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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 14431–14460

CSEF · 2005

Maggots, Meat, and Mayhem

Zoology

Objectives/Goals The object of my experiment is to find out if, and how, the number of maggots on a piece of beef affects the length of their life cycle. I tested to see if the number of mag…

CSEF · 2005

Magnetic Force

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if temperature affects the strength of a magnet. Methods/Materials My Materials were a plastic bowl, standard #1 paper clips, containers to hold ice…

CSEF · 2005

Making of a Potpourri Fertilizer

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals For those people who have lots of plants, buying fertilizers can be expensive. The purpose of my experiment was to make homemade fertilizers and compare them with commercial…

CSEF · 2005

Manipulation of Memory

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether or not it is possible to plant false memories into the brains of unsuspected individuals, through creative methods, like the process of…

CSEF · 2005

Mars Global Surveyor Image Analysis

Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to measure the ratio of dune spacing to dune height of sand dunes on Mars. I expected this number would be different than ratios from other a…

CSEF · 2005

Masses of Gasses: What Veggies Create

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals Our project is based on acids and bases reacting together to create gases.We wanted to see if fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables would produce the most gas when mixed with…

CSEF · 2005

Mathematics: Is There a Gender Difference?

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to compare data compiled for boys' and girls' success rates and times when solving tangram puzzles to determine which gender displays stronge…

CSEF · 2005

May the Force Be With You

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Our First Goal was to picture the shape of the field around an electromagnet. Our Second Goal was to measure the strength of the force field near a pole of the electromagnet…

CSEF · 2005

Measuring CO(2) with Kernels of Millet

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine what temperaure has the most down-up motions of kernels of millets. I anticipated the down-up millet motion would have more frequency as the temp…

CSEF · 2005

Measuring Human Horsepower

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My project was to measure the amount of horsepower an average human could generate. I measured the amount they could sustain, and also the greatest they could generate. Meth…

CSEF · 2005

Microbe Levels in Almonds

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if there is a significant difference in the level of microorganisms in Field Meat almonds when compared to Huller Run almonds.…

CSEF · 2005

Microwave Radiation and Seed Germination

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals What family of seeds has the most resistance to microwave radiation? We think that tomato seeds will be resistant to microwave radiation because the smaller the seed the les…

CSEF · 2005

More Efficient Solar Energy

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals I moved into a house with a solar heated pool. The solar technology seemed outdated. I wondered if the technology could be improved by adding electrical energy in combinatio…

CSEF · 2005

More Rotors, More Motors, More Power?

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals Though it would be satisfying to have a wind turbine utilize all of the energy in the wind surrounding it, it is not possible. But by changing the design of the wind turbine…

CSEF · 2005

Morphing Circles

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see what would happen if a basic sine function is added to the graph of a circle or an ellipse. I believe that a pattern will be created acco…

CSEF · 2005

Music Gives a Helping Hand to Test Scores

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was to see if music would help improve test scores, specifically in mathematical computations. My hypothesis for this project is that classical music, which is so…

CSEF · 2005

Music to My Ears

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals My purpose is to try to find out which type of music, Jazz or Classical, is better for aiding in mathematical performance. I am testing this by isolating two factors that th…

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