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 13261–13290
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective of our experiment was to determine if increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would cause increases in temperature. Methods/Materials Carbon dio…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In this project I was attempting to find the ansewer dealing with the bending strenth of three kinds of materials, carbon fiber, kevlar, and fiber glass.In these exploration…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objecct was to learn if a hamster could produce more energy on a complex carbohydrate diet or a protein diet. Methods/Materials We mounted a laser cut disk to a plastic…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to demonstrate that male children are more influenced from the violence in cartoons compared to female children. This project also proves th…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The fun and beauty of carved pumpkins for Halloween can become unpleasant when the pumpkins rot. Rotting occurs because most diseases that cause pumpkins to rot occur when t…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how different ions affect the enzymatic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Throughout the course of my research, I had formulated a hypothesis that…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine at which temperature the enzyme catalase generates oxygen from hydrogen peroxide at the maximum rate. I believed that the catalase would exhibi…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project is to study the effect of two variables, temperature and substrate concentration on the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into oxygen gas and water with two cata…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our Project was to determine if the Santa Ana River is suitable for the Santa Ana Sucker fish based on the dissolved oxygen content, pH, and temperature compared to the cont…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals On Oct 14 2004,Reuter News reported a study by Sweden Karolinska Institutet showing that ten or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of developing acoustic neur…
CSEF · 2006
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Toc75 forms the only known protein translocation channel in the chloroplast outer envelope membrane, and is thus crucial to plastid biogenesis. Toc75 is an unusual transmemb…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Drug delivery devices are constructed entirely from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The objective is to attach the three separate layers of the device by employing oxygen plasm…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective with this project is to define the once unknown operators and create a basic #road map# for the topic. My goal is to lead the way into a new field of mathematic…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare the bactericidal effects of chlorine versus iodine disinfectants on the recycled wastewater. Methods/Materials Water sample from septic wastewate…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Purpose This project provides evidence that heat can speed the process for chemical reaction. Hypothesis If hydrogen peroxide, water, and KI are mixed together and shaken in…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals As the world trends towards a time when portable computing devices are miniaturized to the point where they become wearable, efficient human interface with these electronics…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Chow Time is an experiment about dog's food preferences. I have always wondered why some types of dog food are more popular than the rest. Is it because the popular dog food…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project will test whether or not the circumference of each person#s thigh, will affect the amount of force that each participant applies to the ball. The larger the cir…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which of two neighboring towns has better air quality, and why. The hypothesis is that the rural town of Woodside, CA has better air quality th…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Complete Abstract: I, like many people, consider anti-bacterial agents (i.e. hand sanitizers, anti-bacterial soaps Lysol, Clorox, etc.) as a very crucial part of our lives.…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Oceans are becoming warmer and more acidic as the result of human activities like burning fossil fuels. This project investigates the effect of decreased pH and increased te…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to create a digital model for evolution in the Java programming language. The simulation attempts to emulate the natural allowance for infinit…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the path with the shortest distance between two horizontal planes is necessarily the path which will take the least amount of time to travel…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if surface water at lower elevations within the Tule River watershed had higher coliform counts than surface water at higher elevations. Metho…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Plants are found all around us, and often arouse a healthy interest. So, I designed a project intended to increase my knowledge of the world I live in. Five experiments were…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To separate and identify the dyes in Skittles# using paper chromatography. Methods/Materials 100 sheets of chromatography paper; One skein of pure virgin wool, unbleached; 2…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I run my own herd of goats on my families ranch in the small mountain community of Santa Ysabel, in the San Diego County. I basically use my goats for blackberry control in…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The problem is to determine if color has an affect on the human memory. Methods/Materials Two reading tests were given at the same reading level (5th grade level.) Subjects…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The effect of spacing between motion sensors on the number of detection zones will be determined by programming a computer simulation. Sensor spacing can be expressed as a f…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if you could buy a cheaper, more natural horse supplement to improve your horse's health as opposed to expensive, commercially made su…