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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 14101–14130

CSEF · 2005

Cattails in the Water

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals How to minimize the number of cattails in a cattail-clogged marsh / oxbow lake so that an endangered species may be introduced. Methods/Materials The materials used are as f…

CSEF · 2005

Center of Gravity and Paper Airplanes

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effects of aft weight and nose weight on paper airplanes. Methods/Materials I conducted five preliminary trials with eight different models…

CSEF · 2005

Changing Antennas for Strength

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out how different antennas varying in type, height, and location, can change the strength of the FM signals received by an FM ster…

CSEF · 2005

Circuitry

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals I will investigate how connecting devices ( 3 light bulbs) in parallel affect the electric current in a circuit. Methods/Materials Method: 1) Attach voltage meter to a board…

CSEF · 2005

Cloning 101

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine whether or not cloning through fragmentation of a plant is possible. Using the data that we have obtained from the project, we are a…

CSEF · 2005

Common Roots?

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to observe similarities and differences in the DNA of various fruits and vegetables by extracting the DNA and performing gel electrophoresis.I believe that…

CSEF · 2005

Comparing the Strength of Laminated Wood to Solid Wood

Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I am want to compare laminated wood with solid wood. This will give me a better understanding of what type of wood to use in contruction. I will be comparing the strengths o…

CSEF · 2005

Compost or Fertilizer

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if compost or store bought fertilizer helps vegetables grow taller. Methods/Materials I had 12 pots and 4 different groups of 3.…

CSEF · 2005

Compu-Drive

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Program a laptop so that it will interface with an R/C car wirelessly. Methods/Materials construct the interface. write the program (in C). Hardware: # 1x 630E Thinkpad; # 1…

CSEF · 2005

Cone Cells and Afterimages

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if all three different types of cone cells (green, blue, and red light-sensitive pigment cells) on the human retina fatigue at the same rate. M…

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