i am going to be enrolled in a 3 year science research class in my highschool. i was wondering if anyone has interesting areas of research. my first choice was testing the effects of cannabinoids on multiple sclerosis, but medicinal marijuana is illegal in NY. i am really interested in the central nervous system, but anything that deals with science would work.
There are few uninteresting areas of research. Lean toward what interests you. You'll be limited by the scope of the class, but not necessarily by the facilities of the school. No one will let you take apart their nervous system and play with it. But if there's a university nearby, even a small one, check out the faculty and see if anyone is doing research that would interest you. They might be willing to take you on as a volunteer. That was a great opportunity for me, and I even got to tell them a couple of things they hadn't thought of. It's probably your best chance for anything anatomical. Maybe there's even a research hospital nearby.
Frank N | Aug 24, 2007
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Jul 29, 2008 by Violet | Posted in Homework Help
Science Research?
I'm a sophmore in highschool taking a 3 year course starting next year. I need to select a (specific) science topic to research over this period to be decided by the end of the summer. We must have articles selected on the topic as well. It's totally open - you can select what ever topic you'd like. The problem is - I don't even know where to start! I have access to different sorts of school based search engines, but I'm still kind of at a loss. I want to have an interesting topic, not one that everyone is going to do because our projects at the end of the 3 years will be submitted to the Intel Science Talent Search. I'm considering doing something concerning Behavioral Genetics, however it's a very popular topic right now - not to mention highly controversial. I could really use some help, any adivice would be appreciated.
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Dr. Kate Hudson is the expert and the "spokesperson" from the Cal Tech seismographic labs. She has her own website, just type in her name. She gives her email address on the website.
I'm sure she would answer any questions you have and/or direct you to good web sites.
Jay | Jul 29, 2008
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