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San Joaquin County Student Research Competition

Where Curiosity
Meets Discovery

CurioCraft is a nonprofit student research competition empowering middle and high school students across San Joaquin County to investigate real-world problems, build research posters, and present to a panel of judges.

What We Do

Research.
Poster.
Judges.

Students pick a real-world problem in San Joaquin County, research it deeply, build a structured poster, and present to a panel of judges. No prior experience required.

Current Hot Topic

To Be
Determined

Each semester CurioCraft releases a new Hot Topic — a real, unsolved local problem for students to investigate. This semester's topic is still being finalized. Sign up to be notified the moment it's announced.

Hot Topics

This
Semester.

CurioCraft releases a new Hot Topic every semester. Sign up to be notified when the next topic drops.

This Semester
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Hot Topic - To Be Determined

Our current Hot Topic is being finalized. Every semester, CurioCraft releases a real, unsolved local problem for students to research in San Joaquin County. The goal is never to build anything — it's to make a compelling, research-backed case for how a problem could be solved.

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Get Notified

Sign up below to be notified the moment this semester's Hot Topic is announced, and get early access to research resources and worksheets.

The Competition

2-3 Weeks.
One Poster.
Real Judges.

Students spend 2 to 3 weeks researching their chosen topic using credible sources. They organize findings into a structured research poster with five required sections and present to a panel of judges for 3 to 5 minutes.

The Event

How
It Works.

How

How It Works

Students spend 2 to 3 weeks researching their chosen topic using credible sources. They organize findings into a structured research poster with five required sections: the problem, the science or technology, who it affects, existing solutions, and their own recommendation.

Why

Judging Criteria

Judges evaluate students on depth and accuracy of research, clarity of their poster, strength of argument, and ability to answer questions. Students are not judged on design skills, prior technical knowledge, or equipment access — only on quality of thinking and research.

Recognition

Every Student
Wins Something.

1st Place

Certificate of Excellence and program recognition

2nd Place

Certificate of Merit

3rd Place

Certificate of Achievement

All

Every participant receives a certificate of completion

Our Story

About
CurioCraft.

CurioCraft was built on one belief — that every student in San Joaquin County deserves to feel like a scientist, not just a test-taker.

Our Mission

CurioCraft connects middle and high school classrooms across San Joaquin County to real-world research challenges. We do not run fake science projects. Every topic we use is a genuine problem that engineers, scientists, and community leaders are actively working to solve.

Why San Joaquin County?

San Joaquin County is home to some of the most creative and resilient young people in California. CurioCraft exists to give them a stage to prove it to their teachers, their families, and themselves. What Makes Us Different: CurioCraft is not a gifted program. It is for every student who has ever looked at a problem and thought — why has nobody fixed that yet?

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Location

San Joaquin County, California

Who We Work With

Middle and high school teachers and administrators across San Joaquin County schools.

Response Time

We respond as soon as possible. We are a small team and appreciate your patience.

Email

curiocraftcorp@gmail.com

What You Need

Just internet access, poster boards, and a curious class. No special equipment required.

Ready to Start?

Real Problems.
Real Research.

Each semester CurioCraft releases a Hot Topic — a real, unsolved problem that students can dig into. Research it deeply, build a poster, and present to judges. No prior experience required.

The Team Behind CurioCraft

Built by
Curious
Founders.

CurioCraft was founded by two students who didn't just believe in hands-on research — they lived it. Before building this program, the cofounders designed and built a custom dual-node air quality monitoring system from the ground up to study indoor versus outdoor air pollution in San Joaquin County.

Using an ESP32 microcontroller, PM2.5 particle sensors, temperature and humidity modules, and 3D-printed enclosures they designed themselves, the system collected real-time environmental data across two locations simultaneously. The cofounders wrote the firmware, wired the circuits, printed the housings, and analyzed the data — producing a full research-backed investigation into local air quality.

That project is what CurioCraft is built on. Not a textbook exercise. A real device. Real data. A real local problem. And that's exactly what we ask every student to do — in their own way, at their own level.

2Sensor Nodes
PM2.5Particle Monitoring
ESP32Microcontroller
3D Printed Enclosures Live Data Logging Indoor vs Outdoor
Air quality monitor nodes showing PM2.5 readings on OLED displays
Node A: Inside  ◆  Node B: Outside
Live data charting from the air quality sensor system
Live Data Logging
Dual node air quality monitoring system close up
3D Printed Enclosures