Use this Brainstorming Ideas & Topics Sheet to generate ideas for topics you could learn about, and then narrow your choices down to your top 3 ideas.
Use this Choose Your Topic Sheet to design a "driving question" for each of your top 3 ideas. Then, choose which of your ideas you like the best. This will be the focus of your project.
WHAT IS A DRIVING QUESTION?
A "driving question" is what turns your idea into a topic for your project. It "drives" the purpose of your project.
HOW IS DRIVING QUESTION DESIGNED?
A driving question includes a STARTER, an ACTION, and a MAIN AUDIENCE.
Look at the examples below to see how this works.
IDEA
STARTER
ACTION
MAIN AUDIENCE
Dolphins
How can I
demonstrate the ways in which sound is critical to dolphin survival
to the Grade Two classes in my school?
Toy store
How can I
design a toy store
that customers will want to come and spend money at?
School uniforms
How can I
construct an argument
that will convince my school principal to stop/start having a uniform policy?
School assemblies
How can I
redesign the format of school assemblies
to make them more interesting for students?
Natural disaster
How can I
build a model of a natural disaster
that will show the parents on Parents' Night just how devastating the effects of a natural disaster can be on human lives?
Knitting
How can I
knit a winter hat
that I will want to wear this winter?
Colonel Chris Hadfield
How can I
build a website
that will convince the world I'm Chris Hadfield's biggest fan?
Popcorn stand
How can I
design a school popcorn stand
that raise money for my class to be able to take a special trip?