Informative Speech Ideas
Can be found everywhere… Think of a place you love to go to, or have always dreamt of going to see – research it and present it in a speech of description.
What about a concept or process you are interested in, how does something work. Maybe it is a product or service you use all the time, or maybe it is something you have always been curious about. All you have to do is research and present a speech of explanation then we will all learn.
Look through the following list of ideas. Use one of these or come up with your own. Some of these topics work better as description speeches, and some work better as explanation speeches. At times a topic can be developed for either format. So get creative, do good research and inform the class on something new and exciting.
Hmmmm how about PENGUINS?????
1. Aeronautics
2. Panic Attacks
3. Football
4. Anorexia
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. Handicapped Playgrounds
7. Apple Cider
8. Eleanor Roosevelt
9. Richard Nixon
10. Anthrax
11. Astronauts
12. Soccer
13. Roller coasters
14. Disneyland
15. M & M's
16. Vietnam
17. Go Carts
18. Premature Babies
19. Valley Children's Hospital
20. Aztecs
21. The Vatican
22. The London Bridge
23. Azores Islands
24. Golf Tournaments
25. Dreams
26. The Papacy
27. Baseball
28. Schizophrenia
29. Elvis
30. Bill Clinton
31. James Dean
32. Spiders
33. Enders Game (or other sci fi book series)
34. The Giant Forest
35. Bees
36. Blood Donation
37. Water
38. Hummingbirds
39. Spinal Bifida
40. Incubus
41. Breast Cancer
42. Stress
43. Tattoos
44. California
45. Teenage Violence
46. Mattresses
47. Tennis
48. Cinco de Mayo
49. Water Polo
50. The Electoral College
51. Jackie Robinson
52. Indian Weddings
53. Hmong New Year
54. Cystic Fibrosis
55. The Rock
56. Depression
57. Thomas Kincaide
58. San Francisco
59. Monterey Bay Aquarium
60. Diabetes
61. Marilyn Monroe
62. Metallica
63. Missions in California
64. Trucks
65. Gallup Polls
66. Drag Racing
67. Babe Ruth
68. TiVo
69. Epilepsy
70. Musical Instruments
71. Epilepsy
72. Twins
73. Night Terrors
74. Workman's Compensation
75. Santa Cruz Boardwalk
76. Madonna
77. Cancer
78. Firefighting
79. Mother Teresa
80. Valentine's Day
81. Ovarian Cysts
82. Mac vs PC's
83. Hemp
84. The Statue of Liberty
85. Artificial Turf vs Grass
86. Leaning Tower of Pisa
87. Niagara Falls
88. Charlie Parker
89. Dog Breeds
90. Disney World/Epcot Center
91. The Olympics
92. The White House
93. The Simpsons
94. The Beatles
95. Sharks
96. Cirque de Solei
97. Harry Potter Book vs Movie
98. The Empire State Building
99. Pearl Harbor
100. Volcanoes
101. Hitler
102. The many uses of Yeast
103. Picasso
104. K-9's
105. Coca Cola Company
106. The Stock Market
107. Hiroshima
108. The Challenger
109. The Bee Gees
110. Diet Fads
111. Clothing Styles
112. Hawaii
113. Hearst Castle
114. Panama Canal
115. Global Warming
116. Toy Story
117. Cuba
118. Humphrey Bogart
119. Hanukkah
120. Auschwitz
121. Yosemite
122. Robert Frost
123. Bugs Bunny
124. Figi
125. Aircraft Carriers
126. Hawaii
127. The Golden Gate Bridge
128. Reality TV
129. Capitan Planet
130. Mt. St. Helens
131. Billy Graham
132. Mount Rushmore
133. Quintin Tarantino
134. Michael Moore
135. St. Francis of Assisi
136. Crystal Cave
137. Dr. Pepper
138. Betty Crocker
139. Pentagon
140. Ghandi
141. Cesar Chavez
142. Yves St. Laurent
143. Coco Chanel
144. Mayan Culture
145. Guatemala
146. El Salvador
147. The New York Yankees
148. Oakland Raiders
149. Seattle Space Needle
150. American Flag
151. Batik
152. Dolphins
153. Okapi
154. Camaro
155. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
156. Barack Obama
157. Audrey Hepburn
158. Tournadot
159. Dr. Seuss
160. Bubble gum
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