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CSEF projects, 2002–2026

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.

Years

Category breakdown

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.

Projects

17387 projects · showing 12571–12600

CSEF · 2007

Goldfish in the Spotlight

Zoology

Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I would like to find out if there is an effect on the respiration rate of goldfish due to the color of light they are exposed to in their environment. I…

CSEF · 2007

Good Vibrations

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment is to figure out whether changing the depth of the experimental xylophone's keys, when compared to the control xylophone's keys which were thic…

CSEF · 2007

Gopher Slumber Party

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Objective: To study the feasibility of an environmentally friendly and humane method of getting rid of gophers: the use of nitrogen. My hypothesis is that by introducing nit…

CSEF · 2007

Gorillas in Our Midst

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a person performing an attentionally demanding task (counting basketball bounces)would notice an obvious detail(gorilla) if it were presente…

CSEF · 2007

Got Milk? Evaporation Rates of Milk

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals Problem: Does fat content effect the evaporation rate of liquid milk? If so, which amount of fat content will evaporate the fastest? Hypothesis Yes, I think fat content will…

CSEF · 2007

Gray Water Effects on Plant Growth

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Gray water is the water that comes from sinks, clothes washers, showers, and dishwashers. The gray water contains detergents (soaps) and other particulates (dirt, food bits,…

CSEF · 2007

Green Concrete

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if adding waste materials to concrete affects its strength. There are two goals to be achieved by adding waste materials to c…

CSEF · 2007

Guilty of Turbulence!

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether or not pipes with different geometrical shapes, yet with identical cross-section areas will conduct water at the same rate…

CSEF · 2007

Hand Warmer Performer

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if the type of glove affects the temperature of the heat emitted by the Coleman Disposable Hand Warmers. By determining the temperature of heat…

CSEF · 2007

Hand Washing Techniques: What Works Best?

Microbiology Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the optimal techniques for reducing the bacterial contamination of my finger pads, using common cleaning methods available in most…

CSEF · 2007

Hazardous Waste: What Soil Fits Its Taste?

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award

Objectives/Goals In my experiment I wanted to find out what soil type would be most effective so that hazardous waste would not contaminate the ground water. I had two main goals when prefor…

CSEF · 2007

Heart Fitness and Jump Height

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My original question was whether or not improving the fitness of one's heart would allow an Irish dancer to jump higher at the end of their dance, when they were tired. From…

CSEF · 2007

Heat Absorption in Floring Materials

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Purpose: The purpose of my project is to determine which type of flooring material (carpet, wood, linoleum, ceramic tiles, or rock flooring) can hold and keep the most amoun…

CSEF · 2007

Heat: From Substrate to Water

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals To find whether gravel, sand, or clay transfer heat to water the quickest and highest degree Celcius, depending on the temperature they intially have. Methods/Materials Tape…

CSEF · 2007

Help! My Data's All Wet

Product Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals To find out out how different liquids affect the functionality of a flash drive. Methods/Materials Six different flash drives, Diet Coke, Tide Laundry detergent, water, plas…

CSEF · 2007

Here Comes the Sun

Product Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals My objective was to get an understanding of which sunscreens are most effective against ultraviolet radiation. Methods/Materials I used a UV detector to detect how many UV r…

CSEF · 2007

Home-Built Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The main purpose of this project was to find out if the amount of hydrogen gas an electrolyser produces ,depending on the voltage & amperage of its electricity, would affect…

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