Topic+Selection

= Time to Explore & Select a Topic! =

Useful Tips: 1. Choose a topic that INTERESTS you. 2. Make sure you can get the materials you will need to do the experiment.

Take an Interest Survey =Topics to Avoid=


 * Any topic that boils down to a simple preference or taste comparison. For example, "Which tastes better: Coke or Pepsi?"


 * Most consumer product testing of the "Which is best?" type. This includes comparisons of popcorn, bubblegum, make-up, detergents, cleaning products, and paper towels.


 * Any topic that requires people to recall things they did in the past.


 * Effect of colored light on plants.


 * Effect of music or talking on plants.


 * Effect of color on memory, emotion, mood, taste, strength, etc.


 * Any topic that requires measurements that will be extremely difficult to make or repeat, given your equipment.


 * Graphology or handwriting analysis.


 * Any topic that requires dangerous, hard to find, expensive, or illegal materials.


 * Any topic that requires drugging, pain, or injury to a live vertebrate animal.


 * Any topic that creates unacceptable risk (physical or psychological) to a human subject.
 * Any topic that involves collection of tissue samples from living humans or vertebrate animals.