Assignment 2: Course Project Task 1—Topic Selection and Thesis Statement

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List of Topics

You may choose a topic for your course project from the list given below:

• Does soot in the Greenland ice shelf indicate that pollution is the cause of global warming?

• Have activities aboard the International Space Station helped to advance our understanding of our planet?

• Is the bottled water industry ruining our environment?

• How has the theory of evolution helped to aid advances in medicine?

• Will we ever be able to get weather forecasting correct 100 percent of the time?

• Will alternative energy sources, such as wind, water, solar, and geo-thermal, replace fossil fuels?

• Is global warming a natural or manmade phenomenon?

• Is human space exploration worth the money and risk?

• Do hybrid cars really help the environment?

• Will nuclear energy technology free us from fossil fuels or is the price/risk too high?

• Is the theory of evolution an applicable concept in modern science?

• Should animals be used for scientific research?

• Does radiation from cell phones cause brain damage?

• Forests are the lungs of the earth. Should the rain forests’ destruction be prohibited? How is it

possible to protect forests?

• Is a vegetarian lifestyle really good for you?

• Dark energy and dark matter: What are they and is the universe really made up mostly of these things?

• Are zoos really practicing conservation or are they just cruel incarceration of animals?

• What are the major sources of air pollution and how can we improve our air quality?

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• Is there really any evidence to support the big bang theory?