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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 15631–15660

CSEF · 2004

What a Drag

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test and compare the aerodynamic drag of five different shapes to determine which shape produced the least drag and which produced the mos…

CSEF · 2004

What a Drag!

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine how different types of surface materials covering an object affect drag as water moves past the object. It was hypothesized th…

CSEF · 2004

What Causes Absence of Relative Pitch?

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Last year, I defined five singing phenotypes and discovered that impaired relative pitch (not knowing intervals between notes) in a singing test is likely to be inherited as…

CSEF · 2004

What Color Can Dogs See Best?

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective is to see what color dogs are most attracted to. Methods/Materials 1st Place a blue, green, yellow, red, and purple 21.3x27.8c paper in a line. Each 7.3cm apart…

CSEF · 2004

What Didge You Hear?

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals My objective was to build a didgeridoo (didge) type musical instrument of any desired base frequency by using and verifying the appropriate acoustic physics model. I tried t…

CSEF · 2004

What Do Lasers Go Through?

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The objective was to test red lasers with different items to see which items let red laser energy pass through. I thought that the clearer the item was the more energy would…

CSEF · 2004

What from Space?

Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments

Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to ascertain which method of collecting extraterrestrial particles called micrometeorites is more effective. In my experiment I concentrate…

CSEF · 2004

What Is in the Water?

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective is to compare the quality of different water samples-- treated municipal water,and untreated well,river,and mountain spring water. Methods/Materials Using water…

CSEF · 2004

What Makes the Giddyup?

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to find what commom equine feed will produce the most energy for the horse judged by the horses blood sugar (glucose) level. Methods/Materials -seven health…

CSEF · 2004

What's In Your Water?

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals In this project I attempted to remove nitrites from water by designing a biological filter that would be able to oxidize nitrites into nitrates. The purpose of this project…

CSEF · 2004

What's In Your Water?

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Our goal was to test different chemicals and find out which ones were in different kinds of water. Our objective was to find out which water was the most contaminated. Metho…

CSEF · 2004

What Size Hydrofoil Does My Sailboat Need?

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics

Objectives/Goals To find out what size hydrofoil(s) would be needed to lift and sustain a small sailboat, with myself on it, out of the water. I own a small sailboat, and want to put hydrofo…

CSEF · 2004

What Substance Melts Ice Most Efficiently?

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which substance is the most efficient in melting ice. Methods/Materials The materials used were: One cup of rock salt, one…

CSEF · 2004

When Do I Change My Fish Tank?

Zoology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how long it takes before the water in a fish tank needs to be changed. I think that it will take one week before the water in a 2.5 gallon tank needs…

CSEF · 2004

Whew, I Am Winded! The Lung Capacity Test

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals To determine why some muscians can hold their notes longer than others. Lung capacity is affected by activity. Methods/Materials To measure lung capacity a meter was designe…

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