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 13651–13680
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The object of my project was to determine if natural antibiotics such as garlic and tea tree oil, work as effectively in killing bacteria as the pharmaceutical prescription…
CSEF · 2006
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment was to observe the phases of the Moon and Venus and to determine if the planets revolve around the Earth or the Sun. Methods/Materials I observ…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The experiment is "How will the shape of a car effect its speed down a straightaway track" and "How will the addition of a spoiler on the back of the car effect its speed do…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Can the geographic location of local live oak trees be found by the varying degree of travel of chlorphyll in paper chromatography strips, from sample trees from those areas…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine how much the ocean pH can decrease before calcite shells of marine organisms show significant morphological changes due to diss…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals How much oxygen do plants small enough to be in an office give off under different ammounts of light? Methods/Materials Procedure- 1.Time candle light inside air tight box,…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Which type of metal is the most resistant to vinegar: copper, aluminum, or steel? Methods/Materials Materials: The few materials I used were: 1. Bowls 2. Vinegar 3. Differen…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project is designed to test the relative amounts of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in different samples of orange juice. I used an iodine indicator solution to test qualitat…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find out which is the fastest and most effective way to clean up an oil spill while maintaining normal plant and animal life. The methods include sorbents, bioremediation…
CSEF · 2006
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find a good design for buildings in areas with high earthquake hazard levels. This project was designed to find how the placement of…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Some recent studies have focused on the winding number of a random walk. Given a random walk s starting at (1,1) on the unit lattice, the winding number w of s is the number…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Phase 1 determined the best configuration for transporting space aircraft by using larger planes. Attaching the small ship on the bottom of the large ship, facing forward, r…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The experimental objective is to determine the optimal chromatography conditions for separating flavanoids in blackberries so that spectral analyses and an antioxidant activ…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project assessed the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing transport-grade hydrogen fuel through low-grade steam reformation of methane off-gas prod…
CSEF · 2006
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals This experiment tested whether using the RockSim method to calculate the center of pressure (CP) in conjunction with the generally accepted #rule# that the CP must be at lea…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The object is to find out if vitamin C in orange juice is affected more by the oxygen in the air if the juice is covered or uncovered. Methods/Materials Tested amount of vit…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine whether yawning (oscitancy) is contagious in children. Methods/Materials Informed consent from each participant in the exper…
CSEF · 2006
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to study the process of calcium loss in bone. I wanted to determine whether calcium supplements help prevent osteoporosis by reducing decalcif…
CSEF · 2006
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this experiment is to determine patterns in the spread of infectious disease. This experiment can then be used as a representation of an actual human d…
CSEF · 2006
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if robots could follow lines better with more than one light sensor when the it is faced with an unknown or changing background lighting. I hypo…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment looked to discover the effects of higher levels of UV radiation on the health of plants. To determine the health of the plant, I calculated relative amounts…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of these experiments was to determine if there is a correlation between the ratio of the two axes of an ellipse and the number of times the ellipse can be packed in…
CSEF · 2006
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if temperature affects the accuracy of a paintball shot. I hypothesized that the room temperature paintballs will be the most accurate. Methods…
CSEF · 2006
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The advanced encryption standard, AES, is the standard for encryption in the United States. However, AES carries with it some flaws that may jeopardize its security. This pr…
CSEF · 2006
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective and goal of this project is for people to know or to have an idea who paper material or use plastic material and for them to find out which one will be better f…
CSEF · 2006
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals In our world today, due to global warming from burning fossil fuels and the rapid decrease in the supply of fossil fuels, it is necessary that we begin to turn to renewable…
CSEF · 2006
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if chickens will exhibit the conditioned response of coming to the gate with the ringing of a telephone. Methods/Materials My hens (127 total;…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project, Penny Candy vs. Dime Candy, was to determine if kids, ages 7-12 years, are more likely to choose one candy (labeled 'Dime Candy') over another identi…
CSEF · 2006
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to simulate gastric acid corrosion of different coins, and to assess the differences in chemical reactions and extent of corrosion (evaluated by weight los…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals How does human perception of randomness compare to real randomness? Can people accurately simulate a string of random coin flips, or will they alternate between heads and ta…