Blog Post #1
Choosing A Topic
We were recently introduced to the biggest project of 5th grade – The Capstone. I am very excited about this project as there is a lot of research involved as well as interviewing an expert in the field. The biggest challenge I see is that we have less than two months to complete this project!!
Picking a topic for the Capstone turned out to be more challenging than I expected. I had numerous topics listed but had to omit most of them as they did not fit into the capstone framework. In the next round, I excluded topics that I thought would not work with my interview process. I finally needed to shortlist 2 topics for our first submission. My 2 choices were Bioplastics and “Why do we need two eyes”.
I had not heard about bioplastics till I saw a video about it the night before my topic submission. The video was so interesting that it made a huge impact on me. So Bioplastics became my top topic choice.
We either have to make a Ted Talk or Ignite presentation. I think I am going to do a Ted Talk for my presentation to showcase my project to all the students and parents. I have begun my research on the topic and I have made a list of people to interview. I am looking forward to a successful project.