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Capstone Blog Post #3 – Final Project

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The way I answered my main inquiry question was only getting the important information so I did not waste my time sorting stuff out.  Also, I had parts to answer. One of them is, “What is the best spinning reel overall” and “What do those reels have in common?”  Then I continued to do my research and secure my interview.

When I did my research I only got what was most relevant to my main inquiry questions so I could get it done quickly and not waste time. Then I interviewed my uncle and once I interviewed him I got much more information and that made it like a hot knife through butter.

Once I’d finished doing whatever I needed to get my main inquiry question answered I moved onto writing my script and filming my TED talk and I am getting ready to finish the final filming of my TED Talk.

Here is the final film of my capstone  https://youtu.be/hqDfrM_Dprg

Capstone Post #2 – Interview

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Now i am starting to write my questions for my interviewee and i hope things are going to go alright now i am ready for my interview and i was interviewing my uncle. The reason I was interviewing my uncle is he is easy to get to and I know him very well. Some of the things I learned were you have to grease the reel every week and take it apart once a year and you can catch a fish on any reel.

 

After that i thought i had finished the interview but I Had 5 questions which was not enough and these were my first 5 questions   How do you think the spool has changed overtime

What high quality materials would be the  best in durability for a reel 

How do you think the handle has changed overtime 

Why do you think they changed the look of the spinning reel

 What do you think would be the lifespan of a high quality reel

And those are my first 5 questions after that I wrote 5 more and did the interview over again

 

Once i had all my questions answered I made sure everything was done correctly so i did not have another mess up and I continued with capstone. One of the things I learned is you don’t stick to the plan and sometimes you have to adapt it to the situation.

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My topic for the Capstone project is fishing and my main inquiry question is,  “How have spinning fishing reels evolved and what do the best ones currently on the market have in common?”  I chose this topic because fishing is my passion and I have been doing it since I was four years old. 

I first started fishing on our family boat which we kept in the Long Island Sound where the only thing I really caught was snapper and an occasional clam.  Eventually, we bought a house on the New Jersey shore where our backyard is the Barnegat Bay.  It was at the beach house where I really got into fishing.  In our backyard, we have a dock that we would do crabbing, fishing, swimming, and boating.  Of all those activities I liked fishing the best. 

The first rod that I bought at the beach house was a kids’ thumb caster.  As I got older, I bought nicer gear and tried all different types of reels of different makes and models.  For example, I have drop reels that we used on the boat to fish for fluke, spinning reels, and bait casters for snapper and striped bass off the dock and kayak.  I learned that there are different spinning reels as well, some for smaller fish, some for bigger fish, and some for fishing off the beach.  I got so into fishing, I researched different brands and fishing techniques all the time.  All of these things combined were helpful in choosing my main inquiry question.

The hardest part about picking my inquiry question was narrowing down to a subtopic of fishing. Some of the topics that I initially considered were boats, kayaks, and commercial versus recreational fishing.  After speaking with Ms. Edwards I ended up on the evolution of spinning reels because it was a narrower topic to research.  

Going through this process I am learning that I am very good at researching things that I like.  I spend a lot of time on my computer reading articles and watching videos.  What is challenging for me is organizing my thoughts and expanding on them to support my research.  I hope to continue to improve as I go through this process.