STEM Research Topics (Chukwu)

Now that you've done some background research, it's time to narrow (refine) your topic.

Remember: The shorter your final paper, the more focused your topic needs to be. 

To narrow or refine your topic, ask yourself...

• Is there a specific subset of the topic you can focus on?
• Is there a cause and effect relationship you can explore?
• Is there an unanswered question on the subject?
• Can you focus on a specific time period or group of people?

Try filling in the blanks in the following sentence, as much as you can:

I want to research _________ (what/who)

and ________ (what/who)

in __________(where)

during _________(when)

because _________(why).