Organic Products

I think that you are sitting on a potential goldmine of information for this project if you were to research the organic trends. While all of your potential topics are very interesting, they don't seem to be offering you copious amounts of information, or even information that is current. If you were to chose professional dancing however, it is quite possible you could get into contact, or even follow a blog of a professional dancer, and this would offer a very unique look into the life of such a career. However, in today's world, "eco-friendly", "organic" and "green" are terms being thrown around like no-ones business. I think it would be great if you started to pick this topic apart and find out just what is good for the environment. You'll run into lots of interesting viewpoints ("I think global warming is just god huggin' us tighter"). But that will allow you many different interpretations of your research. There literally thousands of email strings (The Ideal Bite) and RSS feeds that you can choose from in order to have the information just delivered right to you. That's convenience! I would suggest narrowing your topic more though, just so that you are not flooded by information, all contradicting other information. Perhaps select one kind of organic product or one particular kind of eco-friendly business to track. You have an incredible opportunity to research an extremely intersting and ever changing topic here.

Three Topics

For the beginning part of our I-Search projects, we were required to do some brief research on our topics. My topics are the pros and cons of getting two majors in college, the real lives of professional dancers, and whether organic and natural trends are as purposeful as them seem. My research has consisted of different databases and phrases that would lead me to new articles and points on my subject.

One of my topics is about the pros and cons of majoring in two subjects in college. I want to research this topic because I have been trying to decide what I want to major in when I go to college. My decision has come-down to majoring in two subjects at the same time. I want to research this topic because I want to know more about what I might be getting into if I do major in two subjects. My data is quite limited because there are not many articles that focus on getting two majors. The few articles I have found are about getting into colleges and being prepared for them. The databases where I found my information were the Student Resource Center Bronze and Opposing Viewpoints. Although this topic interests me and concerns my future, I am probably not going to pursue it because it doesn’t seem as updated and popular as I first envisioned.

Another topic I picked to search is about the real lives of dancers. My reason for wanting to research this is because I had wanted to be a professional dancer a few short years ago. I would still love to go professional in dance, but I’m not completely certain I understand the whole process and lifestyle. I have heard that many professional dancers are not paid much and miss out on important aspects of life. Before I make a decision on what I want to do, I would like to know the truth about expectations on and offstage, life before and after going professional, and the types of relationships that are commonly formed and kept when dancing in a company. The data and articles I have found are mostly about the lives of big-name dancers that changed dance history. These are important and interesting, but are not necessarily about the lives of these people before, after, and during their whole lives. I am looking for something that is more about a dancer’s perspective on their life rather than someone else’s interpretation of their dance life. I found the articles with the help of Student Resource Center Bronze.

My favorite topic to research is whether organic and natural trends and products are purposeful. I decided to research this topic because the news has been filled with things about going green and how trendy it is. I am very interested in global warming and making the world a better place. If there is a product I need to buy, I am likely to buy the eco-friendly one. My choice would be because I think I am doing something good for the Earth and myself. I would like to know if all the products that claim to be ‘organic or natural’ are doing it for the sake of the Earth or if it is being done as a fashion statement. I have found a lot of information about what products are really organic/natural, how being ‘green’ is becoming a fashion statement, and whether or not the organic and natural products are as eco-friendly as they claim to be. The most helpful sites Student Resource Center Bronze and Opposing viewpoints. This is defiantly my favorite topic because the data is so abundant and always changing.

The I-Search research process has been successful, specifically one of my topics. All my topics are interesting and affect me in different ways. I will pick the topic that I can find the most information on and interests me the most. I will also pick a topic that will make a difference for other people as well as me. I will probably end-up researching organic and natural trends serving their purposes.