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 16561–16590
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a correlation between the hotnessof chilipeppers and acidity, using chili salsas. Our hypothesis is that if there is range of hotness in chili peppe…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine which lubricant has the lowest friction by measuring what angle does the test block starts to slip. Methods/Materials A total of two drops of oil…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The present project was undertaken to test the feasibility of a novel strategy- direct delivery of functionally active proteins to kill tumor cells. The commercially availab…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals With our research, we can obtain a more complete picture of the brain and its involvement in perception. Neuroscientists can use our model to understand people#s perception…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine which of the various is the most effectiveness. To determine the cost-benefit relationship between those antacids. Methods/Materials In order to determine the e…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Ethanol is the number one drug abused in the United States today, the effects it has on people are understood. However, it is uncertain exactly how and where ethanol binds t…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Hand washing may seem trivial, but failing to do it may have tragic even deadly consequences. By not washing our hands regularly we may be causing our own poor health and sp…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine the effects of the western harvester ant, aphaenogaster cockerelli, on nearby plant growth such as radishes, greenbeans, koh…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My question was (1) can Argentine ants communicate the size of a bait, and (2) what happens during the recruitment process? Since Argentines are known as fast to discover fo…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to discover if filters and other optics could be used to improve color vision for people with protanomaly, red color deficiency, or deuteranomaly, green co…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to learn more about how bumblebees forage for nectar and pollen. Specifically, I tested the hypothesis that worker bees return to local patches…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals My project objective/goal was to learn more about electromagnetism and the practicality of electromagnetic guns. My hypothesis is that electromagnetic guns are practical. Me…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals My project is to find out if the expense of a paintball matters in their accuracy. I believe that the more expensive paintballs are in fact less accurate then the non espens…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Last year my pack weighed a ton. I had to carry my books around to all my classes 'cause going to my locker between classes was unrealistic. I soon got back pains. This scho…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals The Thousand Oaks Planning Commission approved putting 12 cell phone antennas from Sprint and Cingulair on the Orbis water tank on one of the hills behind my house. I wanted…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether there are safe levels of total coliform and fecal coliform (E. coli) bacteria in coastal creeks and lagoons of San Mateo C…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The experiment that was conducted was #Are Penicillin Resistant Bacteria Also Resistant to Ultraviolet Light?# My hypothesis was that penicillin resistant bacteria will be m…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis:The samples taken from the cleaned drinking fountain spouts will not grow as many colonies of bacteria as opposed to the unclean water fountain spouts; and the sa…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals This investigation was designed to determine if two-stroke motors will cause pollution harmful to waterlife in our local lakes. Methods/Materials Ten minnows were put into s…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if color influences people's choices in choosing an item when given a favorable color and another favorable trait. I believe that a person will c…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals What effect does being scared have on your blood-pressure? My objective was to see whether my mom's blood-pressure would go up during scary moments in movies. Being scared i…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether Natural Brooding of Artificial incubation produces healthier chicks. Methods/Materials A square wooden laying box built to these specif…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Natural Language Processing is the study of the interpretation and understanding of human speech. A successful project in this field would be able to consume simple or compl…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Methods/Materials 1. First, I built the track which the crafts ride on. 2. Second, I built multiple crafts or Air Film Crafts. 3. Then out of the crafts that that I built, I timed the ones t…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if plants and fungi growing in the Chico area possessed possible antibiotic properties. Methods/Materials Forty-nine samples…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals To discover what makes an air cannon accurate and what affects the accuracy. Methods/Materials I designed and constructed an air cannon using PVC pipe. I had 3 interchangeab…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine how ashes pollute the air. I will also compare which type of commonly burned materials pollute the most. I theorize that ashes from…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine which common insulating materials possess the best sound absorbing and sound reflective qualities. My goal was to devise a simple…
CSEF · 2002
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The aim of this project was to find the social and economic effects on Hungary of the country's varying regimes and policies of the past twenty years. I hypothesized that th…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity predicts that time will dilate at very high speeds. In particular, a rapidly moving clock will "slow down". The objective of this pro…