From Topic to Title

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From Topic to Title
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• Otherwise known as...
• HELP!

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• The best topic for you is one that you find in
  your own backyard

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• Biggest Mistake THINKING you have to have an
  idea (problem) already defined

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• You TRY to make a problem appear by MAGIC.

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• The first thing to do is calm down and start
  thinking

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• Next, the topic should be something that YOU
  like!

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So, what do you like?

• Talking on the telephone
• television
• computers
• issues about the environment

• Animals
• people
• rocks
• music
• shopping
• clothing

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• Wait a minute, you could perform a thousand
  projects over EACH of those ideas

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• Now, go READ something about your project.

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Then you come back with

• What makes a person be involved with gangs?
  (people)

• How can I best train my dog? (animals)

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• What is the difference between music and noise?
  (music)

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• What TV shows do people watch? (television)

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• Good- we are almost there now define it a
  little more!

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• Does the length of the training session with a
  dog have a marked difference in whether the
  animal retains the skill? (animals)

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• Does violence on television have a greater
  detrimental effect on children between the ages
  of 3 6 or 6 12? (television)

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• Does atmospheric temperature have an effect on
  the ability to tune an instrument? (music)

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• Now you are on your way to an AWARD WINNING
  Project

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Set a goal for yourself!

• I will read or think about my project ________
  minutes or hours a week until I come up with an
  idea!

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• Next develop a hypothesis

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• This will tell you HOW to test the problem

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• Collect data and analyze!

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• GOOD LUCK!
• And
• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

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Presented for the Dallas Morning News Get and
Edge Workshop August 27, 2005 By Karen
Shepherd Research Sponsor Plano Senior High
School 2200 independence Parkway Plano, Texas
75075 kshephe_at_pisd.edu