RESEARCH PAPER  AREA

POSSIBLE PRODUCT

Fashion and social change

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Design and construct a 20’s era gown

Vietnam veterans

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Volunteer work with vets

Robotics

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Construct a robotic hand

Aluminum welding

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Construct a model (or actual) river boat

Musical arranging

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Write an orchestration for school band or orchestra

Adoption laws

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Find biological parent

Art of silk screening

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Design and create a T-shirt logo for school club

Waste disposal and the environment

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Organize group to pick up trash in town 

Importance of fathers in the home

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Form a fatherhood club; create agendas for meetings

Historical sites in Tiverton

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Create a walking tour of Tiverton; with a brochure

Progression of 20^th Century architecture

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Design a modern building;  make a model

History of sailing vessels

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Make a model of a sail boat;  take sailing lessons

Stained glass through the ages

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Take stained glass lessons;  create a project

Golf course management

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Design and make a model of an 18 hole golf course

History of “belts” in the martial arts

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Learn karate with a goal of reaching a belt level

Harmonica in blues music

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Learn to play the harmonica

Crimes against women

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Take a self-defense class

History of the VW Beetle

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Remodel/Rebuild a 1964 VW

Health benefits of Yoga

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Take Yoga lessons and chart progress w/ photos

Marine biology

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Set up and maintain a salt-water aquarium

Illiteracy in Rhode Island

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Teach an adult to read

Vincent Van Gogh

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Learn to oil paint

Homelessness

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Volunteer at a homeless shelter

Astronomy

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Build a telescope

Financial Planning

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Create a financial plan for your future

The filmmaking of Stanley Kubric

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Create and edit an original film

Braking devices on automobiles

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Make a brake rebuilding video

Sports medicine

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Learn to wrap and treat sports injuries

Obesity

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Design/monitor a weight loss program  for an adult

Sports and Asthma

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Volunteer to work with asthmatic child in a sport

The poetry of William Blake

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Write and bind a book of personal poetry

Illustration as a career

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Write and illustrate a children’s book

Head trauma

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Make and label a model of the brain

Radio communication

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Build a radio or become a ham radio operator

Wildlife art

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Make a book or video of wildlife in Georgia

Drunk driving and MADD

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Create a school program against drinking/driving

Horticulture

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Construct a greenhouse

Hearing impaired

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Learn sign language

Child development

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Volunteer at a Day Care Center;  make a book