Every California Science & Engineering Fair project Fairfolio holds: 17,387 entries across 24 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
CSEF coverage: available historical abstracts for 2002–2019; award-listed projects only for 2021–2025, without abstracts and with explicit labels where titles were not published, except that most 2023 winners carry the abstract from CSEF's archived public showcase; public showcase abstracts for 2026. The 2020 fair was canceled.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's CSEF projects.
17387 projects · showing 4651–4680
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In our project we wanted to figure out what would be the best emotional setting for a student to take a test. Many students know they have to memorize information and stay u…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals In 2015, WHO (World Health Organization) classified glyphosate as a "probable human carcinogen." The possible increased risk and common use of glyphosate are a global concer…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the effects of an enhancing water pollutant, fertilizer, and an inhibiting water pollutant, chlorine, on the mortality of fresh…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if online or printed textbooks lead to significantly different levels of concentration and comprehension. Methods/Materials To test…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if the source and size of airborne particulate matter (PM) can affect precipitation rates. While conservative water usage is an i…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined the effects of pipelining on the speed of CPUs. The goal was to test which CPU type (pipelined and not pipelined) was faster at executing programs.…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine if nitrogen fixation can occur in simulated Martian regolith and if so, to quantify the ammonium added to the soil through this process. Methods/Materials Plant…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals While at a nature preserve, I encountered the Engelmann Oak, or Quercus engelmannii, an endangered native tree. Since oaks produce tannins and some produce potential allelop…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In Yemen, the production of native watermelon using landrace seeds has been disrupted due to civil war leaving farmers with aged seeds. Studies have shown that seed priming…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The study is studied the effects of sleep quality on recalling words in an entirely novel language. The impact of demographic details such as gender, race, and age and recal…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure and find which temperatures are optimal for catalase enzymes to work in by testing the reaction time of catalase enzymes and hydrog…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment tested which ratio of greywater to clean water (greywater/clean water), among eleven, descending by 10% greywater, is the most effective when used to water t…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out which possible pollutant stops radishes from growing the most and to find out how much pollution affects plants around the world.…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine if induced postnatal deletion of a protein kinase in vascular endothelial cells will result in mice experiencing changes in grow…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Does the amount yeast rises vary depending on the temperature the yeast is exposed to prior to baking? Methods/Materials Used thermometer, standard bread recipe to make doug…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the best fertilizers to use to create a sustainable food source for deep space exploration and colonization. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Near where I live is a creek called Cottonwood Creek, which has been plagued with high nutrient and bacterial levels. This contamination has been addressed by two methods: a…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Solar panels can diminish and produce less power when exposed to high temperatures. The objective of this experiment was to develop an efficient method of cooling down solar…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals The 2015-2016 El Niño is predicted to be one of the strongest of its kind since it its devastating 1997-1998 occurrence. This project uses Morisita-Horn Index (Morisita's) a…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective is to prove that orange juice has more electrolytes than sports drinks and delivers them best by making a conductance sensor to test the electrical conductivity…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to determine if electronic media or paper produced better reading comprehension for current-day eighth graders. Methods/Materials Students we…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to compare atmospheric inversion events in the San Lorenzo Valley during El Nino and non El Nino years, and to identify the differences in atmo…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to build mediator-less Microbial Fuel Cell (M.F.C.) and test fuel sources to determine which has the best potential for use in large scale…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Solar energy, as the largest energy resource on Earth, is a viable source of renewable power because it is free and easily available. Organic solar cells are a promising low…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The global energy crisis and climate change have become serious issues in need of innovative solutions. Supercapacitors have attracted extensive attention as promising energ…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Quantum mechanics is a very relevant topic of the day as it is being used extensively in technology. These advancements largely involve the process of entangling qubits, whi…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals This project attempts to construct a multilayered coating, consisting of silver and other materials, for use in a telescope. The goals of this design are to maximize reflect…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which sunscreen is the most effective. Methods/Materials I tested four brands of sunscreen using three testing methods: ultra vio…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Activation of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by the pro-inflammatory hormone Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a critical event in the development of atherosclerosis a…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to be able to determine how observed frequency shifts in a practical, classical Doppler effect setting at different distances between the e…