1. Choose a category that interests you from the list below:<br />Chemistry Astronomy Engineering<br />Medicine Geology Oceanography<br />Genetics Botany Ecology<br />Veterinary Science Forensics Meteorology<br />Dentistry Computer Science<br />2. Research your category to find a topic within that category that you find interesting or<br />would like to learn more about (Example: Category-Forensics, Topic-DNA evidence)<br /><br />I have to pick one for a biology project.<br />What would you pick?<br />

computer science - deciphering program for different ciphertexts

engineering. If you can get interest in this topic.. you could go to University and study engineering. After that tons of jobs are waiting of you in this world.

For me, anyway, genetics is very interesting.
The Human Genome Project that was completed
a few years ago has revealed the details of the
DNA in our bodies. However, finding out what
genes (usually several thousand &quot;base pairs&quot;
of DNA in a row) are in our DNA and what they
do and how they do it is something people will
be working on for decades.
So, within the category of genetics, choose
something that genes have an effect on, and
research that. Here are 4 that interest me:
1. The so-called HLA genes in the &quot;MHC&quot; Major
Histocompatibility Complex region of the
human chromosome 6. These vary a lot
from person to person. This variability is the
main reason why organ transplants (liver,
heart, lung, bone marrow etc.) are rejected
by the body of the person they are trans-
planted into. A lot of good information can
be found at http://www.marrow.org for
bone marrow transplants to help people
with leukemia.
2. Some diseases are either caused by or
strongly related to the details in a particular
gene. One is Huntington's Disease and the
gene affecting it is on human chromosome 4.
The most curious thing about the variation
in this gene that causes HD is that a certain
triple of nucleotides (CAG) is always repeated
a bunch of times in everybody's DNA, but if it
is repeated too many times in a person's DNA
they are likely to get HD. AND furthermore,
the more repeats there are, the younger the
person is when he/she will get the disease.
A famous folk-singer Woody Guthrie died
from HD.
3. Who is Gregor Mendel? Do some historical
research on him. He was the first biologist
to do serious work in genetics. He did his
experiments with pea plants.
4. What biologists have gotten a Nobel Prize
and what did they do?
But all this above is just my opinion. Go to
the science section of your school or public
library and look through some books about
biology or nature and see if something there
interests you. Have fun.