Capstone is a project where you research any topic you choose. First, we have to find a topic then a main inquiry question that matches our topic. We research the main inquiry question which is why it is extremely important not to make the question too broad or too narrow.

I came up with the topic Astronomy because I’m rather interested in it. I also had many questions that were too broad, but haven’t been answered. So I took my broad questions and picked one, then narrowed it down. The main reason that I chose Astronomy  is because I had interest in it.

I came up with my main inquiry question mostly because of all the broad questions I had for my topic. And the questions had almost no way of being answered. “How big is the universe?” so and so. I picked a specific broad question that I liked the most and narrowed it down and got something that was still broad, but way better. “What would happen if an asteroid hit the sun? Would it just melt?” and then I checked over it 1 more time and got the final question. “How does the sun affect asteroids in our galaxy?”. The challenges while coming up with my main inquiry question was to find a way to narrow it down, it was hard to come up with words that would make the question easier to research and overall give more information about my topic.

I took my main inquiry question and thought of more narrow questions. It was hard to get all 5 because the first two were the easiest. And as soon as I was done with the “simple” questions, I needed harder but still narrow questions. The first sub question was something basic for an outline such as “what are asteroids? Where can they be found in our galaxy?” and the second one is sort of a follow up to my old main inquiry question. “Do asteroids impact the sun? What is the result?”.

Overall, I think Capstone is a fun, interesting, project.