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 9421–9450
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I have been playing and watching basketball my whole life. In the 6th grade I entered a free throw competition, and as I looked around at other competitors, I thought to mys…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Reflective nanoplates, or nano-mirrors, have shown to be good candidates for applications such as liquid mirrors in astronomical telescopes, but currently no reliable method…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals Producing biofuels from algae is an expensive and energy intensive process. The major bottleneck is the dewatering process. The separation step with centrifuges provides the…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To test for the age group that had the highest amount of synesthetes. Methods/Materials 1. Surveys 2. Test subjects 3. Camera for documentation 4. Pen or pencil to record da…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if memory is affected by recording information on a keyboard versus handwriting. This study is particularly relevant in today's society, as key…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Telomerase elongates chromosome ends and is required for the indefinite lifespan of cancer cells. We set out to determine whether telomere length correlates with telomerase…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals A new physical framework of perception based on modeling neurons as nonlinear oscillators has recently been developed to explain the stroboscopic Wagon Wheel Illusion. This…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Students are often presented with the option of using hand sanitizer to clean their hands instead of going to the bathroom and washing with soap and water. The purpose of my…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals When a new medical procedure gets tested, a large population may get tested against a small trial population. Since the null hypothesis states that there should be is no dif…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I set out to see what weight of a skateboard would complete and accelerate down the track the fastest. My experiment question was: How does weight affect the speed of an obj…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The neural tissue of Periplaneta americana has been found to have antibacterial properties against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The object of this experiment…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if everyday natural substances -- in particular cinnamon, talc powder or vinegar -- can create a barrier that would repel an…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Computers that can process the large amounts of data statistics requires have made available unprecedented means of understanding the word, resulting in radical advancements…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find the best pulley combination for reducing workload. Methods/Materials First, a platform was built to hang and test the pulleys. A total of 11 combin…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My science fair experiment investigated tabletop linear accelerators. The experiment tested chain reactions using the forces of magnetic and kinetic energy. The question is…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which home-based citric acidic solution (i.e. lemon juice, lime juice, Sprite, Pepsi) dissolves calcium in a kidney stone fastest and most eff…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to delve into the potential association of cognitive aptitude, quantified in this study in the form of students' grade point average (GPA, with o…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to find cost-effective methods to sterilize or pasteurize water and make it potable. Specifically these methods must be easy to use in countr…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This aim of this project is to discover why EGTA-decalcified gastrolith solutions produce Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectra with twice the number of expected peaks. My init…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project tests the strength of two different building techniques. Methods/Materials Two domes, equal in size, were constructed, but each was created with a different bui…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to see whether a diet inclusive of acai berries has an effect on the immune system. Methods/Materials This was tested by obtaining six grou…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect increased acidity in watering solutions would have on the growth, flowers and sprouts, and health of marigold plants so that infere…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the difference in distances of brass when it is fired from a railgun and if the difference in its distance has a trend with th…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Aromatherapy has been used around the world for various applications-- stress relief, increase in alertness, memory improvement, relaxation, and even mood enhancements. In m…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out if biodiesel was a reasonable alternative to diesel in model airplanes and, if so, which base oil type with which blend of biodie…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find the optimum turbine design that will result in maximum electricity using wind energy. Finding more efficient and ultimately cheaper…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Objectives:This experiment investigates the effect of different UV light machines on radish seed germination. Hypothesis:#If we expose radish seeds to the three UV light mac…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Enzymes are organic catalysts that speed up reactions by decreasing the activation energy needed to start the chemical reaction. Therefore, my hypothesis is that as the enzy…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Question: Does Exercise Effect Sensorimotor Gating and Anxiety? Hypothesis: Exercise reduces anxiety and improves the ability to process information. Methods/Materials I pla…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to investigate the relationship between fat and protein in milk foam and determine the amount of egg white that is needed to compensate f…