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Help with Finding Topics for Class Assignments

Finding a Topic

Browse a Website

One way to find a topic is to browse websites specific to your area of interest.  Go to any of the websites below and look for articles and headlines on something that interests you.  While most of these articles will not provide in depth information, they can be a great starting point, inspiring you to explore a topic or issue in more depth.

Stream Videos and Podcasts

Watch a documentary or video on a topic that interests you.  As you watch, note names of people who are interviewed or discussed, places visited and issues explored.  Doing this can help you take the next step in focusing your topic and exploring it in more depth.

Physical and Biological Sciences Topics

  • agriculture & the environment
  • algae
  • aliens
  • animal reintroduction
  • anthrax
  • antibiotics, overuse of
  • auroras
  • beach erosion
  • "Big Bang" theory
  • biofouling
  • biological/chemical warfare
  • black holes
  • butterfly migration
  • camouflage
  • carbon dating
  • "carbon footprint"
  • caves
  • chemical carcinogens
  • the chimpanzee, our cousin
  • circadian clocks
  • climate change
  • climate forcing
  • cloning
  • comets
  • computer animation
  • conservation of natural resources
  • coral reefs
  • decomposting
  • desalinization
  • Dismal Swamp
  • DNA
  • dolphins
  • droughts--effects on economy
  • dunes
  • earthquakes
  • ecosystems: desert, marsh, tide pool
  • ecotourism
  • endorphins
  • esters
  • estuaries
  • farm animal diseases
  • farm animal welfare
  • farm subsidies
  • farming in less developed countries
  • fertilizers & the environment
  • fireflies
  • flavonoids
  • food irradiation
  • food webs
  • fungi
  • future/viablity of family farms
  • gems & minerals
  • genertic engineering of food & crops
  • genetic engineering
  • global warming
  • greenhouse effect
  • human brain development
  • human gene map
  • hurricanes
  • hydroids
  • intelligent databases
  • kudzu
  • lagoons
  • mass extinctions
  • mimicry
  • mirages
  • mutagenesis
  • nanotechnology 
  • neural systems
  • neurobiology of sleep
  • nitrogen farming--should it stop?
  • oil spill effects
  • organic farming
  • ozone depletion
  • pesticides
  • photobioenergetics
  • pollution--air, land, sea
  • polymers
  • primate language
  • prokaryotes & eukaryotes
  • pyrotechnics
  • quarks & antiquarks
  • quasars
  • radioactive waste
  • rainforest conservation
  • red tides
  • remote sensing
  • rip currents
  • sand replenishment
  • sea level rise
  • shellfish
  • starfish
  • stellar spectra
  • stem cell research
  • stereo imaging
  • sunspots
  • teratogenesis
  • testing on animals
  • tides
  • tsunami: cause & effect
  • UFOs
  • viruses
  • volcanoes
  • water conservation
  • water quality
  • wetlands restoration