text: If students were given the opportunity to choose their own topic they may choose a topic they know nothing about; for example, A girl who lives Idaho would normally not do a project on the beach because there is no beach around her, but because she was given the opportunity to choose her own topic ,so she decided to research a topic that she new little to nothing about. A student might do this because the topic sparks their interest. When a topic sparks a student interest they are more likely to complete the summer project and get a better grade because the time and effort they put into the summer project. The purpose of the summer projects was for the student to continue learning during the summer ,choosing a topic that one know nothing about does just that. As the student does research on the topic they come into contact with many facts that they did not know therefor they are learning. Along with this the student may become more and more interested with the topic, which leads to more time and effort being put into the project. The student completing the project would also have many topics to choose from. This gives the student a big opportunity to become open minded and research a topic that they have never really considered.