four detergents, Honest Laundry, Green Works, Dreft and Tide were tested and compared for biodegradability and toxicity. Super Worms were used as testing or…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. 84% of people who have it suffer from a 'Clenched Fist'. My father has Multiple Sclerosis and I have witne…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the effectiveness of 9 common store bought antimicrobial, a 30% and 50% dilution of ethanol, and a 5% dilution of bleach on 5 type…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals When you apply for a job, you probably had to turn a paper or email resume. But when I grow up and apply for a job, employers will probably google me or look me up on social…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals When a musician is learning to play an instrument, they must learn to hit all of the notes in tune. This can be more difficult on instruments that can produce continuous var…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose behind this experiment was twofold. The first objective was to determine whether reading print inverted text was a universal trait. Secondly, if so, is this trai…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project is an introduction for me into cancer therapies. Many cancer therapies basically target tumors and stop mitotic division by interfering with spindle fiber formati…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose for this project was to discover whether golf courses or nearby preserves had greater arthropod diversities within their leaf litter. I hypothesized the leaf litter from the pres…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In our science fair project last year we learned that sibling morning glory seeds, when in close proximity to each other, restrain their outward root growth to avoid competi…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There are over 4,544,000 pools in the United States of America, most of which are heated using natural gas. Solar pool heating saves gas and energy every year. One problem w…
ISEF · 2016
- The spread of the public swimming pools in hotels and clubs leads to the spread of drowning incidents, especially for children. - We have searched for a means to reduce these accidents tha…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project is to determine whether garlic and rooting hormone, along with water, can be used to help Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) plants resist Ralstonia solonacearum bacte…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose is to create a particle detector in the form of a bubble chamber to detect dark matter particles. This is done through determining the optimal temperature and pressure settings f…
ISEF · 2016
Our Earth is in a multi-planet system, and this is thought to have been crucial for the formation of life. Yet it is poorly understood whether multi-planet systems like our Solar System are…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals To date, over 5000 exoplanet candidates have been discovered orbiting around stars other than our Sun. However, the vast majority of planet systems discovered are considered…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals Stylometry, which has been around since at least the 19th century, is the analysis of linguistic style in writing, generally used to determine the author of an unknown piece…
ISEF · 2016
Nowadays, goods are packaged and delivered by different types of transportation. Synthetic materials like polystyrene, which is high cost and not environmental friendly, was used to reduce d…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Huanglongbing (HLB) disease causes worldwide losses in citrus industry worth billions of dollars every year. The causative bacteria of HLB, Candidatus Liberbacter is transmitted by the Asian…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Silk sheath homogeneity is essential for the quality of silk sheath. Farmers try to increase silk homogeneity by hand distribution of silkworms on the horizontal frames. We tried to develop…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Asian Citrus Psyllids infected with the Candidatus Liberibacter bacteria have caused more than $4 billion damage to the citrus industry in Florida by infecting trees with Hu…
ISEF · 2016
The growth of new materials based on the self-assemblage of individual atoms is one of the most promising methods for achieving nanofabrication at the atomic scale. To achieve this goal requ…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The microwave oven is a commonplace appliance used by millions worldwide. Even after half a century from its commercialization, this technology has remained static and no fundamental improve…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals My Project Goal is to save water wasted during general purpose landscape irrigation of an entire neighborhood by building a moisture sensor based smart sprinkler system that…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Vocabulary is essential part of education and facilitates effective communication. Many learn vocabulary by memorizing definitions without understanding and never use them.…