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 9391–9420
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of our experiment was to prove that light can transmit sound over long distances and to verify what solar panel and what laser is the best for this experiment. Meth…
CSEF · 2011
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which of five household material insulated sound the best. Methods/Materials A scale model of two rooms were built using a 12:1 inch ratio. The…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our goal is to test if the students would focus more on the tests when they exercised. When someone exercises oxygen circulates through the brain, and oxygen is proven to in…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if a spectrogram can detect differences in trumpet quality (low quality vs. high quality) and the level of trumpet players (beginning vs. intermediate). Methods…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals If it's possible to measure the speed of an object moving in a linear path with a strobe light, then it's possible measure the speed of an object moving in a circular path.…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find a mathematical relationship between the angles of different numbered spidron nests. Methods/Materials Methods: 1.Three spidron nests were constructed. 2.The valley f…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Both a robotics project and an experiment comparing the effectiveness and tuning process of different control algorithms, I investigated a system in which a robot balances o…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to show how to make an object invisible or less visible. I believed that an object should become less visible by changing its angle of incidence to a light…
CSEF · 2011
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals After an experience in the kitchen with a skillet, I wanted to test four common metals and their resistance to a change in temperatures. My hypothesis is that the cast iron…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals How do epidemics spread on the US transportation network? What is the role of air travel vs. long distance auto travel? Is the nature of epidemic propagation on the network…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which distractions have the most impact on drivers# ability to focus. Methods/Materials Ten subjects, ages 10 to 12 participated in…
CSEF · 2011
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the impact resistance of an STF (shear-thickening fluid) at different temperatures. STFs have been investigated as possible replac…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if kids with parents and friends that curse and also watch movies or shows that have cursing in them, curse more than kids who do not. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Studies have shown that excessive stress compromises health and accelerates aging. To determine whether stress hormones inflict DNA damage leading to nuclear instability and…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In the past Alzheimer's research was focused on Amyloid B, but now it has also encompassed ApoE mediated phosphorylation of Tau. The purpose of my project is to study the in…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the load carrying capacity of different type of truss bridges. I knew I wanted to attempt this investigation one year ago. The…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective was to test whether people who use color artistically or practice a lot with color are able to overcome conflict between color and word. I tested this…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to study which pH's of highly concentrated HCl acid can damage, morph, or kill epithelial cells.The purpose was to study the cell#s size, appearance, and numbers…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the heat absorbency and flame retardancy of cotton, polyester, nylon, wool, and the flame retardant fiber, nomex. Another pur…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Certain Sun Chip bags have been advertised as being 100% compostable. I wondered if this was really true. I decided to put a compostable Sun Chip bag into our garden compost…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In today's technology, smaller processing chips & parts are needed to make functional devices. Acoustic levitation ensures that certain parts of those devices can be made in…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Burn wounds frequently scar and cause long term complications. Burn scars on the feet and toes may contract, and distort the tissue underneath to prohibit natural function.…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to test the heat retention performance of different survival blankets and alternative insulators in the outdoors. We also wanted to determine the mechanism…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective and Goals- A mammal living in the Arctic can survive the freezing temperatures because of their blubber, or fat layer. I wanted to test and see which substance, la…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine how the density of a sugar-water solution and the color of laser light shone through the solution affect the angle of deflection of the light.…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In competitive swimming,a second can make the difference. However, there is little research regarding swim speeds between salt and chlorine water pools. This study investiga…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to answer the following question. How do different swimming strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly) affect heart rate…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the presence of white vinegar or sterile human urine prevents Moon Jelly nematocysts from discharging when they come in contact with E.…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if a golf ball, softball or a baseball will go the farthest when hit by a baseball bat. Methods/Materials Materials: A 2x4 and…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to identify corresponding trends in stock market changes in the countries of Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, China and the United States, as a…