As you may know my Capstone is about DNA, and I have finally finished! During this process I have learned so much about DNA that I don’t even know how brain can fit it all! I have learned a lot about myself during this process. I have learned how to overcome challenges, new websites and new ways to research!

When I think about my final product and its strength there are lot actually. When I was thinking about my strength I noticed that I talk to the audience and really let the watchers think.

Also, while I was working on my capstone, I had many challenges, which are memorizing my slide about the double helix and finding high quality images and free to use ones. Even though all of these challenges got in the way, my favorite part was actually making my Ted Talk. This might sound weird because my challenges were all about the slideshow, but I loved making it my own and actually had fun doing it.  I love going up and talking to the audience! The hardest part was probably making my script. The amount of times I had to edit and change my script was insane.  I can’t even count how many times I had to change each section.

If I were to conduct my research differently, I would probably print out multiple articles so I could highlight the articles and pick out the pieces I ‘d want to add or that seemed important. I would start my research a little sooner so that I would have more time to think about what I learned instead of going right into the script.

Some advice I would like to give future 5th graders is to figure out what you want to do before you start and write it down in a notebook that you use everyday. I used my language arts notebook. You should do this because you can already have a idea of where you can get your research and feel prepared before you even start! Lastly you should have fun and be yourself!!