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 6301–6330
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Over 100,000 wildfires burn between 4 to 5 million acres across the United States every year. Wildfires cause over $800 million worth of damage in California every year. Wha…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Type-2 Diabetes is a prevalent issue in today#s society. Recent estimates have placed 25.8 million people -- in the U.S. alone with this condition, and a further 70.9 millio…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My research project was aimed at finding the effect of levitating mass and external magnetic field on the levitation height of a diamagnetic sample, and estimating the magni…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Human and computer interactions are becoming increasingly common, and as a student very interested in robotics and technology, I decided to test children ages eleven to thir…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if the appliances and electronic devices in our home use enough energy when plugged in but turned off to be a concern when trying…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A fundamental problem in zoology is how convergent evolution works at the molecular level. Euprymna scolopes and Uroteuthis edulis are distantly related species of biolumine…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was conducted to test the efficiency of human adipose stem cell (hASCs) differentiation into chondrocytes and osteocytes. HASCs were used to differentiate into ch…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was done to determine whether alkaline water, acid water, sugar water, or regular tap water would help plants germinate faster and bigger. My goal is to prove whi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE AT WHICH TEMPERATURE AND CONCENTRATION WOULD AMYLASE ENZYME SOLUTION HAVE THE GREATEST DIGESTION RATE ON STARCH SOLUTION. Methods/…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals 1) To determine the pros and cons of using iPads in the classroom 2) To study the effects on students using iPads: considering behavior, retention, and test scores Methods/M…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To test for Escherichia Coli on quarters from around the United States, and some foreign countries. Methods/Materials Using the 3M petrifilm, pipette (10ml and 1ml), pipette…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effects of resistance on the trajectories of marbles and the difference between the ideal motion and motion with resistance. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use the Dispositional Attitude Measure developed by two university professors to determine what percentage of the population has a positive dispositional…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to assemble and submit two professional quality reference DNA Barcode records to BOLD for publication in NCBI/GenBank. As a citizen scientist, I contributed…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Downy mildew caused by Peronospora effusa is a serious disease of spinach in coastal California and worldwide. I hypothesized that downy mildew from Epazote (Dysphania ambro…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My science fair project was to see if ants preferred artificial or natural sugars. The sugars that were used were saccharin (artificial), brown (natural/non-artificial), asp…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether or not cacti are a better natural oil dispersant. Methods/Materials Four types of cacti, which are easily grown in the Un…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to find out whether altitude affects background radiation. The hypothesis stated that an increased altitude would result in increased backgroun…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether Bti (a biologically-active mosquito larvicide) is responsible for the recent decrease in Dragonfly populations at the Madrona Marsh. Methods/Materials 1…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My experiment will examine if photographs of people with facial measurements closer to the Golden Ratio will be considered "more beautiful" in the eyes of test participants…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My science fair project is a biology-based investigation that addresses the question: Does Bisphenol A have an effect on fish? The purpose of my science fair project is to d…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if color does affect learning and memory. It is important because it can change the way we learn. Based on my research, my hypothe…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find evidence that proved that a car that was dimpled like a golf ball would accelerate faster than a car that is smooth. The acceleration of the car wa…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science experiment is to study the effects of gas stations on the surrounding environment. My goal is to determine whether local gas stations and its sur…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Objective: to use Jupiter and asteroids data in relation to asteroids to find theoretical occurrences of asteroids in the solar system assuming Jupiter did not exist, theref…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see if video games have an effect on heart rate and the ability to focus. My hypothesis is that playing video games causes stress and decr…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if soil density affects water evaporation rates in soil. I believed that soils with greater densities will have lower water evaporation rates tha…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective in this experiment was to build two types of gliders; one with a dihedral wing design and one with a straight wing design, similarly launch them and determine…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine if social media and its frequent occurrence in adolescence lives impact the adolescence themselves in their ability to verbally com…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see whether the height, weight, or body mass index of an ice skater affects the speed of his/her spins. Methods/Materials Twenty-five…