Suggested Project Topics for Students

Suggested Topics for Biology

i. Projects on diabetes

ii. Behaviour as guided by Endocrine glands

iii. Vegetarianism/non-vegetarianism

iv. Role of micro-organism in industry

v. Drug addiction and community

vi. Projects on balanced diet

vii. Human population

viii. Cancer

ix. Aids/Hepatitis

x. Cell organelles

Ecology

i. Abiotic and biotic factors

ii. Food chains

iii. Ecological pyramids

iv. Ecosystems210

v. Biomass and bionumber

vi. Carbon, nitrogen and minerals cycles

vii. Environmental resistance

viii. Ecological impact of pollution

ix. Acid rain

x. Ozone layer

xi. Conservation of forests

xii. Green House Effect

Further Suggestive Topics

xiii. Mushroom-culture practises

xiv. Cultivation practices in Bhutan

xv. Piggery

xvi. Poultry

xvii. Bee-Keeping practices in Bhutan

xviii. Dairy farming, Fishery

xix. Lac-Culture, medicinal plants of Bhutan, birds of Bhutan, butterfly of Bhutan.

xx. Horticulture practices in Bhutan

xxi. Tissue culture with reference to Bhutan.

xxii. Natural resources of Bhutan.

Suggested Topics for Chemistry

Bio-molecules and Chemistry of biological processes:

i. Amino-acids

ii. Nucleic acids – DNA and RNA

iii. Lipids

iv. Carbohydrates and their metabolism

v. Immune systems

vi. Vitamins and hormones

vii. Chemical evolution185

viii. Polymers

ix. Soaps and detergents, beverages, dyes, essential oils

x. Food processing

xi. Distillery

xii. Chemicals in medicines, cosmetics

xiii. Rocket propellants

xiv. Air and water pollution

xv. Insecticides, pesticides and chemical fertilizers

xvi. Chemical and chemical processes in forensic studies

xvii. Coal and coal tar as a source of many chemicals

xviii. Traditional Bhutanese medicine and medicinal plants

xix. Explosives

xx. Testing of food materials for adulteration such as pure ghee (mixed with vanaspati

or animal fat), butter (mixed with starch of vanaspati ghee), turmeric (mixed with

starch of chromate salt), milk (either fat is removed or some starch is mixed),

sweets (non- permissible colouring matter (metanil yellow).

xxi. Testing of vitamin A and B

Suggested topics for the Project Work:

􀂃 Atomic model

􀂃 Electrolysis and its application

􀂃 Qualitative analysis of water of the local catchments

􀂃 Periodic Table (Past and Present)

􀂃 Construction of electrochemical cells

􀂃 Catalysis and its importance

􀂃 Chemical bonds and its application

􀂃 Soil analysis

􀂃 Cement Industry with reference to Bhutan

􀂃 Carbide Industry with reference to Bhutan

􀂃 Ferro-silicon Industry with reference to Bhutan

􀂃 Beverages Industry in Bhutan.

􀂃 Chromatography and its applications

􀂃 Halogen derivatives and their uses in day to-day life as well as in industry.

􀂃 Any other relevant topics within the scope of the syllabus.

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Are You the Net Generation?

The New Teen Culture
 

Are you 22 or younger? Have you ever had to help your parents with the computer? Then you belong to the Net Generation. How is technology changing the lives of people your age around the globe?

America currently contains about 88 million members of the Net Generation. These "N-Geners" are kids who have been manipulating mouses since an early age. While past generations made do with the telephone and television, today's generation has access to those devices and super-realistic video games, the Internet, e-mail, instant messaging, online communities, and videos and music that can be downloaded over a computer.

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