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 6391–6420
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore the conversion of an airplane's kinetic energy during landing into useful electrical energy. The hypothesis, based on Faraday's and…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific experiment was to answer the following question: "How do Engine Power, Angle of Attack (AOA) and Wing Shape affect the stalling characteristic…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which was more distracting to drivers, talking on a cell phone held to one's ear, or talking on a hands-free cell phone device. My goal was to…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The problem to be solved in the project was how turmeric affects the liver enzyme reaction rate.The hypothesis was the catalyst solution with the most turmeric,6g will cause…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, animals will use their paws for many things but, some scientist don't know what paw the animals favor. My hypothesis is that cats will be more left-pawed…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out the effects that different amounts of the essential elements found in fertilizer have on the growth of algae. This ties into th…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project is to find out if the Fibonacci solar array will be better than roof panels. Methods/Materials Pvc pipes, wood, solar panels, wires. used the pvc pi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this investigation was to learn which filtration material: marsh plants, oyster mushroom spores, ceramic balls, charcoal, or gravel and drainage rocks, purifi…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a relationship between childhood toys and STEM careers. Studies have shown that there is a very low percentage of our youth pursuing a STEM careers.…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see at what delay is "Delayed Auditory Feedback"(DAF) most effective at inducing difficulty in speech. I believed that it would be 200ms, which is what a…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective of my project is if the type and pattern of fingerprints are passed down from parent to offspring and if they show resemblance between family members. My hypoth…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if string players do have longer left hand fingers. Wolff's law states that human bones will adapt to the pressure it receives. Supported by that…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals California is in the midst of a drought. My project's objective was to determine natural fire-resistance of locally available plants. Methods/Materials Propane torch and bur…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test if wood hardness affects the time it takes to start a fire when using a bow drill. My hypothesis was that if I use harder woods to star…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study the efficiency and commercial potential of growing plants in a system that mimicked symbiosis between plants and fish. I wanted to grow plants in a…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals While observing birds in coastal salt marshes along the California coast, I began to speculate on the possible impact of human presence on birds in these habitats. The goal…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to determine the relationship between altitude and the cosmic ray count. The secondary objectives were to make measurements of temperature, pressur…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if keyhole (finger hole) size, on a flute, would affect its pitch, (I was curious how a flute worked). I believed that as the keyhol…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment builds on a body of knowledge in the field of carnivorous plants. It investigates an area in which little is known: In a Venus flytrap, does food type affect…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to test the correlation between fracking waste water disposal wells and seismic activity. I hypothesize that I can show deep injection well…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to expand my experiment from last year when I observed the effects of GMO versus organic papaya diet on the longevity and fertility of fruit flies.…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to find out why animals make subnivean (meaning in the snow) homes in the freezing cold snow during winter. Methods/Materials We conducted our experiment in Januar…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals California has been through many severe droughts such as the recent drought of 1987-1992, where Santa Barbara turned to desalination, installing a temporary emergency desali…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to create a process that converts chaparral, a plant that is currently being removed under the California Fire Mitigation Plan, into eth…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what, if any, was the aerodynamic effect of ice on an airfoil. The aim was to specifically determine the differences in lift a…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Drosophila melanogaster, a small fruit fly, feeds and lives on fruit because of the high sugar content of most fruits. D. Melanogaster originated in Africa, about 10,000 yea…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find the most effective type of fruit peel that lowers the oxidation of oil. Once this is discovered, the frying oil will be able to be…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to design a computer program to model the game of Connect Four and to sometimes win against average human beings using defensive, offensive, and look ahead…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There have been disastrous gasoline spills throughout history. In addition, the runoff from the rain carries gasoline into the surrounding soil causing even greater damage.…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To see which beverage would release the most gas and how it would affect the stomach. Methods/Materials EXPERIMENTAL METHOD: 1) Pour equal amounts of beverages in each plast…