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 12181–12210
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the effects of nitrate as a cause of eutrophication, specifically in the wetlands of Hidden Valley Wildlife Preserve, and to co…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Last year, a single-axis photovoltaic panel steering system was built, which demonstrated large power output advantages compared to fixed panels for any given day. That led…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We want to know if highlighted words will be easier to remember then black and white or underlined. We are doing this project to help kids remember what they study and do be…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Objective: Make the Near Earth Object change its direction by using magnetic power. The project might also be used to control space traffic by using the same idea of magneti…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Fossil fuels are burning out at a rapid rate. An alternative, abundant resource needs to be found for human usage. Heating homes is a large energy consumer. Recently solar p…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals We would like to discover why our local sea anemones have small rocks, shells, and sand on their stalks. We believe that it could be for either for protection from u.v. ray…
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to identify materials with the ability to absorb UV rays more efficiently to offer better UV protection than clothing currently available. Met…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science project was to determine the most accurate kind of criminal identification lineup, simultaneous or sequential lineup. Methods/Materials A crime…
CSEF · 2008
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if wind, air temperature, humidity, surface area would effect evaporation in different ways. Methods/Materials For surface area, first measure 200 m…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if watching violent movies or playing violent video games has an affect on sixth grade students' fears. I believe that watching violent movies an…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I have poor visual memory and wanted to understand the impact of this on my life. However, when I reviewed the existing research I learned that there is disagreement and lac…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which citrus fruit contains the most ascorbic acid through iodine titration. Methods/Materials A vitamin C (ascorbic acid) s…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a car is stolen every 26 seconds in the United States. In this project, I wanted to find out whether I could develop a more…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This researcher was testing to see if there was a standard ratio between height and stride length. Originally it was hypothesized that the ratio for men would be 3:5 and for…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals One of the goals for our project was to discover the effects of the centripetal force on bacterial colonies. We wanted to determine whether or not bacteria grown under the c…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the parasitoid wasps, released by the University of California, Berkeley in 2000, are controlling the red gum lerp psyllid pop…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if tap water or bottled water was more pure. Pure samples contain less constituents therefore they would be healthier for the…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to improve the efficiency of my solar still from 2007 by testing modifications to improve evaporation and condensation. The 2007 solar still wa…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Upper Newport Bay is an important natural reserve but unfortunately the Bay is threatened by numerous sources of pollutant loading by tributaries of its watershed. Santa Ana…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I was trying to find out if a higher density liquid would create a higher electrical output when passed through an hydroelectric generator at the same rate of flow as a lowe…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out what materials block radio waves more than others. I believed that material covering an antenna would affect the transmission of radio waves and block t…
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to make a floating device similar to a buoy that would generate electricity using the constant motion of the ocean. Methods/Materials Based on the Faraday s…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine whether varying the size and color of the inducing circles will affect the perception of the relation in size between the standa…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the levels of ozone and airborne particulates varied at different locations close to, and distant from highways, and in a downtown environme…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to figure out which material burns faster and why it burns faster. I belive that the cotton/polyester blend will burn faster than the cotton. Metho…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn if lack of sleep affects performance. Methods/Materials We tested our subjects with their normal sleep and without sleep for one night in math, ha…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how plant health/growth would be affected when watered with 6 different water types: microwave boiled (MB), stove boiled (SB), w/plant food (PF), s…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals I want to find out what is in Becks Beer, and what is in Corona Beer. Both very popular beers.
CSEF · 2008
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if the concrete additives affect the strength of concrete prepared in a controlled enviroment. Methods/Materials The procedure u…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was carried out to identify the most effective fire retardant overall in both large and small fire situations. Methods/Materials Six sets of five 5"x5" squar…