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CSEF projects, 2002–2026

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.

Years

Category breakdown

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.

Projects

17387 projects · showing 9721–9750

CSEF · 2010

Are Plants Producing Methane?

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals There are currently three scientific studies in contention over whether or not plants are producing the potent greenhouse gas methane; this experiment aims to find a possibl…

CSEF · 2010

Are the Fish We Eat Killing Us?

Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if pollution from fishing weights, plastic, fishing line, aluminum, pesticide and sewage are absorbed by the digestive systems…

CSEF · 2010

Are You Anti-Antibiotic?

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find what types of antibiotics E. coli, bacteria commonly found in raw or undercooked meat and produces, can grow resistant to. My hy…

CSEF · 2010

Are You Getting Your Antioxidants?

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to study the effect of different cooking methods on Vitamin C content, Lycopene content, and Antioxidant activity in vegetables. Based on my r…

CSEF · 2010

Are You Overindulged?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out what percent of teenagers is overindulged and the prevailing differences between the indulged and the non-indulged teens. Methods/Materials I created…

CSEF · 2010

Are Your Lights Harming You?

Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether different man-made light sources emit potentially harmful invisible rays or particles. To test this I built a cloud chamber and exposed…

CSEF · 2010

A Silver Lined Future

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals This experiment evolved from last year's Science Fair. Previously, silver was found the most potent agent in killing bacteria. Findings fostered an interest in the potent an…

CSEF · 2010

Athletes vs. Musicians

Human Biology (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My main goal was to discover who has a better lung capacity athletes or musicians. Methods/Materials My materials were a air flow meter, fifteen musicians between the ages o…

CSEF · 2010

Attack of the Whiteflies

Toxicology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals After noticing whiteflies on a plant at school, we decided that we would like to test ways of controlling them. After doing research and learning that synthetic pesticides a…

CSEF · 2010

Bacteria Growth in Water

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective for my experiment was which water sample has the most bacteria: water from the Las Palmas swimming pool, rain water, water from a local pond, or Las Palmas recy…

CSEF · 2010

Ballet Angles: It's Not All Tutus

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My goal was to discover if the angles professional dancers demonstrate with their legs in a grande jete leap correlate with their esteem within the dance community. Methods/…

CSEF · 2010

Better Power

Chemistry Third Award

Objectives/Goals The title of my Science Fair project is called "Better Power." The recent earthquake in Haiti gave me the inspiration for my project. I saw on television that the Haitians w…

CSEF · 2010

Bio-Hydrogen Project CC-125

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals This project seeks to demonstrate a non-wasteful method to produce hydrogen using Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, strain CC-125. I will be using an algae, also known as a photosy…

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