Capstone is a 5th-grade project for all schools, it is finally time to do the project! Although it seems hard I am ready to work hard on this project because it is one of our last ones. Capstone is about something that interests you. you are supposed to be excited to learn about your topic. You research your topic and you get an interview with someone that is an expert on your topic. You then take all of your research and turn it into a ignite, movie, or ted-talk. I am very happy, excited, and thrilled about this project because we get to research something we love and are interested in.

Coming up with a topic was one of the hardest parts of this project so far. At first, I thought of soccer. I realized I had always done that as a topic so I thought of doing dogs. That was too basic so I thought of dog jobs like a police dog. That would be my second topic. I wanted to do small kid businesses but while researching there was not much information. I decided to do dog jobs. Dog jobs were a specific topic so I needed to choose a certain job. I decided to choose therapy dogs because they are friendly, cuddly, and cute. They are also obedient. 

Coming up with my main inquiry question was hard, at first, I did not know what a therapy dog really was. I thought it was just to help pediatric patients in a hospital. While researching I realized therapy dogs are comforting meaning that they can help anyone in need. That made me realize I needed to change my question. I met with my teacher and she changed it to “Explain how dogs become therapy dogs and what do therapy dogs do?”

Coming up with a subquestion was not that hard. Since I already knew my main inquiry question I knew what I needed to figure out. For example one of my subquestions is “Do dogs need certain characteristics to become a therapy dogs and what are they?” Another one of my subquestions is, “Is there special training for therapy dogs?” One challenge with coming up with a subquestion was not making them yes or no questions. I needed to make a question that I knew could have a lot of answers and explanations.

From what I have done so far the capstone projects seems like it will turn out amazing. I hope the project just keeps getting better and better. I also hope the projects start getting easier.