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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 12841–12870

CSEF · 2007

Shuffle Scuffle

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out how many shuffles you need to do to play a card game fairly. My question is #How many times do you have to shuffle to have a rando…

CSEF · 2007

Slip Slidin' Again

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine the effect that slope and vegetation have on soil erosion caused by rain. I believe that there will be more erosion in areas with the…

CSEF · 2007

Smoke Buster

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if vinegar (acetic acid) can eliminate smoke. Methods/Materials I used a neutralization reaction of ash by the addition of vinegar. This neutralizat…

CSEF · 2007

Snails: Beware of Repellent

Zoology

Objectives/Goals Our project was to find out which materials will best repel snails. We believed that crushed eggshells would work the best in repelling snails. Methods/Materials We planted…

CSEF · 2007

Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if Rice Krispies would snap, crackle, and pop in liquids other than milk and I believed that club soda would pop the loudest because of its carbonati…

CSEF · 2007

Soapy Dilemma

Product Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The question to be answered is, "How will changing the main oil used in creating a bar of soap effect how well the soap will clean a dirty piece of fabric?" It is hypothesiz…

CSEF · 2007

Sods: The Real Killer

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Objectives/Goals Our experiment is about measuring test sites for the amount of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome-caused fuel loads and how this disease affects fire danger in certain areas. Sudden…

CSEF · 2007

Soil Science

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Objectives/Goals We want to know if the soil on our property has the right amount of nutrients in it for our new lilac tree to grow healthy and strong. Our goal is to find the best spot by t…

CSEF · 2007

Soil Superman

Earth & Planetary Sciences Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my study is to investigate which soil type is the stiffest and supports the most compressive stress. I hypothesized soils with larger size of particles will s…

CSEF · 2007

Solar Cells: Can They Take the Heat?

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals My objective was to find how solar cell energy output was affected by temperature. I believed that all solar cells would produce less energy as the temperature went up and t…

CSEF · 2007

Solar vs. Wind

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The objective was to compare the differences between solar and wind energy, to see which one is more efficient. Methods/Materials A solar generator and a wind generator were…

CSEF · 2007

Solving the Crisis on Hand: Ozone Depletion

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to stop the depletion of the ozone layer. In this project, I am proposing my strategy to stop ozone depletion. Methods/Materials I created a method…

CSEF · 2007

Sound Attenuation of Different Wall Materials

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals This experiment tests which wall material will attenuate the most sound. The wall materials tested were brick, wood, and foam. Brick and wood were chosen because they are co…

CSEF · 2007

So You Want to Build a Radio?

Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to learn as much as possible about radio receivers and transmitters and the components that make them up. Methods/Materials I studied several diff…

CSEF · 2007

Space Farming

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals To complete an investigation to determine if vegetable seeds under artificial gravity or an electromagnetic field germinate faster or grow better. The product of these effec…

CSEF · 2007

Spudgun Ballistics

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals The main objective for our project was to learn about the physics of a potato cannon focusing on angle, barrel length, and the type of hairspray you use. Methods/Materials W…

CSEF · 2007

Standing Tall: Strength of Shapes

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out which shape of column is the strongest and will support the most weight. It was hypothesized that the circular shaped column woul…

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