EE Topic Ideas
Pyschology
English
Science
The Blotch Test
favorite books (Would be interesting for a longer time)
Six of Crows
Percy Jackson
Physics
what is the best angle (for a rope) to pull something on an incline?
Priming (i.e. if I saw a butterfly before the test I might be more likely to note a butterfly
How reliable is it? (this ties into priming)
The effects of war on soldiers
Living with PTSD
Magnus Chase
Maximum Ride
Books involving war
The Things They Carried
(Read in 10th grade, had a bunch of short stories about Tim O'Brien's experience as a soldier)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(Read in 10th grade, involves war veterans but maybe not the best because it doesn't focus as much on the effects of war)
10th grade books
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Brave New World
Training
what kind of support do they require?
Trained to kill without hesitation
Means that they have to overcome the natural human instinct to NOT kill others
Is the support they receive sufficient?
reportedly, some soldiers would aim their guns ABOVE where they KNEW their enemies were to purposefully avoid killing them
Girl, Interrupted
both provide an inside view of psychological ward
how can this support be provided?
are people aware of what they are signing up for beforehand?
when performed in a real scenario, how do soldiers feel?
In some countries, supposedly potential employees are asked to draw something, like a house. Depending on what details they include (and how) the employers determine aspects of their personality and whether they are fit for the job or not
Key Words
Training
Effects of the war
PTSD
Support
Trauma
Overcoming instinct
First hand accounts (in novels below perhaps?)
survivor's guilt