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 8461–8490
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to design and develop a robot that can teach a child to write basic letters and numbers. The machine can assess the child's writing and give feed…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was conducted to determine what length of fin helps to stabilize a boat the most. My hypothesis is that the longest fin( bilge keel) will steady the boat out the…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the role of neurons in the basal forebrain in a learning-dependent behavioral task and the influence of spatial probability di…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals To compare the health of a location on the Kinabatangan River to a tributary that runs through a region of deforestation by measuring water quality. Methods/Materials Sample…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if elementary, junior high, or high school students could complete a Stroop Effect test with the fewest errors and with the quickest time. Method…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Evaluating the dynamic properties of rubberized concrete including the damping ratio and the seismic response will enable us to identify its niche applications. Investigatin…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see whether or not both vital capacity and tidal capacity improve by running in asthmatics. The hypothesis suggested both vital capacit…
CSEF · 2012
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Subsidence has cost billions of dollars in structural damage to buildings,roadways, homes and economic loss in land use. Most devastating consequence of subsidence is that i…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of our experiment was to see if the perception and/or experience of economic mobility affected whether research subjects would want the highest income earners…
CSEF · 2012
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effects of different soil amendments on the absorption and retention rates of water in the soil. I used six different amendments: volcanic…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals Huanglongbing (HLB) is a devastating disease that has endangered the citrus industries around the world including Florida since 2005. It is associated with an unculturable b…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to single out the main reason why people are less tolerant of bilingual people with foreign accents. When this reason is found, people will be mo…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to see if the structures of different wood samples cause them to burn differently. And mainly to see which wood produces or gives off the…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I got the idea for my project from the movie Moneyball. I chose it because I wanted to learn a little more about baseball and have fun doing it. Scouting is where they look…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find which surface the giant sea cucumber would rather be on or move to. I wanted to see if it would rather be on a plastic, sand, or rock surface. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine (a) how much color variation in a digital image is noticeable by average human eyes, (b) how can digital images hold covert informat…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to learn the effect of preservation technique on the amount of vitamin C in orange juice. Methods/Materials Orange juice samples were pr…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if the complete starter fertilizer grows the best rye grass seedlings compared to the incomplete starter fertilizers or with…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For this project, I used a geranium plant and took cuttings from three different parts; the roots, stems, and the leaves. I regenerated these different parts and tracked the…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals While investigating how a crank flashlight gets energy to power a bulb without batteries, I learned about electromagnetic induction. Based on this idea a simple flashlight c…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals As the number of security breaches and fraud are on the rise, the need for highly secure authentication and personal verification technologies are vital. This project studie…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to test the accuracy of the Nutritional Value Labels, by comparing the actual sugar content of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7 Up, and Dr Pepper to…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to examine binge sleeping # the practice of sleeping shorter durations on week nights and longer durations on weekends, in pre-dental and dental students. I…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals It has been known that tumor hypoxia is a major setback in standard cancer treatment of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. This project is focused on turning this setback i…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The focus of my project is to develop an armor that reduces blunt-force trauma [Goal 1] and supports flexibility [Goal 2] for the wearer without compromising safety. Methods…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How does snowboard wax vs. candle wax vs. no wax effect the sliding friction of a snowboard? My hypothesis is that snowboard wax will have the least amount of sliding fricti…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Scientists have recently discovered that your washing machine contains many harmful bacteria and are currently evaluating the risk that these bacteria pose to humans. Bleach…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals It is common knowledge that an electro-magnet attracts ferromagnetic metals and can attract or repel a permanent magnet. How do you get a magnetic coil to levitate over meta…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals Excessive nitrogen runoff from fertilizers results in an overabundance of algae blooms in water systems and also pollutes drinking water supplies. The goal of my project was…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Soil may look like a bunch of dirt, but good quality soil is actually a complex mixture of dirt, nutrients, microorganisms, insects and worms. What type of benefit do these…