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 12481–12510
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For my project, I decided to see whether or not the size of a pumpkin affected how many seeds it produces. I hypothesized that the large pumpkins would have fewer seeds. The…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid is an important nutrient that keeps your body healthy. Ascorbic Acid is a water soluble vitamin that can be destroyed. The way foods are stored co…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine if cayenne (capsicum frutescens) increases temperature of the feet with topical application. When A person 'feels hot' in a specific area, is their temperature…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out if different types of earthworms can regenerate more efficiently than other types, and if the medium an earthworm lives in has…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals In this project fingerprints from five families were compared umong themselves. If this is done, then it will prove that children inherrit their fingerprint styles from thei…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals to see the ability of my dog in picking out, and telling the difference between objects due to their sense of smell. Methods/Materials I take three different balls all with…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out if domestic cats would recognize all bird sounds as coming from potential prey or only ones that the cats were familiar with. Me…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test which evergreen street tree had the highest carbon and ozone uptake (calculated over a year) for the following three species: California palm, Mugo…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To prove or disprove the hypothesis that age (and gender)do effect a person's fears. Methods/Materials The first step was to compile a list of commom fears and list them on…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine the reliability of eyewitness testimony . In a trial, the jury needs irrefutable evidence to send someone to jail. Niether the jury…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective/goal of our project was to find out if, when looking at 11 optical illusions, boys saw different images than girls. We predicted that there would be 5 differen…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if the presentation of color words will have an affect on the subjects ability to respond correctly when asked to specify word o…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the 2004 field emitters used on our farm still perform well in water output and uniformity. New emitters from 2005 and 2006 were also tested…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experimentis to see if talking on a cell phone while driving impairs the ability of that driver. My hypothesis is that talking on a cell phone while drivin…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The paper characterizes the behavior of localized surface plasmon polariton (LSPP) propagation on two-dimensional metal nanoparticle arrays. As excitations of surface electr…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to measure the damage that a simulated earthquake causes on different land types and varying forces using a scale loosley based on the Mercalli…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to improve a wireless internet signal and access the internet more easily by building a parabolic reflector antenna to extend the range of the signal. Method…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My objective in this experiment was to get a better understanding of food borne illnesses. I believed that in my experiment I would be able to prove that the more you cook a…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to find a way to get rid of whiteflies with out harming the ecology around. Methods/Materials The question is, How does changing of the natura…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test if ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate (RuBP) would act as a universal gene for eelgrass and its close genetic relatives. Success would be determined by biog…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to determine if wood ash at various amounts have any effect on germination rate and if it will produce a stronger and healthier plant. Methods/Materials I obtaine…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals It is widely agreed that sunblocks do a relatively effective job of blocking UVB rays which are ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn as well as skin damage, and potentially,…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find which high speed train concept produced the most lift and least drag and use that to prove effectiveness of the wing in ground effect. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Rather than documenting the effect of antifouling paints on mature organisms, the impact on the gametes of the organism S. purpuratus was examined by analyzing the relations…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Past Research has shown that DCG-IV, a group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist, presynaptically inhibits the activity of the CA3 region of the hippocampus.…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Sometimes when I chop onions, my eyes get really irritated. I would like to know why onions irritate your eyes and why some onions cause more irritation than others. Methods…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This research effort was to gain a better understanding of the physics and engineering principles related to the operation of a potato cannon. Research goals were to find ou…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the egg protein would coagulate in saline solutions and whether there would be a difference in rolling time as a result of this coagul…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals In last year's project, I measured the 60 Hz magnetic field emissions from various appliances found in my home. The strength of these emissions was found, in many instances,…
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment examines how the rate of cooling and surrounding temperature affect crystal growth in identical saturated salt (sodium chloride) solutions. My hypothesis is…