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 6961–6990
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine which playing surface is best for dribbling a basketball. Methods/Materials Each surface area was prepared by taping a meter stick to a wall or p…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if hydroelectric power would be the most efficient renewable energy compared to wind power and solar power. Methods/Materials Measured water po…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In my project my goal was to see for myself if Galileo's claims about the dependence of a pendulums period on mass, length and amplitude were correct. Methods/Materials 10 w…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effect of distance, user location, and position, on signal strength of two different commercially available sets of Motorola Two-Way Radios i…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which physical feature of computer generated characters in animated movies has the greatest negative effect on responses to the Uncanny Valley.…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals For my experiment my objectives/goals were to see if Red Abalone would consume carrots and sea lettuce. Also to see which food the Abalone would consume of the most and how…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to see whether the eye color affects a persons ability to see different colors through dark light. We believe a darker eye color will see be…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if how loud a train horn sounds is a direct function of the amount of air pressure applied. I believe that increasing psi(pounds per square inch)…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I decided to do my project because my father and I always enjoy watching people pick up coins. I have always been intrigued by psychology. One day, my dad and I were bored w…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what ingredients (oranges, carrots, or sweet potatoes) produced the most methane when put through the process of anaerobic digestion. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the best material to create a safer helmet for impact sports by reducing g-forces upon impact, which may reduce the risk of athletes developing…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I was interested to learn if supplementing a Boer goat's diet with ammonium chloride would affect the urine pH levels in meat goats to help prevent urinary calculi. My ultim…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate the effect of reflecting angle and effect of the reflector type on the efficiency of a solar cooker. Methods/Materials In reflecting angle ex…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine when the brain stops confusing the character(words) with the color. Methods/Materials I took the original stroop effect and began to distort the words into vary…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Energy independence and environmental concerns have grown the interest in wind turbines exponentially. The purpose of this experiment was to determine which variation of the…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the measured fat extracted from ground beef will be less than what is published on the label. Methods/Materials Purchase packages of ground be…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if trace amounts of antibiotics can be detected in meats sold in major California grocery store chains. I will test muscle tissue fluids from me…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to demonstrate what high acidity levels in the ocean will do to calcium carbonate sea shells. Methods/Materials 1500 milliliter samples of se…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Fonts are described in terms of their aesthetic qualities such as face style, size, and color. The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the relationship between fo…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our Science Fair project investigated variables that affect the rate of water evaporation. We thought that the water with greater surface area will evaporate faster because…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project endeavored to find out what time of the day and which commonly used jogging path in Fremont, CA had the smallest amount of fine and coarse atmospheric particles…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project is a second-year study, in which I worked on developing and studying an algorithm to model successful learning from an inconsistent source. It has been reported…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals A camcorder filmed a pool with swimmers above and below the water, and a computer system determined when swimmers were in danger of drowning. Methods/Materials The initial a…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project is to see what ocean acidification does to the marine environment and marine creatures with shells. Methods/Materials The materials…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate how the presence of solutes, CO2, and acidity in water, as well as organic compounds in soils, may interact with soil textures…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn how different materials block WiFi signals, and which building material obstructs radio signals the most. Methods/Materials In my experiment I used…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see what kind of compost works the most efficient in growing kale and mustard plants. I also wanted to see the different levels in potash, nitrogen, and…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which household substance will increase the ice nucleation process of dew on oranges in orchards, with wind machines and witho…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out which road deicer is the most beneficial for plants. My hypothesis was that the beet salt plants would grow to be the healthiest in height and w…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to compare two countries bar soap and see how effective they were in eliminating bacteria. The goal was to see whether Taiwan bar soap,…