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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 15811–15840

CSEF · 2003

Can You Resist the Heat?

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals This project examines the relationship between the temperature of a sodium chloride solution and the solution's electrical resistance. I carried out this project to learn ab…

CSEF · 2003

Catalysts

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which chemical and biological substances can function as catalysts in the decomposition reaction of hydrogen peroxide to yield oxygen gas and w…

CSEF · 2003

Catch It If You Can

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals This project investigated hand-eye coordination. Hand-eye coordination is the ability to guide with the eyes the movement of the hand. Hand-eye coordination requires all the…

CSEF · 2003

Cigarette Filters: Do They Really Work?

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how much of a difference there was in tar and smoke particulates inhaled from the smoke of ultra-light, filtered, and non-filtered cigarettes. In add…

CSEF · 2003

Clean Hands?

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine how long an antibacterial soap prohibits bacterial growth on human hands. An outbreak of illness at my school made everyone extr…

CSEF · 2003

Cleats: The Traction Action

Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing

Objectives/Goals Which number and length of cleats provide the ideal amount of friction to maximize athletic performance? Methods/Materials Materials: Wooden block (25cmx8cmx5cm), 5 wooden d…

CSEF · 2003

Coca Cola Raises Blood Pressure

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if Coca Cola with caffeine will change the heart rate and blood pressure of people within thirty minutes after being consumed. Methods/Material…

CSEF · 2003

Concentration Experimentation

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective was to investigate if rock music affects the ability of adolescents to learn and perform mental tasks. If so, which form of learning is most affected by rock m…

CSEF · 2003

Concrete Reinforcements

Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objectives are to determine how much stronger does reinforcement make concrete, and which types of reinforcement makes concrete stiffer compared to other types. Methods/M…

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