composition 1 help

[sonoma1993]

This past week we had to choose a topic for our reaseach paper

here my topic.
Nuclear Energy as an alternative power source.

teacher comment about it
Too broad and too general to meet the length requirements.

how can i fix my topic so that it not to broad?


I want to go with Nuclear Fusion Power Plants for my research paper topic.


I came up with the advantages and disadvantages of Nuclear Fusion Power Plants over Fossil Fuel Power Plants.


here what the course project descripition says

Project:
Start Part 1

Tasks:

Select and narrow the topic of your choice this week


Deliverables and format:
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in not more than [#] words.
Font: Arial; 10
Line Spacing: Double
Assigned and Due Date:
Assigned: Week 6
Due: Week 6


Grading Weight: Ungraded


Project:
Start Part 2 Tasks:

First you will declare your audience.
Second you will turn in an annotated bibliography including a minimum of three sources.
Finally, you will write your thesis statement.
Assigned and Due Date:

Assigned: Week 4

Due: Week 4

Deliverables and format:
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in not more than [#] words.
Font: Arial; 10
Line Spacing: Double

Assigned and Due Date:
Assigned: Week 7
Due: Week 7

Grading Weight: 7%


Project:
Part 3
Tasks:

1. You should have completed your research phase
2. You will also begin writing the first draft of your research paper.

Deliverables and format:
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in not more than [#] words.
Font: Arial; 10
Line Spacing: Double

Assigned and Due Date:
Assigned: Week 8
Due: Week 8

Grading Weight: 8%


Project:
Part 4 Tasks:
1. Revise your research paper for content

Deliverables and format:
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in not more than [#] words.
Font: Arial; 10
Line Spacing: Double

Assigned and Due Date:
Assigned: Week 9
Due: Week 9

Grading Weight: Ungraded



Project:
Part 5 Tasks:
1. You should be completing the editing process of your research paper

Deliverables and format:
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document in not more than [#] words.
Font: Arial: 10
Line Spacing: Double

Assigned and Due Date:
Assigned: Week 11
Due: Week 11

Grading Weight: 20%

 

[SlitheryDee]

What are the length requirements?

 

[DainBramaged]

Talk about recent innovations that have made nuclear energy more efficient.
The history of nuclear energy from X to X.
What the future might hold.
One or two things that make it superior to other energy sources.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
This past week we had to choose a topic for our reaseach paper

here my topic.
Nuclear Energy as an alternative power source.

teacher comment about it
Too broad and too general to meet the length requirements.

how can i fix my topic so that it not to broad?

And the length requirements are? Also, what are your source requirements?

 

[JinLien]

Focus on one type of reactor that is environmental friendly (low/no radioactive waste, life span, accidental fall out containment).

 

[sonoma1993]

I went through my online course stuff. I havent found anything yet about the lenght requirement. I'll keep looking through it. I'll let you guys know.

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
I went through my online course stuff. I havent found anything yet about the lenght requirement. I'll keep looking through it. I'll let you guys know.

so like focus more like on nuclear fusion

 

[DrPizza]

Since you can write multiple books on nuclear fusion without repeating any information, that's probably still too broad of a topic.

Since a google search for "nuclear fussion" results in over 6 million hits, it's too broad of a topic.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Write about how improvements in liquid buffers have made nuclear energy more efficient and manageable. I just made that up (and it might be true) but you get the point. Your paper shouldn't be about nuclear energy in general, just one specific part of it. Or go the easy route and write about the mating cycle of the african fruit fly. That should be specific enough for any paper with length requirements.

 

[DrPizza]

How about a paper on a Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor? (A tabletop fusion reactor that can be built pretty cheaply)

I even found a wiki article to get you started: wiki

 

[DrPizza]

btw, "this past week" - your class has been discussing this for a week and you don't know the length and source requirements? WTF?!
That's usually stated emphatically on day one of any composition course, along with "1 inch margins, 12 point font, Times New Roman,..." as well as MLA, APA, or whatever style I expect you're going to learn during the course.