Senior Capstone Product Proposal Form 2019 

 
Student Name  Heidi Giordano  Class Period 4   

Research Topic  Animal Awareness 

Thesis Statement  Animal awareness is a huge issue all across the United States. 
What you intend to prove   Volunteering at local animal shelters can help comfort and save 
animals lives.  

Description of Product  My group and I intend to raise animal awareness by volunteering 

for an organization called the CJV Foundation.  

Form of Product  ❏ Video/Documentary/YouTube Channel 

(Highlight all that apply)  ❏ Creation/Art Work/Tangible Item 
❏ Education 
❏ Service 
❏ Social Media Campaign (must include another selection) 
❏ Other 

Please explain your  Our goal is to help animals in any way possible: feeding, bathing, 
product (with specific  comforting, etc. The owner of this organization has many animals 
details?)  that we intend to help. We are also debating on starting a 
fundraiser to go towards the organization.  

Describe the connection  A lot of my research dove into what really happens to abused 
between your research  animals like euthanizing, no-kill shelters, strays, etc. My research is 
(annotated bibliography)  connected to my product because all the animals at the 
and your product.  organization are strays or abused which need love and care. 
Researching this made me realize how many terrible things animals 
have to endure, which is why I want to volunteer. 

How will you display this  We plan to take a lot of pictures and videos with our cell phones.  
in your digital portfolio? 

Estimate the number of  I predict the whole project will take around 15 hours. The first step 
hours needed to  is volunteering, which will take around 10 hours alone. We most 
complete ALL of the  likely will have to volunteer a few days out of the week. After that, 
items on your to do list  we plan to ask for donations in front of Walmart or Petco and ask 
(page 2) including your  for donations, which will take around 2 to 3 hours. We might even 
final product. ​You must  add a short survey for students to take, which could take around 1 
document at least ten  hour.  
(10) fieldwork hours 
outside of class. 

Explain how you will  Our project will be documented in video blogs and pictures. 
document each and 
every step for 
completing your product 
(journal, blog, video blog, 
etc.). 
 What do you hope ​to  I hope to learn more about what really happens to animals behind 
learn​ during this  closed doors. After doing my research, I’m curious to see what kind 
process?  of help the animals will need, and what I can offer them.  
 
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.   
 

Steps  Completed by Date 

1. Meet up with Aaliyah and Jazmin on Wednesday, February 27th at 3pm   2/27 

2. Drive to the CJV organization in Jurupa valley   2/27 

3. Spend 5 or so hours helping and caring for animals   2/27 

4. Repeat steps 1-3 on Saturday March 2nd for another 5 hours   3/2 

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Student Signature    Date   

Teacher Signature    Date   

Accepted As-Is     

Accepted With Modifications