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 8401–8430
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether organic or conventional tomatoes have more nutrients. Along with that, testing will also be conducted to determine which type of tomato…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Last year I performed water quality tests on creek water in the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. There, I saw a grove of trees that bore lime green, warty balls of fruit. Af…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if ultraviolet rays, or UV rays, effected the regeneration of planarians. My hypothesis was that the group of planarians with no exp…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The experiment's objective is to find a more environmentally friendly household oven. To achieve that, the experiment will test four different ovens, three with different re…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To design a novel vaccine that does not lose its potency upon freezing as an alternative to freeze-sensitive aluminum-based vaccines. A lipid blend-complex made of natural,…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project looked into what effect the shape of a parachute's canopy has on its descent performance. Methods/Materials Six different parachute shapes constructed out of pa…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals How does the shape of an object affect the water flow? This project was designed to understand how different shapes are more efficient than others. It could also potentially…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Polymerase Chain Reaction is a process that scientists use to copy DNA. They use a primer and anneal it to a selected piece of DNA, called a template. This experiment re…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals PDFs are a globally used file format making them a new chosen vector for malware attacks. Because PDFs can run JavaScript, hackers have learned how to exploit these files an…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the perching fesability of the novel design, a Delta M-Wing aircraft with a variable incidence tail, by finding the optimum design and weight r…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to test and compare six different types of perfumes three store bought alcoholic perfumes and three homemade nonalcoholic perfumes to see which…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals We tried to make Newton's Cradle more efficient by replacing the metal balls with magnets, removing the energy-consuming variables of heat and sound, and adding lubricant, l…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Going green and organic is today's catch word. There is concern that we need to improve our overall health and well-being, but this comes at a higher price tag. The Federal…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this project I tried to mummify three hot dogs in baking soda over a period of 20 days. Methods/Materials Three hot dogs were placed in containers of baking soda for thre…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out, how does changing the diet of kitchen compost given to Red wiggler earthworms, affect the pH level of a higher acidity or a…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Misuse of antibiotics has increased the number of drug-resistant germs. Though there is some evidence supporting the use of herbal medicines as antibiotics, scientific studi…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Two important causes of oncogenic transformation, the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway and the STAT3 transcription factor, have until recently been thought to be sep…
CSEF · 2012
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Renewable energies such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal could potentially help to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, but are expensive and not always availa…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the use of a placebo energy chew would impact the free throw performance of an average sixth grader. Methods/Materials Parent participation…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To test the antibacterial properties in plants. We are comparing herbaceous plants lower than 25 cm and woody plants to see which kind has a hire bacterial properties. Metho…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To discover if plants can use wavelengths of light other than visible light to undergo photosynthesis. Methods/Materials Method: Fill eight biodegradable planting squares wi…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project studies plastic lint, microplastic pollution coming from synthetic fibers in the wash. Millions of fibers can easily get to the ocean each day. My project compare…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The point of this experiment was to learn about ways to kill bacteria using aluminum potassium sulphate and monoammonium phosphate. Methods/Materials An incubator was built…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals If a rectenna could be constructed to turn common television frequency signals into direct current then this type of unused energy could be a potential source of electricity…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Determine if a homemade digester can produce a gas from common pet waste, and if that gas would burn as methane. Methods/Materials Three homemade digesters were made from a…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether UV sterilization can pasteurize milk. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I used 8 different UV exposure durations:…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Because I was getting in trouble for leaving my lights on, I wanted to find the cost of different electrical devices in a normal household. I wanted to find out who in my fa…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Every year more than 3.5 million people die from unsafe drinking water, yet many of these people live right next to an ocean. The objective of my project is to try to create…
CSEF · 2012
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We can generate and combine Solar power, Wind power and hydro power through energy re-use and store the energy in a rechargable lithium ion battery. Energy stored in the bat…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this study, I examined whether and how demographic profiling and personality are expressed in Virtual Worlds (VWs). The purpose of the study was to determine the accuracy…