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Floral, fauna, climatic conditions, etc of one of Earth’s eons, eras, or periods
Geological dating methods and relative accuracies. How do they work?
Stellar energy generation. How does it work? Why do stars shine for such long periods?
Plate tectonics: Why might this be critical for life on other worlds?
What is the structure of the Earth’s interior and how do we know? Why is a molten core
important for many migrating species of birds?
What is the CO2 cycle and how does it work?
Give a description of the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and its evolution to the
present?
In what ways is it changing today and what might the implications of these changes be?
Evolution by natural selection: How does it work and give some convincing examples.
The life and times of Charles Darwin
Cloning and how it works. Why is this so controversial in light of years of selective
breeding?
Interstellar travel: What support systems would be needed during the voyage?
Propulsion systems for interstellar travel: achievable speeds, travel time, etc.
Plan a mission to Europa
Colonization of Mars: What would be involved?
Extrasolar Planets: What do we know about them? Do any of them appear capable of
supporting life?
The search for life on Europa? How ? What type of life would you expect and why?
UFOs: A scientific evaluation
The CO2 Cycle: A Rare or Common Phenomenon?
Intelligence: An end point of biological evolution?
Extremophiles: Implications for Extraterrestrial Life
Requirements for Long-lived civilizations
How different might extraterrestrial life be?
Evolution in action: Adaptations of bacteria to medicines
And many others. If a team wants to present a topic not mentioned here, that would
be fine, but you will have to get it okayed by me first.