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 6781–6810
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science project was to find out whether the cell phone micoscope that I created functions better than a simple microscope. Both of these microscopes have…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to search for a cryopreservation solution that would allow for maintenance of dental pulp tissue vitality without the necessity of first r…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Preproduction plastic pellets, called nurdles, are one of the most common pollutants along the coastline. The objective of this project is to determine if the presence of nu…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I estimated the amount of fuel used by idling cars in my school#s pick-up line, then calculated the amount of CO2 emitted and the cost of the fuel wasted. I compared the CO2…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or cardiac arrest, accounts for one-third of the deaths in the world. When the heart muscle begins to degenerate, three main proteins are…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Currently airplanes must consume fuel to obtain the energy needed to fly. Is it possible to substitute electricity for gas to power an airplane? Is there enough energy produ…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Antibiotic resistance is a major health issue. My goal in this project was to understand how common bacteria like Escherichia coli develop resistance to antibiotics. Questio…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals To figure out if cars and houses on my block form frost more often than cars and houses a few blocks away. My hypothesis: If I measure dew point within a few blocks from my…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the dietary preferences of the Common Garter Snake in the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve by using scent testing of various prey to see if t…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Multi-state outbreaks of E. coli have been reported over the past few years due to consuming raw or unwashed vegetables. The objective of this study was to determine if the…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out the difference between the fingerprint patterns of India and the USA. Methods/Materials The materials required are a fingerprinting p…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of different essential nutrients and their concentrations on the rate of bioremediation Methods/Materials Obtain ne…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was created in order to further understand the specific compounds in eucaplytus globulus extract that cause its insect repellent properties, how those component…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to measure the effectiveness of neodymium magnets at cleaning oil spills. I tested the process using different densities of oils, chosen to match actual oils tha…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We are seeing ever-increasing threats of contamination of fresh water, from industrial wastes, to nuclear power plant accidents, to pharmaceutical drug contamination of muni…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project investigated the difference in water guns with air pressure chambers and elastic pressure chambers. I built an air pressure homemade water gun (APH) and a const…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effect of dry aluminum sulfate (alum) on phosphate levels in water from P2O5, or rock phosphate, fertilizer and then to use the experiment'…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment examined the ability of four antioxidants (vitamin C, alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme Q-10, and selenium) to dampen the harmful effects of hydrogen peroxide on S…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted in order to figure out what the effect of Aspirin on plants was. The objective was to find out whether or not Aspirin speeds up the growth of plan…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective was to determine the effect of a water based cooling system/membrane installed underneath Astroturf on the amount of radiant heat given off the surf…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to find whether a V-formation increases the flight efficiency of birds by taking advantage of wing-tip vortices, and if so, what variation of a…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to test the effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia, and whether or not BPA could make its way into the plant. My hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the safety of caffeine and its nervous system stimulating effects on adolescents. The aim of this study was to evalua…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out how increasing carbon dioxide levels affect the freshwater plant, Elodea. Methods/Materials I set up three tanks. Each tank had a layer of soil,…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Fungal agents have shown increasing signs of resistance towards regularly used antimycotic agents. With our research, we hope to find a combination of both antifungals & nat…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Parent provided "Children at Play" signs and other unofficial street signs are being used in many neighborhoods and streets throughout the world. Although these signs are su…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This is an experiment designed to investigate the effect of color in relation to recognition of selected scents, based off of the Stroop Effect (Stroop, J.R,) 1935, and dete…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to see how the invasive species Brassica nigra (black mustard) grows when in competition with native Southern California coastal sage scrub species. By e…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if caffeine would have an effect on the electricity flow from a microbial battery. I hypothesized that caffeine would incre…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if different impact absorbing materials affect the impact force on a simulated human head model. My hypothesis was that the impact force would be…