Critiquing Capstones: Embarking towards a Challenge of Caring for the Environment
As a person who loves learning new things and exploring innovative ideas, the capstone exhibit is surely something I enjoyed, and perhaps one of the things that will last in my brain’s memory box.
It was amazing — seeing how students a year older than us can make the most out of their learnings and integrate this to create an invention that is beneficial not just for the human, but, of course, to the environment as well. There are several capstone projects that I can vividly remember liking, and taking great interest upon, especially those who made me wonder: how did they even come up with this idea? It piqued my interest and held my attention as to why, among all the other possible ideas, they have chosen to come up with that one.
My favorite room would most probably be Saint Mary Magdalene’s room. For starters, it is very creative with how they maximized the use of their room, making it seem as if its a secret hideout for scientists. I love their creativeness and how they engaged us with every part of it. But for the display, I would say that the coolest one would have to be Saint Joan’s. Their tree in the middle of the room is so eye-catching, it leaves room for discovering what their whole concept is going to be about.
For the best capstone, I find myself struggling to choose between the Talahib Charcoal, Hope Desk, Trash Light, and BioPot. Their ideas, procedures, and overall performance are all great. I can surely say that they have done thorough research for their projects which resulted in visible and great apparent effort.
These kinds of tasks brought by schools are always something I look forward to as I can foresee the range of everyone’s capabilities, including mine, and see how much we can contribute in making the world a better place for everyone to live. In simpler words, it is as easy as 3R’s or Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, but in a much more futuristic way that promotes environmental sufficiency and caring for nature.
Perhaps, in simple challenges like this, ideas can be renowned and bring influential changes for the environment. That must be the goal for every project, and I believe it’s well-portrayed.
Grade 12 students did their best.
