Tag: Capstone

Since my topic is now robotics, I still had to think of a Main Inquiry Question. I thought it would be much easier than magnetism. But when I really started thinking about it with Mrs.Edwards, it was harder than I thought. It was way easier than magnetism, though. It took only about 10 minuets of talking, or less, where magnetism took days. I finally came up with,“How are robots being used to explore underwater and in space?” After I finished my main inquiry question, it felt like a weight was lifted of my shoulders. Now I didn’t have to worry about my main inquiry question. But then it was my sub questions. I thought a sub question was a side question that had nothing to do with the inquiry question. But I was way off. Sub questions are smaller questions that help you answer the inquiry. We took a lesson on how to think of a sub question, and I kind of knew what I was going to write.   …     When I looked back at my sub questions, there was no way I was going to get it approved. So thought about it again.    …     I thought these questions would be good enough. I checked with Ms.Vogel and she said it was good. I was definitely happy to hear that. If you want to see them, here they are:

1. What are the advantages of using robots vs humans for underwater and space exploration?
2. What are the disadvantages of using robots vs humans for underwater and space exploration?
3. How are robots used for underwater and space exploration?
4. What are current places robots are exploring underwater and in space?
5. Which would be more helpful to the world, Underwater exploration, or space exploration?
6. What are future possibilities for the use of robots to explore new territory?

It took me a while to think of a capstone project. My mom had me start thinking about it in the summer. We just got back from Puerto Rico, so my mom suggested me do El Yunque, since My family went to El Yunque to swim in a waterfall. But I thought about it and didn’t really want to do my capstone on it, So I thought about it some more. But I couldn’t think of ANYTHING.     …..       When we started the capstone project, I still didn’t know what to for my capstone! When I got home that night, I talked with my dad about it. I was thinking about doing Physics, but my dad said Physics is probably to big of a subject, and to narrow it down to something more simple. And I thought about Magnetism. And I liked that topic.

When I actualy started working on my project, magnetism was really hard. So then I changed my topic to Robotics. And THAT is my final topic. And I like it way more than magnetism.