Senior Capstone Product Proposal Form 2016-2017

Student Name _Noah Dickerson____________________________________________________ Period _2._______

Research Topic: The Advantage of learning how to change your own
oil.__________________________________________________________________________________
Thesis (one sentence) -based on your research, what you believe about your topic
Students at Poly dont know basic car care, which is leading to unreliable
vehicles.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Research Question ( a question you will attempt to answer and solve on your quest)
How is not practicing basic car care affecting students here at Poly?
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Description of Product (What do you intend to do?):
I will teach students here at Poly to apply basic car care practices, to prolong the life of their vehicles.

Form of Final Product (check all that apply)

__X_____ Video/Documentary
(explain below)
_______ Creation (explain below)

___X____ Service/Mentorship, etc.

_______ Other (please explain):

Describe the connection between your research (annotated bibliography) and your product.
The connection between my research and my product will explain the reasoning behind students in high
school not using basic car care, and why they arent using the basic car care practices.

How will you display the entire process in in your digital portfolio?
Videos, photos, interviews.

Estimate the number of hours needed to complete ALL of the items on your to do list (page 2) including
your final product. You must document at least ten (10) fieldwork hours outside of class.
I would say this project will take me around 10 hours to complete the process.

Explain how you will document each and every step for completing your product (journal, blog, video blog,
etc.). This must be a documented (10 entries minimum) that will be uploaded digitally. There will be
checks on this throughout the process.

What do you hope to learn during this process? Remember that this is not a research paper or project
but an experience.

How will this final product go outside of the realm of simply a benefit to you? How will your knowledge,
experience, creation, etc., benefit others?

My To Do List
Below list the steps and timeline you will attempt to follow to complete your product. As you
complete the product, make additions or subtract steps as you go if and when necessary. Even though
you completed this To Do list, it will certainly change. Change it on your Googledocs, as it will be a
part of your digital portfolio.
Steps

Approx. Time
Necessary to
Complete

1. Find students with car problems, and interview them.

2 hrs.

2.Video tape the process of teaching students to do basic car care.

2 hrs.

3.Check up on students, a little while after they are done to see if they put the basic
car practices into practice.

hour and a half

4. Discuss how practicing the car care practices affected the efficiency of there car.

1 hr.

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Student Signature __________________________________________________ Date _________________

Teacher Signature __________________________________________________ Date __________________

Accepted As-Is___________
Accepted With Modifications ____________