Capstone Project Proposal

Spencer Toporowski October 7/22

Mr. Harvalias Block A
The capstone strand I have chosen is the project strand.
“title”
My inquiry question for my capstone is, what is it like designing and building a
miniature house?
I chose this inquiry question because I like working in the wood shop. I have been
taking woodwork for the last 6 years and would like to go into a career that
involves working with wood like carpentry. I would also like to test my skills and
see if I could manage to go into the trade.
I have been taking woodwork as an elective for the past 6 years. I am
knowledgeable in many ways in the wood shop. I know how all the machines
work and what they are meant to do. Last year I worked alongside Mrs. Dahl to
help make the “snack shack” for our school.
At this point in time what I would like to do is go into carpentry. This inquiry
connects with the career path that I want to follow. I think it would be a good trial
run for my career path which is why I chose this project and want to give it a go.
This project will engage different skills. I will be using math for measurements and
dimensions, critical and creative thinking for designing and laying out the house,
and my woodworking skills to make the house.
I will be showing my work and progress through a mixture of YouTube videos
explaining what the machines do and what I am using it for. Also, with pictures
consistently updating of where I am at in the project and a summary explaining
how far I got for the time I worked on it
How will I learn during this project? I plan to watch several different YouTube
videos. An example of this would be, If I wanted to build a wall and had no clue on
how to I would go on YouTube and watch several different videos on how to make
a wall. If there are no videos on how to build a wall, I would find websites on how
to build a wall, and if there are no websites then I will have to ask Mrs. Dahl for
help.
My mentor for this project will be Mrs. Dahl. Mrs. Dahl is an excellent
woodworker who is very knowledgeable and experienced in this field. Mrs. Dahl
will be able to help me if I have any questions on “how should I go about this?”. A
A limitation I see in this project is material width. If I make the materials thin
making it so if I try to use a nail gun the material will crack and break.