capstones ending

 

This phase of the project was the most fun for me. It was the most fun for me because it was wrapping everything up and I could see the final product of all the hard work I put into this Capstone Project.  I made a video and I am very happy with the way it came out.  I had a lot of information which is why I chose to do the video, because you can have the longest presentation with a video. 

The question that I based most of my research on is, “Why are axolotls endangered and what can we do to stop their extinction?” Unfortunately, axolotls are becoming endangered. This is happening because the one lake where they live in Mexico city is being polluted by humans. This is very problematic for the axolotls as they breathe through their skin. Pollution really hurts them.  Lake Xochimilco is also being built over and humans are introducing invasive species, such as tilapia, which are causing axolotls to decrease in numbers. If something isn’t done soon, the axolotls could face extinction. 

I enjoyed writing the essay because I knew once it was done, I would have my narrative for the script. The most challenging part of the essay was putting all of my bulleted notes into sentences and paragraphs.  I didn’t use all my notes, I had to choose which ones worked best for the essay. 

My Capstone Essay: capstone essay Luke

 

I chose a movie because if I chose a Ted talk or an ignite, my narration would be too long and I wouldn’t be able to say everything I wanted to. The movie allowed you to have a longer presentation which I wanted. Another reason is I could perfect it for the final product and not have to memorize anything. I would be nervous to do a Ted Talk or Ignite and speak in front of a group of people.  That is why I chose to do a movie.  I think it came out great. Script Template – Capstone

 

After I wrote my Capstone Essay, I put a lot of it into my script. Once my script was done, I added pictures to my slides.  I enjoyed adding the pictures the most because I could add whatever I wanted to and that allowed me to be creative with the images. For example, my slide on how the axolotl can regrow limbs, I found a really cool chart that I used as the supporting image. The most challenging part of the movie was that each slide only allowed 6 seconds of narration.  This was hard for me because I had a lot to say, so that made me have a lot of slides.  It was also challenging finding a different image for each slide, because I had so many. 

 

In Conclusion, this phase of Capstone has been my favorite.  It was the most challenging, but also the most rewarding phase in my opinion.  I am very happy with the final product and I really enjoyed Capstone as a whole. 

Capstone blog post 2

I had my Capstone interview and it was very good. The purpose of it was for my research so an expert can help me with My project and so I can find stuff that I would not find on any websites. It was very fun and very helpful.

The process of figuring out who I was going to interview was very challenging but I got it done in the end. First I had to figure out what type of person would be a good person to interview and then I had to look for different people on what subject I was looking for which took a while, but eventually I found the right person. I had to contact them and waited for an answer on whether they could have an interview with me. Once they said yes I knew I could have an interview with them.

When I was doing my interview it did not go as I expected but it went very well All the same It was pretty fun doing it and I learned a lot of things new I asked her as many questions as I planned but modified them so they can fit her answers on the past ones She was very nice with my interview and let me record it for my own purposes of looking back at my notes. I know now that axolotls, unlike other amphibians, are very tough animals. Being where they live is not a very good environment; almost no other animals can live there.

I had my interview. It was very helpful and a very good experience for me Got me a lot of notes. Now I know a lot more for my projects and it will be even better.

capstones being

Capstone is a project where you research a topic of your choosing and you have to present a video on your topic. Part of Capstone includes researching questions about your topic and interviewing an expert on that topic. I feel very good about it and have enjoyed the process. It has been pretty fun. So far I have picked my topic, researched it, and found an interview.  However, I have not done my interview yet. My topic is axolotls, which are animals I know about and want to know more about. 

I came up with my topic by thinking of something that I wanted to know about, but did not know much about. It did not take a long time to come up with my topic.  I knew I wanted to do something with animals because I love animals. That’s how I got the topic of axolotls. I chose it because I thought they would be interesting and fun to research.

