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 7081–7110
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a relationship between teacher gender and the achievement of female students in secondary science. Methods/Materials My hypothesis states that femal…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Use of MNMs is increasing rapidly, and this experiment is to find out if MNMs are a greater eco-toxicological risk than their conventional sized counterparts, using rhizobia…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We wanted to understand the impact of human land use on the health of a local watershed. This was motivated in part by news that a cement plant was polluting our local creek…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals Do you ever give a second thought to the fact that every time you use WiFi you could be sending your passwords not to the Internet, but to a hacker? My hypothesis is that if…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project is about the air quality around my local area. The purpose of this project is to answer the questions: 1. Does the pH and/or particle level vary from sample to…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals One third of people over age 65 in USA fall every year; the average healthcare cost due to fall related injuries is ~$20,000 per year per person. In many falls, timely help…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The thyroid hormones are key to our body because they maintain our metabolic rate. They are created at the thyroid gland with the aid of the integral component iodide ions.…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I would like to know if and by how much feeding oyster shell to chickens affects the strength of their egg-shells. I think that the oyster shell will increase the strength b…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Photonic crystals are structures with a periodic index of refraction that can prevent the propagation of light within a certain range, known as the band gap. This photonic e…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The heptapeptide VRPMPLQ was previously isolated as a targeting ligand for early-stage colon adenomas and subsequently validated in vivo in a pilot trial involving 30 patien…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to see if graphite lines on paper conduct electricity. Also, if it does, how do the length, height (the number of times you draw over the line), and the grades of…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives and goals for my project was to find out which practical material would soundproof a room the best. Another goal that I was testing was to see if certain mater…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out how the amount of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) and the concentration of solvent used to remove the templates from th…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if there existed a superior algorithm for counting cells using image processing. With image processing, images of cells that usu…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals When I began to develop inflammatory acne, my mother insisted on me taking medication to reduce the outbreaks. Initially, I wasn 't very receptive; I did not see the need fo…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of are project was to see if the electromagnetic field put off by a tesla coil would be of positive charge and attract the balloons or be of negative charge and rep…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to determine at what grade level children could distinguish between candy and non-candy items. I believe that by the fourth grade, children will be able…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine to what degree various auditory distractions affect concentration. Additionally, we identified factors, such as gender, aca…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) now affect 1 in 88 children in the U.S and cost $35 billion annually. The hypothesis is that functional interface of genes & environment is m…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The problem that is addressed in this project is that, currently, the visually impaired are not very ambulatory since their impaired vision inhibits them from getting around…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether variation of water flow rate on a Kelvin Electrostatic Generator has a significant impact on the DC voltage as well as…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out how different types of metals affect the zone of inhibition of exposed bacteria. I hypothesized that copper and brass metals…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether antibiotics or probiotics work better at killing bacteria. Methods/Materials 1. Petri dishes 2. Pro/Anti Biotics 3. Tissue…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to measure the growth of bacteria on apple surfaces and compare the effectiveness of a plain water rinse to a commercially available fru…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to make bricks by reducing plastic waste and mixing it with other materials to determine which compound will make the best brick for human habitats. I hypot…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To find out what coin works as the best battery and if size and material affects the amount of produced electricity. Methods/Materials I stacked a penny under a small square…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find out how different types of light bulbs perform and to answer the question, "which type of light bulb has the best practical value ba…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to determine what size and shape plastic bottle travels the farthest distance when launched from an air pressure system. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To develop a new algorithm that will more effectively rank web pages so that a search engine can return more meaningful results, especially for specific queries. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson#s disease ten years ago. Over time, his movement and coordination was greatly affected by this disorder. Watching his ability to…