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 12991–13020
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn about how deep breathing affects students' memory. Methods/Materials 1. My experimental sample consisted of 78 students from grades 5 and 6. 2. As…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main objectives of this project were to study 1) the structural response of a building when founded on different soil types under similar seismic loading and 2) the seis…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Every year, the MESA program hosts a national engineering design competition and this year's competition is the trebuchet. The object of this project is to gain a better und…
CSEF · 2007
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals 1. Problem Statement: Can magnets be used to increase the momentum of a steel ball? 2. Hypothesis: If magnets are introduced to a kinetic energy sequence with steel ball bea…
CSEF · 2007
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My science fair relates to mathematics. It deals with the terms of phi, pi, and the Fibonacci Sequence, all of which have very interesting properties. These values appear ev…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Do you do better at a task if you see the instructions or if you listen to the instructions? I am trying to figure out whether written instructions are better or whether ver…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine what effect the media has on body image and whether or not it influences eating disorders in teens. If adults and parents were t…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of meat/fish has the least amount of bacterial contamination after thawing over an 8-hour period. Methods/Materials Sterile nutrient…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to investigate the influence of temperature on a liquid's flow. I believe that if a liquid's temperature is increased the viscosity (resis…
CSEF · 2007
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to understand the mathematical nature of the growth pattern of the Nautilus shell. I wanted to determine if the growth pattern of the Nauti…
CSEF · 2007
Product Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test leather and synthetic basketballs in an effort to evaluate grip and bounce consistency. My interest was ignited by the recent controversy in the Nat…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine who your smell interacts with your taste. Methods/Materials Subjects were asked to taste and smell two different flavors at th…
CSEF · 2007
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out whether the orientation of a die would affect the outcome of the roll. I believed that it would in a positive manner; i.e. one number would come…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project tests three solar oven reflector designs to see which collects sunlight most efficiently. The three designs tested were the rounded panel, the four-panel and th…
CSEF · 2007
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if the placebo effect worked on 4th-6th graders. I wanted to see if a piece of Botan Rice Candy that (they were told) "stimulates the cerebellum" would…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if food packaging affects the way a person perceives how a food will taste. Using sixteen different food items I switched the packaging of seven…
CSEF · 2007
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine what blade factors (length, shape and the number of blades used) on a windmill would produce the most energy output at a high wind speed. By c…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This experiment will show how fruits and spices can inhibit bacterial growth to allow us to live a healthy life. Methods/Materials 1. Shredder 2. 6 thin cloths 3. Juicer 4.…
CSEF · 2007
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see if sound waves can affect kinetic energy, as demonstrated on a Gauss rifle. I believe that when the frequency of a set of sound waves is…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was two fold: to find the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in high school settings…
CSEF · 2007
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test a handful of produce from a local grocery store to see how commonly prevalent genetically modified foods are. I predict that the ma…
CSEF · 2007
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which material will best soundproof a wall. Methods/Materials First I will construct four 18x18 inch wall units that replicate…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I looked for a correlation between the ability to read a paragraph composed of anagrammed words easily (first and last letters are in the correct positions, middle letters a…
CSEF · 2007
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, an analytic description of the counter clockwise rotations of regular polygons is obtained. This project is a continuum of last years project. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Most of us only think of fungi as pathogens, parasites and decomposers. The purpose of my project is to call attention to the important role of fungi in symbiosis with plant…
CSEF · 2007
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the profile of a desert wash from top to bottom.I hypothesized the profile of a desert wash would change down the length of the wash.I predicted…
CSEF · 2007
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals I did my project on ways of washing spinach to eliminate bacteria. I used 5 different washes. My hypothesis was if I washed the spinach with a salt water solution then there…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to investigate whether age had an impact on the Stroop Effect. Methods/Materials 30 subjects were tested in each of three groups: younger group (2…
CSEF · 2007
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does the process of reading the word affect the task of naming the color of the ink the font was written in and is there a gender difference? Methods/Materials o Stop watch…
CSEF · 2007
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Recent research on baseball bats by Robert Adair, Rod Cross and Daniel Russell has shown what happens when the bat hits a ball, and why there are some locations on the barre…