Intel ISEF Project Category Descriptions

Projects for all students in grades 6-12 much choose one of the following ISEF categories being offered at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair. 
Teams are allowed up to 3 members.

• ANIMAL SCIENCES: Study of animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals. Animal ecology, physiology, animal husbandry, cytology, histology, entomology, ichthyology, ornithology, herpetology, etc.
• BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: The science or study of the thought processes and behavior of humans and other animals in their interactions with the environment studied through observational and experimental methods.
• BIOCHEMISTRY: The study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms, the processes by which these substances enter into, or are formed in, the organisms and react with each other and the environment.
• CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: The study of the structure and formation of cells.
• CHEMISTRY: The science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems.
• COMPUTER SCIENCE: The study of information processes, the structures and procedures that represent processes, and their implementation in information processing systems. It includes systems analysis and design, application and system software design, programming, and datacenter operations.
• EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCE: The study of sciences related to the planet Earth (Geology, mineralogy, physiography, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, speleology, seismology, geography, atmospheric sciences, etc.)
• ENGINEERING: The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, processes, machines, and systems.
• ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION: The study of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, clean transport, and alternative fuels.
• ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: The analysis of existing conditions of the environment.
• MATHEMATICS: The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. The deductive study of numbers, geometry, and various abstract constructs, or structures. Mathematics is very broadly divided into foundations, algebra, analysis, geometry, and applied mathematics, which includes theoretical computer science.
• MEDICINE & HEALTH: The science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind.
• MICROBIOLOGY: The study of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses, prokaryotes, and simple eukaryotes and of antibiotic substances.
• PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY: Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. Astronomy is the study of anything in the universe beyond the Earth.
• PLANT SCIENCE: Study of plant life. Ecology, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, plant taxonomy, physiology, pathology, plant genetics, hydroponics, algae, etc.