Project+Overview

=**End Product: Feature Article**=


 * [[file:Feature Article Project Checklist.pdf]] - a checklist for all components of the feature article**
 * [[file:Possible Topics.pdf]] - a student-friendly list of topics**

=**Topics**=

**Juicy Topics**

 * **Homelessness in NYC in the winter**
 * **endangered species**
 * **How there are earthquakes all the time, but why don't we feel them - should we be concerned**
 * **global water shortage in the years to come - how can we conserve this now**
 * **American students not excelling in math and science- how will we be competitive in the global market**
 * **Are vegans "right"? Is it "wrong" to eat meat**
 * **How animals are killed - slaughterhouses**
 * **Is fur okay? Inh****umane?**
 * **Should chicken fighting be legal in NYC**
 * **Should hair spray be allowed? The affect of the aerosol l can (CFC)**
 * **Hole in the ozone layer**
 * **Is global warming real? Should we be concerned?**
 * **El Nino for La Nino - which is worse?**
 * **Diamond mining - the deaths in Africa behind it**
 * **Is organic "better" than non-organic? The affects of pesticides**
 * **Local food - is it worth the hype**
 * **Dollar Menu - how cheap should foods really be?**
 * **McDonald's chicken McNuggets - what part of the chicken does it really come from?**
 * **Soda high - what it really does to you**
 * **Juicing in sports - how steroids affects you**
 * **How can we use salt water into drinking water? Is it a viable "solution" to our water shortage problem?**
 * **Life on other planets - how we could inhabit that planett? How would we transport water to that place?**
 * **The afterlife - is it true?**
 * **Should cats and dogs have to be spayed/neutered?**
 * **NYC rats! What do they carry? Should they be allowed to co-habitat NYC**
 * **Genetic modifications of food plants?**
 * **Creating a garden in your apartment - is it possible?**

**Weather/climate**

 * Weather patterns
 * blizzards*
 * ice storms*
 * earthquakes (covered previously)
 * thunderstorms
 * flooding
 * hurricane
 * heat wave
 * how snow's made*
 * Global warming
 * Ozone hole*
 * Winter ailments
 * hypothermia
 * frost bite
 * common cold
 * homeless in NYC in the winter
 * science angle - what is living in the cold weather like for a homeless person in NYC?
 * Focus on 1 part of the world with extreme weather
 * how do you survive in extreme weather? (picking one extreme climate)
 * Showcase of an extreme weather example and how the locals live and have become accustomed to that climate
 * Littering/pollution
 * weather needed to close school
 * why there's less daylight in winter
 * weather on other planets (tracking earth's rotation)
 * careers in weather

Animals/Plants/Biodiversity

 * Food webs/food chains
 * tracking a specific species
 * Tracking an endangered species
 * Plants
 * Animals
 * About an endangered animal
 * Information about activism to help endangered species


 * content being covered explicitly through science curriculum