Art
Project examples
- Public art in Bristol from high art to low art culture; who chooses it? What is the impact of it on its surroundings and what do people think?
- An investigation into the role of chance and chaos in the production of art work
- What images are portrayed through Surreal art?
- Post Modern art: The reflection of pop art, icons, mediums, manipulation
- The influence of Freud on the painting of Salvador Dali
Technology
Project examples:
- How much can the design of Apple products be attributed to its recent success?
Economics, Business studies and Politics
Project examples:
English
Project examples:
- What impact did the French revolution have on English literature?
- What was the influence of Russian history on the writings of George Orwell?
- A comparison of Jane Austens novels and her life
- Harry Potter: An epic tale or a childish story?
- How do Ayn Rand’s Anthem and William Golding’s Lord of the flies use dystopias to criticise society?
- The appearance of Modernism in novels by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien
Geography
Project examples:
- Does the UK need a national water grid?
- Global Warming: environmental catastrophe or economic opportunity?
Enrichment
History
Project examples:
- What impact did the French revolution have on English Literature?
- How far did Hitlers relationship with Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels reflect Nazi attitudes to the role of women in Germany?
- Why did the ‘Social Revolution’ during the Spanish Civil War fail?
- How successful was Stalin in achieving the aims of his foreign policy from 1928-1939?
- What impact did the social policies of the Nazis have on German community prior to World War II?
ICT
Project examples:
- How are computers and other new technologies being used in the world today? Are they improving it?
- Methods of protecting audio-CDs and their effectiveness in the real world
- Comparison of Array Handling Efficiency between Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Microsoft Visual C++
- The Weakest Link: An Investigation For a Security Hole in the UNIX Operation System
Modern Foreign Languages
- Work experience visits to Fr/De/Sp - summer term Yr12
- Help with yr7 French Club
- Classroom support for lower school classes
- Support of primary MFL provision
- Attendance at revision/MFL conferences.
Maths
Project examples:
- A Comparison Between Small and Large Ranges in Examining Trends in Prime Numbers
- Examining the relationship between entry price, odds, and payout of games of chance – this is covered extensively in John Haigh’s book “Taking Chances”
- Given Interest Rate Sensitivity, What is the Optimal Strategy for Mortgages and Bonds?
- Tricking the Human Eye: The Mathematics Behind Perceiving Depth in Two Dimensions
- Investigation into cryptography in relation to Internet transactions – RSA and public key encryption systems
- Experiments into coefficient of friction/restitution – this sort of work crosses into Physics and Materials too, could be very broad-based.
- The MMR Autism scandal, its effect on vaccination rates and the likelihood of a (measles) epidemic
- The statistics of spam filtering
- A history of Fermat’s Last Theorem
Enrichment
Various visits to lectures – Maths inspiration, Milne lecture at Leeds University,
Making Maths at Manchester – residential course
Participation in UKMT Senior Challenge and follow-on rounds and the team competition
Music
Project examples:
- How has Brahamian music evolved?
- Music business: A conniving industry of Commercialisation and greed?
- The origin of the blues
Enrichment
- Learning a musical instrument
- Involvement in concerts
P.E
Project examples:
- Does the height of an individual affect the speed of his/her reaction time?
Enrichment
- Involvement in a sports team
Psychology
Project examples:
- Existentialist perspectives on the second sex
- The effects of stuttering on childhood development: An investigation of the effects on language development, social interactions and scholastic performance.
- Sexual equality: Virginia Woolf, Androgeny, and empowerment
R.E
Project examples:
- Is religion important in the relationship between Pinkie and Rose in ‘Brighton Rock’ be Graeme Greene?
- An analysis of the causes of the conflict between Sunnis and Shiite
- Opium for the masses: A historical analysis of the role of religion as a tool of government
Enrichment
- Visit to a Mosque and discussion with a Mufti.
Biology
Project examples:
- Does the height of an individual affect the speed of his/her reaction time?
- A study of the golden ratio and its appearance in nature
- Global warming: environmental catastrophe or economic opportunity
- Does obesity have a significant effect on life expectancy in the United States
- How effective are mouth washes on reducing the number of bacteria that causes oral disease?
- Darwin: Should his theories evolve?
Enrichment
Chemistry
Project examples:
- An investigation into the pH levels of azo dyes and their effect on different textiles.
- The oil and fat content of crisps
- What is the effect of varying levels of pH on the rate of hydrolysis of polysaccharides
Physics
Project examples:
- The future of anti-matter
- How does the change in surface temperature affect the brightness of a classical Cepheid Variable star?
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What are the future prospects for commercial nuclear fusion reactors?
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What might the Large Hadron Collider at CERN tells us about the Universe?
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What are the possibilities of nanotechnology?
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Should the United Kingdom have a bigger space programme?
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