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 13441–13470
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Ichthyosis is a human skin disorder which causes unusual dryness, discomfort, cracking and occasional bleeding. Various remedies and lotions can be used to alleviate the sym…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The goal in my project is to find which, out of three poles will cast a weight the farthest. Methods/Materials We used: 1.Three fishing poles of different flexibillities; 2.…
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To test which material keeps you warmer when it is wet and which material keeps you warmer when it is dry, by testing which material will best insulate hot water. The materi…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To create a program demonstrating menus and 3D graphics that will allow the user to control the flight of an airplane within the 3D environment. Methods/Materials Windows Me…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals A picture of a woman floating in the Dead Sea and reading a newspaper, inspired me to investigate whether salt water allows heavier objects to float than tap water and wheth…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the effect of hole size in coupled salt oscillators on the period and relative phase to which the oscillators stabilized after a…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment were to: 1). Determine if barometric pressure and the jet stream have a predictable relationship and 2). To use that relationship to assist…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My purpose was to discover if foods with higher fat content had more calories in them. Mainly, I wanted to carry out an experiment that had to do with something we use every…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Linepithema humile is a widespread invasive species. To understand the relationship between this species# success exploiting food sources and devastating indigenous species,…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals To compare the forces on the Main sail and Jib sail of a CFJ sail boat in different wind conditions and directions to see if the forces are consistently proportionally to th…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this student's project is to explore four things new to the researcher: (1) computer programming, (2) a graphing calculator, (3) algebra, and (4) fractals fou…
CSEF · 2006
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To discover what fossil life is found in the Torrey Pines Bay Point Formation compared to the fossil life found in the Point Loma Bay Point formation. Methods/Materials Foss…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate whether the shape of radishes is determined entirely by genetics or if it can be influenced by factors in the environment. Meth…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Does hydrogen peroxide, a free radical, cause flies to age faster? Will Vitamin C, an anti-oxidant, delay this aging process? Methods/Materials 1. Separate 130 Drosophila wi…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The San Diego County Cedar Fire of October 2003 was the largest fire in California#s history. After the fire, driving through my hometown of Poway, I saw black and white ash…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals Our purpose was to discover the most efficient crop to use in the creation of biodiesel. We asked: "Of the various crops commonly used in the manufacturing of biodiesel (cor…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a flammable gas can be produced from decaying garbage. Methods/Materials This study simulates decaying garbage by using pre-soaked pinto bea…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The problem seems to be that gas is very expensive, and Americans are having to get gasoline everyday. Could it be that Americans are driving to much or that the gas station…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals To determine whether ethanol is a more efficient fuel than gasoline. Hypothesis- I think that ethanol is a more efficient fuel than gasoline because it is an oxygenate, whic…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Are females and males equally accurate in identifying emotions portrayed through facial expressions? Methods/Materials Materials and Subjects #Twenty-two male and twenty-two…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if new generations of Xenia elongate coral would adapt better to changing conditions in a simulated reef environment compared to the mother col…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) is a huge pest to many types of plants throughout the state of California, especially in commercial agriculture. One of t…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to observe which would grow better, seeds germinated in the light or in the dark. Methods/Materials I used four different seeds. Arugula, Sweet Pea, Cantaloupe a…
CSEF · 2006
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine which blood substitute would best match the spatter patterns and drop stain patterns of real blood, so that a blood substitute…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals To determine if protective padding, known as headgear,could absorb the level of g force impacts in soccer which commonly result in concussions. Methods/Materials 90 tests we…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To statistically test whether gender accounts for differences in reading scores at Santa Fe Christian (SFC) school between grades 1 and 3. My hypothesis was that there were…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove which of these four glues was the best and strongest for bonding basic craft wood and simple home furniture repairs: Gorilla Glue, Rhino Glue, Tite…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To experimentally determine if the ripening of a banana is effected by the environment. Methods/Materials First I put the bananas in three different bags. Bag #1 had an unri…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the effect of tire pressure on gasoline consumption. Methods/Materials 35cc gas powered scooter, gas cap modified with 25 mL pipette, pump wit…
CSEF · 2006
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The large colon is where a majority of sand is accumulated; the weight of the sand weighs down the horse and causes the colon to impact and not allow feces to pass causing e…