In 5th grade we have a huge research project which is called capstone. Capstone is where you chose a topic you LOVE and then you research it for two whole month’s. After you have your topic you have to think of a main inquiry question.
Picking a topic for me was pretty easy since I knew what I wanted to research since 4th grade. I new I wanted to research Dylan’s Candy Bar. This was something I knew I wanted to do for such a long time because I loved going to Dylan’s and always wanted to learn more about it ever since I was little. I always wondered why it was so interesting to me and wondered how it became The candy store that everyone wanted to go to. I was researching Dylan’s and trying to come up with questions. I also was looking for resources and there weren’t very many. I then talked to my teacher and she said to me ” when you run into a wall during research what do you do” she then told me to think about thing’s related to Dylan’s and then I realized there were so many places like Dylan’s so I decided to chose three more of the places like that. I chose Do cookie dough, Baked By Melissa and Sugar Factory. I came up with my inquiry question witch was “How does Dylan’s Candy Bar, Do cookie dough, Baked By Melissa and Sugar Factory market so different but alike at the same time? Now since I have my inquiry question I need sub questions. So far These are my questions.
Who is their target audience and has it changed since they started their business. what do they do to target that audience?
Was there anything that they have in common that help them transform their idea into a successful company?
I am still working on some more but as of now I am very happy where I am in the and I am very excited to see where the final product takes me.