I’m currently in this unit called Capstone. This Capstone project is a project every 5th grader does every year. Capstone is a project where you have to make some sort of movie or presentation about your topic. You have to research a lot and come up with answers for your question. I feel okay about it, the only thing I’m really excited about is my topic. I really feel like this is something I can express all my years of wondering. I started wondering about overcomplicated things in the universe since I knew space was a thing.

I came up with my topic right away. I knew astronomy was something I loved since I was a little girl. I have a telescope, space dreams, and all those thoughts about space since I knew it was a thing. I knew this was the thing I was gonna do right away. I had many dreams of becoming a cosmologist and physicist, and this is the perfect opportunity to learn more and more about something I love so much. I feel so good about my topic, with no regret at all! I had no trouble at all in finding the perfect topic. 

The main inquiry question was a little hard, but I still did it anyway. There were a few challenges because my question hasn’t been exactly answered by any human being that ever existed. And my teacher wasn’t really sure that I’ll be able to do any research. But I still got as much information as I needed for the project. Everything worked as planned. My answer is mostly a prediction instead of a statement, but it still works well as an answer for my never-been-answered-question. My main inquiry question is: How has the universe changed since the Big Bang and what do scientists predict the future of the universe will be like? I felt like I can still express a lot of myself with that question.

My sub-questions weren’t as hard as my main inquiry question. Since I already had my main question, all I really had to do is makeup 5 questions surrounding the main inquiry question. Though some of them repeated a lot, my teacher helped correct all of them so that they’ll be better and more efficient.

Overall, I think this unit is pretty exciting because this is the perfect opportunity to express something I really wanted to express since I was a child. This is also something I feel really passionate about. Though this unit is very busy, I still feel like this unit will be a great success in the end.