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 12901–12930
CSEF · 2007
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Do exothermic & endothermic chemical reactions have an affect on temperature of the reactants (chemicals)? Methods/Materials 5 glass beakers; 1 graduated cylinder; 1 glass-S…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine whether objects fall faster through hot or cold water. Methods/Materials For the experimental method, I dropped thirty marbles…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In this on going project, I am looking for the optimum temperature for salmonid growth in the San Lorenzo River. Data from 2005 showed a positive correlation between salmoni…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to examine the affect of certain liquids on teeth. I wanted to find out if the teeth would dissolve more (get lighter) the higher the acidit…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment was to discover which #indicators that show internal conflict# are the most and least effective in detecting lies. The operational hypothesis w…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to study whether testosterone depletion would cause oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage. Methods/Materials Methods: Protein levels were determined an…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Cleanup of soil pollutants is often expensive and environmentally unsound. Phytoremediation is an area of frontier science that provides a safe and cost-effective alternativ…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test whether materials of different types will block cell phone transmission. The hypothesis is that conductive materials will block tra…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which type of soil is the most absorbant of which kind of pollutants. The information gained from this experiment will benefi…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Insectivory in plants has been thought to be an adaptation for obtaining nutrients in the nutrient-poor environments where insectivorous plants typically occur. There have b…
CSEF · 2007
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Algae, when fertilized with iron, can combat global warming by photosynthesizing rapidly and consuming CO(2). Iron fertilization, however, can cause harmful algal blooms. My…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the leaves, stems, or roots of the Cicer arietinum are most efficient for storing aluminum. Methods/Materials Cicer arietinum beans were grown in indivi…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to measure the water properties, such as pH, density, and non-volatile residue, at various points along Ballona Creek. The mussel population…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to achieve the best of both worlds for a C3 plant. This means that the C3 plant would act as a C4 and a CAM plant in the sense that the rate a…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if the repetitive impact of a 10 degree Titanium Driver would knock the Titleist DT So-Lo golf ball out of balance more quickly than the Titleist Pro V…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals If 30 native Mojave Desert shrub species are collected, then a relative flammability rating system can be developed based on the variables of combustibility, sustainability,…
CSEF · 2007
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to observe the effect of varied levels of carbon dioxide on the respiration rate of two case studies. Methods/Materials Our materials were a turn…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to prove that composting time is needed to kill the e. coli bacteria and also to prove that there is a direct correlation between manure composti…
CSEF · 2007
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals How can people keep ants from entering homes by using natural and nontoxic materials without harming human beings, the environment, and ants at the same time? In my last pro…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to ascertain different amounts of slip that water and air each respectively have. Also, to determine the effect radius and chord have on th…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the 3rd octave of tone 'A' (3.52kHz) is the most distinguishable sound to humans. Methods/Materials 1. Downloaded for selected 4 sounds to an MP3 player…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effects that age has on a person's short-term memory. Methods/Materials Six pre-selected age groups were chosen to include people from ages…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether the A isoform of the alpha3 integrin (alpha3 A) has an effect on short-term survival of neuroblastoma. Methods/Materials Alpha3 A was s…
CSEF · 2007
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if beta-carotene had any substantial effect on plant cancer. Methods/Materials I used sunflower and pea seeds, synthetic beta-carotene, water, grow…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our project was designed to determine how the barrel length of a blowgun affects the energy of the projectile. Methods/Materials To conduct our experiment we first used a 61…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to determine if the shape of a building affected its ability to resist hurricane velocity winds by utilizing a wind tunnel to test differen…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if adding a centrifugation step to a standard fecal floatation procedure will result in an increase in the number of parasitic ova recovered fro…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation was to learn if colored light effects the growth of Italian Bush Beans. The operational hypothesis was that if Italian Bush Bean seeds ar…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to discover the relationship between the viscosity of a pure substance and the viscosity of a mixture containing that substance. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to examine the effect of compression on granular media. Specifically, I was interested in the phenomenon of the compression of wet sand, comp…