Running Head: CAPSTONE PROJECT PROPOSAL 1

Capstone Project Proposal

Capstone Project

Paige Robinson

Career Life Connections

Mr. Koshman

September 18th 2017

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Contents
Capstone Project Proposal .............................................................................................................. 1

Reason for choosing this area of interest ........................................................................................ 3

Prior Knowledge ............................................................................................................................. 3

Making a connection between career and academic goals ............................................................. 4

Other Related Information .............................................................................................................. 4

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................... 5

Capstone Project Timeline .............................................................................................................. 6

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Reason for choosing this area of interest

The reason why I have chosen specialize cooking to be my main focus for my Capstone

project is because I would really like to learn different techniques while cooking. For my project

I would like to show case what I have learnt by creating a cook book. As well as creating a

website for other young students to have access too as well. During the time I am researching I

will mainly be focusing on recipes that are healthy, ingredients that are not too expensive and

most importantly recipes that are time efficient. I will be finding my recipes online and also in

cook books I have in my home or any I find in the library. I will be cooking 1 recipe per week or

so and then writing a review on what I liked and did not enjoy so much. Depending on the

feedback I give I will also be making some changes to the recipe if needed. I will also be filming

some of the recipes and uploading them to the website which I will create. My goal for this

Capstone project is too gain knowledge about different ways to cut, mince, prepare and plate

food.

Prior Knowledge

My prior knowledge to cooking is not very extensive. I only cook on occasion and when

I do it is mostly meals that take under 10 minutes and most of the time the food is already

prepared. When I cook prepared food it is not the healthiest option for me and that is what I

would like to ovoid. Although, I have been enrolled in some cooking classes at my secondary

school I have not learnt all the necessary techniques to create elaborate dishes. I am a fast
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learner and that is why I will be teaching myself some new techniques. This project will help me

obtain a lot more knowledge about cooking and will help me in my everyday life.

Making a connection between career and academic goals

This capstone project will help me make a connection between my career and academic

goals because I am currently deciding in which field I would like to specialize in. The culinary

field is one of the fields that I am interested in and by doing this project it will help me either

eliminate that field or help me decide if it is the way I would like to go. As for my academic

goals it will be beneficial as well because I am going to be teaching myself something new. That

will help me in all areas of my academic studies. It will benefit me the most when I do not

understand a new concept and can physically teach it to myself. There are many benefits

academically and career wise to help me by doing this capstone project.

Other Related Information

Other information that could be useful to me for this project is the correct serving size per

age and size. That means I will not be over cooking in any of my recipes so that I can save time

to fully achieve my goal. In addition, another key piece of information for this project is to go

online and watch videos of other people and/or chefs making dishes as well. When I am watching

those videos I can pick up usefully tricks and pieces of information to maximize my learning and

cut down on the time it takes to make a dish.

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Bibliography
Cooky, S. (n.d.). Cooking techniques; Articles. Retrieved from
http://food.ndtv.com/topic/cooking-techniques/articles
Ehler, J. T. (1999). Cooking Techniques, methods and advice: food articles. Food Refrence.
Retrieved September 08, 2017, from http://www.foodreference.com/html/cooking-
basics.html
Kovacs, J. S. (2016, July 25). Healthy Cooking Tricks. 1-5. Retrieved September 14, 2017, from
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/healthy-cooking-tricks#1
Siegel, K. (2013, Febuary 01). The Healthiest Cooking Methods. Time. Retrieved September 15,
2017, from http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/01/the-healthiest-cooking-methods-
explained/

Pinonal, M. (2014, January 17). 20 + time saving cooking tips froms chefs and food experts.
Retrieved September 17, 2017, from 20-time-saving-cooking-tips-from-chefs-and-food-
exper-1503379557
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Date expected to be completed
September 8th 2017
September 14th 2017
September 15th 2017
September 15-19 2017
September 21-30th 2017
October 1st 2017
October 6th2017
October 10th 2017
October 11th` 2017
October 15th 2017
October 20th 2017
October 25th 2017
October 30th 2017
November 5th 2017
November 10th 2017
November 20th 2017
December 1st 2017
December 20th 2017
December 27th 2017
January 1st 2018
January 4-16th
January 16th
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Capstone Project Timeline
Project/Assignment Date completed
Begin Research September 8th 2017
Draft Proposal September 13th 2017
Get proposal checked by teacher September 15th 2017
Make any changes to proposal September 16th 2017
Begin finding recipes
Recipe #1
Recipe #2
Recipe #3
Reflection about last 3 recipes
Recipe #4
Recipe #5
Recipe #6
Reflection about last 3 recipes
Reflection about all recipes and time took to
complete
Rate each recipe /10
Begin creating scrapbook
Begin creating PowerPoint of myself
cooking
Finalize power point
Add more research on benefits of eating healthy
Finalize all details about capstone
Finish all other assets to capstone
and begin practicing for presenting
Cook samples of each recipe for
tasting at presentation