Note: These are suggested topics to get you started. You may choose one of the topics below, but you are encouraged to find your own or to use the topics below merely as a starting point.

• 1867: An important year in the history of the Virgin Islands
• What is chaos theory and what does it tell us about hurricanes?
• What is the weather like on other planets and why?
• How does the global positioning system work?
• How was Longitude Invented?
• Sahara Dust: from Africa to the Caribbean
• Will global warming increase the number of Hurricanes?
• What is El Nino and how might it affect the number of hurricanes?
• Read a novel that includes a hurricane and research how realistically the hurricane is described
• What is the best building design to minimize hurricane damage and why?
• Find out about a ship wreck caused by a hurricane and attempts to recover things from the ship wreck
• What  happened in the 1998 El Nino? What happened in prior El Ninos?
• What will be the effects of global warming? What will be the effects on corals?
• St. Vincent circa 1900: a hurricane and an eruption
• Kick 'Em Jenny, a newly forming volcano
• Krakatau: what was the sequence of plant and animal invasion on a new volcanic island?
• Martinique: 1902 Eruption
• Montserrat: What is happening there now?
• Select a recent film on a volcano, e.g., "Dante's Peak" or "Volcano," research whether or not the events that appear in the film could actually occur
• What are some of the positive effects of volcanoes? (e.g., mining, increased tourism)
• Have any volcanologists ever died in an eruption? What happened?
• What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? How might earthquakes, tsunamis, and global climate change have been involved?
• What would happen if an asteroid hit the earth? (tsunami?) Are recent movies accurate?
• Are there volcanoes on other planets? What do we know about them?
• OTEC, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, an alternative energy source for the Caribbean?
• Select another source of energy, e.g.,, solar, wind, describe how it works and evaluate its usefulness for the Caribbean
• An energy use profile for the Virgin Islands
• What are the patterns of use and conservation at UVI?
• What is the pattern of succession of plants on landslides in the Caribbean?
• What was the effect of Hurricane Hugo on the forest animals of Puerto Rico?
• What was the impact of Hurricane David on the forests of Dominica?
• What was the effect of the 1938 hurricane on the forests of New England? Hurricane Bob (1991)?
• How were lizards and spiders affected by Hurricane Lili in the Bahamas?
• How much have the forests of Oregon recovered from the Mount St. Helens volcano of 1980?
• What was the effect of Hurricane Andrew on the mangroves of south Florida?
• What was the effect of Hurricane Hugo on the shallow reefs of St. Croix?
• Are there some corals that reproduce by fragmenting during storms?
• Why did so many people die in the hurricane that hit Galveston Texas in 1900?
• How do the effects of the different recent hurricanes that have hit the Caribbean compare?
• What are the effects of disasters on the genetic diversity of remaining populations?
• How do disasters such as hurricanes affect the chances of epidemics such as cholera? Why?
• What plans does the Virgin Islands government have for natural disasters?
• What plans do the governments of other Caribbean countries have for natural disasters?
• Select a particular land use issue in a particular area of the Caribbean, describe the issues and how the synergistic effects of anthropogenic (human-caused) and natural disturbances would impact land use decisions
• How should houses be constructed to minimize hurricane damage? earthquake damage? Why?