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
Embedded Systems
It is a big problem today that children do not want to study. They want to play and communicate. I offer a distributed application with a 3D education world environment that provides learnin…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
This project investigates the formation and lifecycle of classical novae and determines how parameters such as: white dwarf mass, star mass and separation affect the evolution of the rotatin…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals G-protein coupled receptors are heptahelical transmembrane receptors that convert an extracellular signal to an intracellular response. They are implicated in multiple physi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find an accurate homology model of the powerful antimicrobial and potential cancer treatment naegleriapore A. Methods/Materials Materials:…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
There is currently a great interest in the development of thin, flexible, lightweight, and environmentally friendly supercapacitors as the booming of Smartphones and electronic devices. In o…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
4+1 is a project that implements four functions created to improve the safety of driving plus one which improves the efficiency of the cars affecting positively pollution and energy consumpt…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the use of ultrasonics on a mobile device to help prevent collisions that involve pedestrians distracted by cellphone use. The ob…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
This investigation proposes to create a model of a water solar heater which maximizes the usage of available solar radiation in order to reach higher water temperatures. The problem was whic…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Automobile exhaust accounts for about one-third of the total amount of air pollutants in cities, which is the main reason for the formation of haze and acid rain. Therefore, the research wor…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how different leaf species affect the abundance and diversity of aquatic insects that colonize them, and whether different leaf…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find an efficient mixture that can protect cacti from being plagued by Wild Grana Cochineal for the longest amount of time. Methods/Materials I washed di…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see how acceleration, G-forces, affect the cellular regeneration of a fresh water planarian. Methods/Materials 60 planarians were divided into two groups…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to provide doctors an automated and accurate method to diagnose skin cancer from dermoscopic skin lesion images. This system must exceed 95%…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to characterize a newly discovered ultrastable silver nanoparticle. Silver is known to be susceptible to oxidation while metals such as gold and platinum a…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Achieving net gain controlled nuclear fusion on Earth would lead to a revolution in energy and transportation technologies. This endeavor combined the techniques of sonoluminescence and magn…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The purpose of this project is to find the percentage weight loss of limestone, hard coral, and mushroom coral when in carbonic acid and mushroom coral in hydrochloric acid. Carbonic and hyd…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
I. Purpose: To determine the most effective acne medication in inhibiting bacterial growth II. Hypothesis: If I treat three bacteria cultures with three different acne medications, then mino…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out what types of bridges can hold the most weight, and which are best for different distances. Methods/Materials Popsicle sticks, glue, w…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science project is to determine which growing method, soil or hydroponics will allow strawberries to maintain the most Vitamin C. Strawberries are a heal…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide epidemic that continues to spread out of control. With the emergence of superbugs such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Carbapenem-r…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine which proximity detector - ultrasonic or infrared - yields a more comprehensive range of distances and angles. It was hypothesized that the ultrasonic would yie…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
It is imperative to develop new options for the development of high yielding and multiple stress and disease resistant cultivars of plants. The intention of this project was to determine if…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
Based on the results of previous work done by the researcher, which showed that quadruplex-forming oligonucleotides induced cell death in four breast cancer cell lines, this project studied…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
On September 13th, 2012, The United States Federal Reserve Board voted for the third time in its history to begin a Quantitative Easing Policy (Q.E.P.), a $40-90 billion a month, open-ended,…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Global warming and increased CO2 emissions are becoming a large problem for the world. Tree plantations sequester carbon at up to 30 times the rate of old growth forests, and are a common wa…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Current oil recovery rates are relatively low, ranging below 40%, while the costs of drilling are relatively high, approximately $42,000 a day. This will lead to a reduction in the future av…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which materials have best sound-proofing properties. Both propagation and reflection of sound waves of different frequencies are studied for va…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, isolated from the roots of sugarcanes, is a bacterium that carries the nitrogen fixing capabilities for sugarcanes, and has shown some promise…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Upon encountering antigens in the germinal centers of peripheral lymphoid organs such as the spleen or lymph nodes, mature B-lymphocytes undergo class switch recombination (CSR). CSR alters…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
With techniques allowing the simultaneous acquisition of electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, active brain regions during different stages of the…