text: Some students do really like the idea of doing projects. I believe if they are able to chose what to do their project on, they would actually do the project. Students tend to not like to do projects that teachers assign them. It could be a possibility that it's because its not interesting enough for them to care. So if you really want the students to do the project, I suggest you let them choose. In fact, you'd never know if you would be intrigued by what each student learned.