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 17311–17340
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to find out if volume and strain can affect the pitch of a sound. Methods/Materials I used 10 beer glasses to see if volume is a factor in pitch change. The f…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine what factors have the affect on the power produced by a windmill. My hypothesis is that the speed and the angle of the wind, the…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how various aspects of aphids , such as weight and adaptive behavior(reproduction or translocation), would be affected by living…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals In my project, I hope to determine whether cooking oils could be used as lubricants. I wanted to see if they could compare with modern day mineral oil lubricants. If they co…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to observe the effects of different colors on short-term memory. I hoped to prove that colors have a greater impact on short-term memory. M…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine what substances pose as the greatest threat to aquatic life in this bioassay test. Methods/Materials For the Acute Test, which lasted for 24 ho…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals I did this project because I was curious to know how different the soil in front of Riverside Cement Company was and why. My goal was to find the physical and chemical prope…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine what cereal absorbs the most milk out of Grape Nuts Flakes, Special K, Total and Wheaties. Methods/Materials 1.Measure 8 oz. of Wheaties and poor it into a bowl…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine some conditions that affect the reaction rate of the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme. How does changing the amount of enzyme pre…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to show that adding substances to oil affected how slippery the oil was. Methods/Materials These two experiments used eight contaminants. They wer…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To see if mice have a femiliarity preference and/or a sense preference (between the sense of sight and the sense of smell). Methods/Materials In this experiment, I wanted to…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals To determine what effect baking powder has on cooking. I think that the more baking powder put in a recipe, the higher it will rise, and the better it will taste. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The rates of breast cancer in Marin County are amongst the highest in the nation. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors, if any, keep women in Marin County…
CSEF · 2002
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals I found out that the Superman ride, at Magic Mountain, was powered by electromagnetic propulsion. I built an eletromagnetic propulsion device that worked the same way. I wan…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test which solution worked best to prevent hair from being damaged by pool water and to repair hair damaged by pool water. Methods/Materials I tested two…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal in this project is to find the most effective way to kill the Water Primrose without harming the environment. I hope to help many lakes around the world that have be…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find out which type of container works the best for storing vegetables in the refrigerator. Methods/Materials Materials # 3 plastic co…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals References on red worms# natural habitat gave descriptions on dampness, temperature range, no direct sunlight, etc., but I didn#t find any mention on their preferred illumin…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals What affect dosetemperature variation has on fruit flies (Drosophila) Larva Cells, so that DNA could be extracted from them? How many times will be nesessary to isolate the…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn if the presence of a magnetic field at the anode or the cathode of a tube containing a rarefied noble gas would affect the voltage at which the gas woul…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn which of lemon juice, vinegar, garlic solution or water was the most effective in killing bacteria from fresh and refrigerated raw salmon. Many peo…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out why an object, such as a roller coaster or Hot Wheels car, is able to travel upside down around a loop without falling off of the track. My hypo…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which substance, nicotine, alcohol, or tobacco has the greatest impact on the survival of fetal rat brain cells. Methods/Materials Fetal rat br…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Coming from a small town in the mountains of San Diego, I wanted to see what locally grown apple from Julian would produce the most juice for apple cider. In the fall our li…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the effect of fresh garlic juice on various bacteria to see if the antiseptic property lessons if garlic juice has been subject…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine what natural substances will repel ants the best in an outside environment. This project was chosen due to the fact that ants are…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to figure out and test the probabilities of rolling certain combinations of dice in role-playing games. My hypothesis was that 10 three-sided dice were more…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find whether first-hand or second-hand cigarette smoke has more tar and nicotine content as well as to compare filtered, non-filtered, a…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Reaction time is an imporatnat safety factor for drives. This project explores a way to improve how cars work to decrease driver reaction time. The experiment tests whether…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals My project was to find out if temperature is affected by solar radiation. I predicted that on days with less solar radiation, the outdoor temperature would be cooler than on…