The process of up with my main inquiry question was first coming up with one that is interesting, then looking to see if I could find enough research on it. Then I had to get it approved by my teacher. One challenge of having to have your question approved is it is not always exactly what you wanted it to be. My first question was not approved, so I had to improve on it to make it a Capstone deserving question. Getting feedback from my LRC teacher was very helpful with coming up with my main question. My main inquiry question is, “Why are axolotls endangered and what can be done to stop their extinction?”

I came up with my sub-questions by thinking of questions that would support and help answer my main inquiry question. I also had to get them approved like my main inquiry question and then had to revise them. It was pretty hard to come up with all the questions but also pretty fun. Coming up with multiple questions about axolotls was challenging, but I had fun learning about them and coming up with the sub-questions. We had a curriculum wheel that helped a lot of people, but it did not help me too much. I got some good feedback from my friends who helped me with my sub-questions. Here are some of my sub-questions: “What is causing axolotls to become endangered?” and “How has social media spread awareness for axolotls?” I want to learn why they are becoming endangered and how to help them.  I hope other people will want to help too after they view my video. 

In conclusion, Capstone has been pretty fun. I hope it stays this fun for the rest of the year. This has been a very interesting project so far and I am excited to continue the process of creating my Capstone project.

zoo reflection

I will be talking about how my experience was during this debate. I will tell you how I found the information and how the actual debate went. 

Finding the information was challenging, but fun. I found the information by looking at articles and reading through them all.  If there was more information I needed on the subject in the article, I researched more about it on my computer. For example, I read that animals in zoos can suffer diseases, but the article didn’t have numbers or specific facts.  So, I did more research on my computer and got more information. It was fun to find the facts about zoos that I never knew before. For instance, I never knew that animals get zoochosis in zoos.  This is a disease that only happens in zoos. It was a bit challenging not to have a partner during the research and debate, when everyone else in class did. It made it challenging because there was only one person looking for information and not two. There was one article that was very helpful with my research and gave me a lot of information. This article really helped me write the debate and gave me lots of evidence that supported my idea. 

My experience during the debate was different from others, because I did not have a partner.  This was challenging because I had to read and memorize all the lines, not just half of them. I had to practice the entire debate instead of just half of it. I think it still went pretty well because I remembered most of my lines and I felt good afterwards. I feel like both sides of the debate made good points and supported them with good evidence. I was nervous to talk because I was alone, but I got through it well.

immigration story of quang

During my immigrant interview project I created a script,fit the restrictions and recorded a voice over. The whole thing took a long time, but it was a good experience overall.  Although it was challenging it was funnier than an average school project.

I prepared for my interview by getting some slight information about the the person who I was interviewing the Interview was over laptop and the person who I was interviewing was

 happy to do the interview. I did not expect to get as much  information as I did because he had so much to say about each of my questions. I learned he had to go through a lot to get to America and he didn’t get to spend much time with his dad.

The video script was a challenge to create  because I had to write every single word that I was going to say. I also had to only put  the important stuff  into my script. For the images I had a lot of his pictures so I had no problem getting them for my video. The voice over was hard because I had to do it so many times and it had to be very clear.

In conclusion I know that he had to go through a very hard time to get to America, but now he is a great man in this country.he has gone through so much to get to where he is . How about you do you know anyone who has done a similar thing to him.

look at my vieo

 

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther king was a very important activist. He was hurt in many different ways but he was still moving on with all his might and never gave up and he did so much for equality. His parents were so supportive of him. and he changed this country forever.

His parents and his childhood. 

Martin Luther King was born on Tuesday January  15th 1920 at the family home in Atlanta Georgia. He lived with his parents. King had two siblings Christian and Alfred Daniel Williams King. He took piano lessons.One day Martin’s father went to buy some shoes. The clerk told them to leave the store. Martin got mad. And wanted to change it. Martin’s mom was born on September 13th 1904.Her parents were reverend Adams and Daniel Williams at the time preachers of the is borne Baptist Church in Atlanta Georgia.His dad was born December 19th 1899.

What he did in his life.

Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist minister and social rights activist and in the 1950s and 60s he was the leader of the American Civil Rights movement He organized a number of peaceful  protests. As a head of the Southern Christian leadership Conferences including the March on Washington and 1963 he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and at the time he was the youngest person to have done so. 

 

In conclusion Martin Luther King is a great activist. He did so much for America from having great parents to doing so much. No matter what people said to him.

bedford

Swing, jump, run where do you do this? At a challenge course; to be specific, the Bedford challenge course!  You want to know what it is like there? Well I can tell you about my experience.    Was this a fun and challenging experience? You bet it was! Why?? Read on…

In this blog post I will be telling about my experience and why I would do it again if I had the chance. Before we got to the challenge course we had to go on a bus ride. Now I’m not complaining because it was really fun. One of the reasons is because I got to sit with my friends. Another one is because there was flying candy in the back of the bus and everyone was singing nursery rhymes for some reason. This was a great way to start the day!!

here is a lot of stuff to write about the Bedford challenge course. For example there were multiple stations that had different group activities and team solving. We were split up into three groups. I was part of group 3 and some of my good friends were in that group as well. The challenge course was challenging but I was able to beat all the obstacles. The most fun obstacle was the rope swing. I really like swinging from ropes and the goal of the game was to get all of the people to the other side.  We had to stand on a little platform and it was hard to get from the rope to the platform.  We had to retry multiple times, but we eventually succeeded.  

The hardest obstacle was the balance wire where you had to get your team to the end but it was really hard to balance. Plus there were trees that had checkpoints which made it even harder.  Basically the only way to get from tree to tree is to either slide across the wire or to run and hope you don’t fall.  There are platforms between some trees and you can stand there and help your teammates through. Why I would go back again??

I would go back again because it was a great way to solve obstacles with my friends, it was beautiful in the woods and it was altogether a fun experience!! 

As you can tell I would go back to the  Bedford challenge course for many reasons including teamwork, fun with friends and experiencing the outdoors. Would you go to the Bedford challenge course? Why or why not? 

Halloween

Hello,  this is my fifth grade Halloween. I got a lot of candy, toys and I dressed up as LeBron James. Was your Halloween as good as mine? You decide,  this is how mine  went. 

I dressed up as Lebron James before the halloween parade at school. Since I am in 5th grade, we were the last class to walk in the parade. I loved seeing all my friends’ costumes. My favorite was one of friend’s was wearing a blow up chicken . There were a lot of parents there taking pictures of us. I felt like I was famous.  

After school, I went to a Halloween party with my friends. My mom volunteered to work at the party and had to get dressed too.  She went as a pink lady, whatever that is. There was a gaga ball pit and a lot of competitions. I was in a competition where you had a team that had to wrap you in toilet paper like a mummy. I was the person they wrapped in toilet paper.  It was hot, I couldn’t see, and I had to stand very still for a long period of time. Our team won first place! 

At night, my friends and I went trick or treating around the neighborhood where I lived. We got a lot of candy and my friend’s always took more than one, even though there were signs that said, “Take One.” We stayed out for a long time and when we got home, my family watched Harry Potter.  I am not that big of a candy guy, so I only ate a little piece of candy even though I have too large bags full of candy. 

In conclusion, I had a very fun Halloween with my friends.  The weather was perfect and it allowed me to stay out late. I don;t know what I am going to be next year, but I know it will be awesome. Did you have a fun Halloween?  How much candy did you get?

Welcome to Fifth Grade!

Hello, my name is Luke and this is a blog about the first week of 5th grade.

We shared identity bags. I shared a picture of my dog and a golf ball. We had a challenge to build the tallest index card tower. Of course my friend kept knocking them down. We built a pile of index cards on the floor and called it a day.

Here are some of the things I am excited for in fifth grade: firstly the challenge course. Secondly I am excited to get 100 stars in Spanish.

Thank you for looking at my blog post. Come back in a bit to read my next post. Hopefully we win the next challenge.