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 7231–7260
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment intended to see how exposure to the different types of radiation (microwave, UV light, and light bulb radiation) would affect the number of brine shrimp eggs…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to figure out if cell phones can affect living organisms. For my experiment I used planarian and observed their activity and speed. Methods/Materials Materials:…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Previous research showed that auditory and visual learning modes are the most effective among Villa Park High School students for memorizing information on a short term basi…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals With the creation of this project, I worked to find how the differences between a positive mindset and a negative mindset, using the variable of speed and accuracy. I wanted…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The project tested if increasing the amount of copper in a culture of Pseudo-nitzschia would encourage its growth and thus contain more domoic acid. It was hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To test the torque resistance of concrete mixes when the ratio of cement is changed. I will change the ratio of cement to the sand and gravel. I will start with a normal one…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Test if pre-emergents effect the growth the raddish plants. Methods/Materials Planted 3 raddish seeds (72 individual containers) remove unhealthy plants, only one healthy pl…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find out if and how the heart rate of an athlete affected memory. Methods/Materials For our experiment, we designed three tests to observe the effects o…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To find out if hydrogen peroxide, a common fungicide and algaecide, at different concentrations, affects germination. Methods/Materials Materials: Snap Pea Seeds, plastic cu…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To test the effectiveness of the multi purpose cleaner and bathroom cleaner used at Pioneer Valley High School on E.Coli bacteria. Methods/Materials Petri Dishes, Micro Pipe…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover if canines have paw dominance or are ambidextrous. Methods/Materials I used a sample of 10 dogs, enough treats for each dog a total of 15 times,…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This experiment tests the effect of a high fat diet during a fruit fly#s larval stage on its ability to respond to stress as a grown fly. Methods/Materials In this experimen…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if the particle size of calcium ingested by chickens affect how calcium is metabolized in increasing egg shell strength.Humans have…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experimentation was to determine whether or not talking to plants in different tones of voices would affect how tall they could grow in a seven-day per…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project's objective is to determine whether the temperature of a magnet will affect the strength of a magnet and its magnetic field. Methods/Materials I used 80 1.25 cera…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if temperature affects the bounciness of a lacrosse ball. I hypothesized that a colder lacrosse ball would bounce higher than a…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals There are many different types of drywall that are used all around an average, well made home. I want to find out if there is a correlation between the density of the drywal…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals 3D-printing is a form of additive manufacturing where materials are added layer by layer to create a three-dimensional object. If the orientation an object is 3D-printed at…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if The Mendelian ratio really worked. Methods/Materials I used C. elegans as my test subject. First I get male and hermaphrodite C. elegans that have been mu…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to discover if time of day had an effect on performance of eighth graders on a multiplication test. Methods/Materials Two different test…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether or not insects, specifically crickets, red harvester ants, and ladybugs, activity levels will be increased by ultrasonic sound. Methods/Materials I took…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which cue among the spoken word, signed word, written word or visual picture produces the most efficient method of training a service dog to re…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether marine plants (seagrass and sea lettuce) reverse ocean acidification. Methods/Materials One trial required a total of four aquariums. A…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals This project was to see if the protein from peanuts would make chickens lay larger eggs. The hypothesis is that the eggs will get larger. Methods/Materials Method: Feed chic…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if 6th graders can be misled by giving them false information. Methods/Materials Materials: - Paragraph with false information about volcanoes. - Par…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if Zea mays, corn, inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi would be able to communicate with their neighbors and warn them about pest…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the particle size of Alka-Seltzer tablets and the temperature of water affect the reaction time, or the time it takes for the tablets t…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The homotopy groups of a topological space are commonly studied as a topological invariant which gives information about the space's holes, homotopy type, and connectedness.…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if video games and other distractions ease a person's awareness of pain. Methods/Materials 14 people, ages ranging from 8 to 49, participated i…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine which common carbohydrate-containing beverage caused the most tooth decay and if brushing the recommended 2 minutes twice a day would be protective.…