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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 16951–16980

CSEF · 2002

Light Refraction

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Can the refraction of light be used to identify materials? Methods/Materials Using a laser and polar projection paper, I shot the light beam through the medium and calculate…

CSEF · 2002

Liquid Conductivity

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals To determine which solutions will conduct electricity the best, and why. Methods/Materials 1 miniature lamp holder; 1 9-volt battery snap connector; 1 9-volt battery; 1 9-vo…

CSEF · 2002

Listen to This!

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether or not teenagers experience a temporary hearing loss after being exposed to loud music. Methods/Materials I picked a song and tested i…

CSEF · 2002

Living Lights from the Sea

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My study is designed to show the relationship between the large amounts of pollution that people dump down the storm drain everyday, and the lifespan and bioluminescence of…

CSEF · 2002

Lowering Total Cholesterol

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals This investigation was designed to determine if the daily consumption of oatmeal(a water soluble fiber) and regular exercise will reduce a person's total blood cholesterol l…

CSEF · 2002

Lubrication: Performance under Pressure

Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing

Objectives/Goals Through my project I wanted to find the lubricantthat would withstand the most amount of pressure and produce the least amount wear on a rod and pipe assembly. Methods/Mater…

CSEF · 2002

Macro Nutrient Effects on Plant Growth

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals The objective is to learn how the presence of macro-nutrients affects the early stages of plant growth. Methods/Materials Segmented growing tray(5 segments), Cactus potting…

CSEF · 2002

Magnets

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if decreased temperature increases magnetic strength. Methods/Materials Five groups with five magnets in each group were tested at varying temp…

CSEF · 2002

Making a Stronger Electromagnet

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of my experiment was to determine how certain variables affect the strength of the magnetic field of an electromagnet. I tested the variables of ele…

CSEF · 2002

Many ZzZs a Day Keeps the Counselor Away

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Does the average amount of weeknight sleep an eighth grade student get, effect his/her academic performance in school? Methods/Materials 1. Make a survey to collect data on…

CSEF · 2002

Mate Guarding

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project, was to determine which sex has greater levels of "mate guarding" (jealousy) in a relationship. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained f…

CSEF · 2002

Meal Appeal

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was a survey to see if red food in a meal would make the meal more visually appealing. I believe that the meals with red food in them will be more instantaneously…

CSEF · 2002

Melting Mountains: The Process of Erosion

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if hillside vineyards covered with a layer of mulch will have less erosion than soil covered with straw, seeded with erosion control mix or left…

CSEF · 2002

Memory Retention

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine how many factors a person could store in short term memory and the correlation between the difficulty and the accuracy of doing…

CSEF · 2002

Mendaka Eggs

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals To find out how well the membrane of a fish egg protects the embryo within when confronted with various pollutants and bacteria. Methods/Materials Materials: 24 Medaka eggs,…

CSEF · 2002

Metals Removal by Nature's Biofilter

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if the wetland on the Penn Mine site reduces the amount of dissolved metals in the water from the creeks and seepages that flows into Camanche…

CSEF · 2002

Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to use Millikan#s oil drop experiment to experimentally determine the value of the electron charge, #e#, to demonstrate the discrete nature of…

CSEF · 2002

Mission Impossible? Your Blood Pressure

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to discover whether or not action movies had an effect on children#s blood pressure. The change in blood pressure was also compared between b…

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