In class 5-Edwards we have started Capstone online, and my Topic is “Terraforming Mars.” I chose this because I’ve always been interested in learning about terraforming Mars. I always have a lot of questions about Mars and Capstone is all about asking questions so I am extremely happy with my topic. My inquiry question is How are houses on Mars going to differ from those on earth? I chose this because there is a lot of possibilities of sub-questions you can add.
The way that I found my inquiry question is by, choosing the best and my favorite questions on my curriculum wheel. Then I used the inquiry question rubric and started by checking level 3. I removed two questions that weren’t good enough, then it was time to move to number 4. At the end, I removed one more and ended up with two. There was one that was easy to make sub-questions for and one that was harder, so I chose the one that had more sub-question possibilities.
There wasn’t much that was challenging. But one thing that would have been a challenge is that I can’t ask my teacher for help. But my mom was here to help me so it was okay.
Before this I didn’t know at all how Capstone worked, I thought you had to talk about something you already knew. But then I learned that it is actually all about learning something new. So Capstone is a fun and different experience and I am enjoying it.