Project Ideas

Here are some ideas that people have done in the past (in parentheses are the media they used — where several are listed, I have had several projects done completely differently by different people).  Some of these were wonderful … some not so wonderful!  Please, feel free to be original and creative!

Think in terms of 8-12 double-spaced pages (for a paper) or equivalent amount of work/research if you are doing an alternative type of project.

In no particular order:

  • Physical Geography of India (PowerPoint)
  • Earthquakes in Mexico (PowerPoint)
  • A Look at Rising Sea Level in Relation to Global Warming (Paper)
  • Identify and describe four types of mountains (Lesson Plan for Grade 12)
  • God’s Sustaining and Redeeming of Creation (Paper)
  • The Ocean and Bioluminescence – grade 4 lesson (PowerPoint)
  • Journals of a Tree Planter (Paper)
  • Salton Sea (Paper)
  • Diary of Cosette: survivor of the Haiti Earthquake 2010 (PowerPoint)
  • Earthquake Survival Guide (PowerPoint)
  • Geographical effects of meteorites (Powerpoint)
  • Albertite (paper and powerpoint)
  • 2011 Earthquake/tsunami in Japan (paper)
  • The 1929 Newfoundland earthquake and tsunami (paper and powerpoint)
  • The environmental effects of the growth of agriculture (powerpoint)
  • The 2010 Haiti earthquake (paper and powerpoint)
  • Community Structure of the Bay of Fundy Mudflats (PowerPoint and notes)
  • Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River (PowerPoint)
  • Locations and Living — How culture is shaped by geography (paper)
  • The Ruin-Reconstruction Theory of Creation: Fact or Fallacy? (paper)
  • Iceland:  North Atlantic Oasis (paper and powerpoint)
  • Soil Erosion:  what it is, how it happens, what are the consequences (paper)
  • The development of a limestone cave, how it is formed and how it changes (paper)
  • Does Our Current Geologic Data Support the Genesis Account of a Global Flood? (Paper)
  • Grade 5 Science Unit on Volcanoes (lesson plans, handouts, assignments, quiz)
  • Death of the Glacier:  A research essay on the effects of global warming on glaciers
  • The Smoking Zone:  An Exploration of Deep Sea Thermal Vent Systems (PowerPoint)
  • A study on catastrophism and uniformitarianism — support for and problems with each theory (PowerPoint)
  • The geography of Newfoundland (PowerPoint)
  • The Northridge (California) Earthquake:  causes, effects, responses (PowerPoint)
  • Cape Enrage:  a rocky shore case study (PowerPoint and paper)
  • Vancouver’s Level of Preparedness for an Earthquake (Paper)
  • Five of the worst volcanic eruptions in history and the impact of those eruptions of their geographic locations. (PowerPoint)
  • Effects that meteorites have on the geographical landscape (PowerPoint)
  • a general overview of Israelite and Mesopotamian conceptions of the cosmology of the Earth, that is to say, the three-tiered structure of Heaven/Earth/Underworld (Sheol, etc.) along with the idea of the earth standing on pillars, and various other language they employ to explain the makeup of the universe as they knew it.
  • Earthquake Survival Guide (PowerPoint)
  • Damming the Columbia:  The Effects of Hydroelectric Dams on the Columbia River (Paper)
  • Tsunamis:  what they are, why they occur, what their effects are, and how to prepare (Paper; PowerPoint; Poster).
  • Can science and faith exist together in the church? (paper)
  • The Christmas 2004 Tsunami in South-East Asia (PowerPoint; paper)
  • Glaciers:  what they are, types, glacial features (PowerPoint; a scrapbook of original drawings, notes, literature, pictures, etc;)
  • Volcanoes:  what they are, types, associated features (PowerPoint; Paper plus video of baking soda/vinegar model; video interview with “on scene” news reporter during a volcanic eruption; paper)
  • “In Love with Latitude and Longitude” (a “musical” on measuring the earth — a great idea, not too good in its completion!)
  • The Drumheller Valley:  Resources for an Upper Elementary School Unit (PowerPoint + teacher’s guide + student worksheets + promotional material … one of the best ever)
  • The Tragedy of Pompeii:  A Case Study in Volcanism (Paper)
  • Faults:  Types, properties, what triggers them to move (Paper)
  • Mount St. Helens (Daily diary of an imaginary observer; paper; PowerPoint)
  • The “God versus science” debate:  what is it?  Where’s it at?  What do I think?  (Paper)
  • The Effects on glaciers, sea levels, and coastlines of global warming (Paper)
  • Walking on Thin Ice:  A Christian Response to Glacial Deterioration (Paper)
  • The Walkerton Tragedy:  The Need for Change in Drinking Water Standards (Paper)
  • The Physical Geography of Baja California, Mexico (PowerPoint … one of the best)