Part I: Exploration
1. Identify the issue or problem that you plan to focus on in your research project.
I plan to focus on the issue of global warming and the causes and effects of it on the Earth.
2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?
Last week in my politics class our teacher showed us a video documentary on Al Gore. The documentary discussed and his speech that he has given hundreds of times to audiences worldwide on the greenhouse effect and the possibilities of a dark future for the Earth if we don’t do anything to change. I was shocked at the severity of global warming and how close in the future the effects of it will occur. The topic scared me and urged me to research the topic more.
3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?
I have always been taught to take care of the environment and recycle and reuse materials. I am completely against harming the environment and really push for recycling and picking up garbage on the earth, but I was never exposed to the severity of global warming until recently. Therefore, although I am in support of stopping the gases and causes of the increased greenhouse effect, I am not completely knowledgeable in the area.
4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic?
After watching Al Gore’s documentary on global warming I feel like I am well informed about the general information about global warming. I also wrote my synthesis paper on this topic so I found some information on the topic while writing that paper.
5. What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?
My main questions about this topic are what exactly is causing the increased greenhouse effect. I am curious as to why we aren’t quickly pushing for reforms in society to help save the future of the Earth since this problem is so severe?
6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?
I expect to do most of my research in a science scholarly discipline. This disciplines approach my topic because a lot of the effects and causes of global warming are all explained through science and experimentation.
7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews
and/or observations)?
I could research this topic outside the library by visiting a environmental activist group who supports the stopping of environmental pollution or watch more movies and documentaries on the issue.
Part II: Focusing
Write an initial claim, or an open-ended question, to guide your research on this topic. Make it specific but exploratory. Remember that a good claim opens up an area of inquiry about a topic; a claim should invite evidence, support, and debate.
Are scientists’ claims that our world might possibly be headed for a second ice age realistic?
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I think this is a very good topic. I can see where people can argue the topic because some people don't believe that it's happening. I also had to watch the Al Gore documentary for a class and found it very interesting, yet such a huge concern. I think this topic matters because it concerns basically our entire world.
This is a commonly-argued but very serious issue. It is definitely debatable, and that's what makes it so interesting. There are many different, polarized viewpoints from the opposing sides of the issue; for instance, I know there are people in the world who do not believe global warming exists, and some people feel as though Gore misrepresented global warming in his documentary, and don't see it as a problem. But yeah, this issue definitely matters to the entire world and is very relevant to modern society.
I think this is a very good topic. It is a huge issue/topic in society today. People should be away and know about it. This would be a great topic to write about and very interesting.
^.^ Thanks for the comment, Kendall!
I really like your topic; I was considering doing something with the environment too xD Maybe with rainforests. But yours is a very pressing issue and you could do a lot of angles on it ^.^
gore won the nobel peace prize. HOLLA
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