Random project ideas?

[Katie]

I have to do a project in my class. im doing a power point for it but i can make stuff to go along with it. i just need random but appropriate ideas

[Elbie]

Research Topics regarding Teens:
--SCHOOL BURN-OUT: This controversial issue is concerning the amount of school-related activities and requirements teens face now in high school & how that often leads to "school burn-out." Faced with an unlimited amount of choices combined with the pressure of a fast-paced-world, teens are spreading their selves too thin by engaging in a number of commitments. Besides physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion, there are several more pressing consequences of school burn-out.
--CYBER-BULLYING: (cyberbullying is defined as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.") Cyber-bullying can take many forms, including posting private or embarrassing photos of someone, developing websites to rate people’s appearance, creating hateful blogs about someone, stealing electronic passwords, or spreading lies. This controversial issue explores the arguments of censorship, the freedom of speech, the definition of 'willful harm/harassment' and about whose responsibility it is to protect young on-line users.
--THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: In addition to the potential for individual harm, there is an absolutely certain cultural harm related to the mass pursuit and glorification of physical perfection. The image-obsessed industry fuels the commercial forces propelling women towards never ending external improvements. The marketing of plastic surgery to a younger clientele only intensifies a conspiracy that requires women to be evaluated by homogenized perceptions of beauty instead of more integrated and realistic virtues.
--ADOLESCENCE and ROCK MUSIC: Experts have stated that rock music is often a natural target of interest for adolescents, especially when combined with the fantasies which the adolescent invests in it taking into account the sounds, rhythms, melodies, instruments, voice, lyrics and the combined effect of countless variations of tone. The significance of rock music is connected with the fact that the adolescent has neither words nor commonly shared ways of expressing the new changes taking place. Music can emotionally affect adolescents at a deeper level than is possible with words alone.

Misc. Research Topics:
-PHOBIAS: These fears come in all different, and sometime strange, forms. Cross-cultural psychologists point out that phobias are influenced by cultural factors. Agoraphobia, for example, is much more common in the US and Europe than in other areas of the world. A social phobia common in Japan but almost nonexistent in the West is "taijin kyofusho", an incapacitating fear of offending or harming others through one's own awkward social behavior or imagined physical defect. The list of top 10 strangest phobias include: Anablephobia(fear of looking up), Consecotaleophobia(fear of chopsticks), Geniophobia(fear of chins), Cacophobia(fear of ugliness), Phronemophobia(fear of thinking)
--YELLOW JOURNALISM: Media for many people are a source of information on topics and news. The need to digest and keep abreast of important events is always in demand by the media consumer. But the current trend has showed how sensationalism in journalism are making headways among the media traditionalists. These sensational and scandalous stories are called "Yellow Journalism." Yellow Journalism is journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers or viewers. Tired of news on TV that exploit other people's misfortunes? Research why it is unethical for journalists to make money from stories on victimizations, scandals, natural disasters, deaths, and war.
--URBAN LEGENDS: Like all folklore, urban legends are not necessarily false, but they are often distorted, exaggerated, or sensationalized over time and generations. Research your city's or your family's history to uncover what urban legends or cultural stories it has produced.
--People recognize a difference between children and adults. What events (experiences or ceremonies) make a person an adult? Provide specific examples to strengthen your research.
--In your country/state/city, is there more need for land to be left in its natural condition or is there more need for land to be developed for housing and industry? Provide specific reasons and examples from your research to support your answer.
--Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or clean water. Choose a resource that is disappearing in your state/city and research the reasons why it needs to be saved.
--Some cities try to preserve their old, historic buildings while other cities destroy them and replace them with modern buildings. Research what your city has done in regards to this and provide specific reasons and examples of why.