FINAL PROPOSAL
| Name: | Anna Faulkner |
You have already written versions of your responses to many of these questions in previous assignments for Senior Project; you may reuse prior writing in completing your Senior Project Plan although edits will be required. For each question, respond thoroughly (paragraphs rather than single sentences should be the standard) with attention to grammar and punctuation.
| Project Name: | Foraging and Locally Sourced Food |
Essential Question
This should be the current, clearest version of your essential question.
| How can I safely and healthily provide locally-sourced dinners for my family during the quarantine? |
Statement of Definition
This 1-2 sentence description is your elevator pitch; it’s the short, easy to explain description of what you will do for your project.
For my Senior Project, I will…
| I will forage for foods in the fields and forests surrounding my house where I currently am. I will also use food from local farmers so we can eat more substantial but local foods. |
Overview: Describe your topic and project to the committee.
Describe your project in detail, with attention to the reason why this project appeals to you and how you believe it will allow you to answer your essential question. What is the academic or intellectual scope of this project? How will this project challenge you? How does this project build on your prior learning or knowledge? How will you incorporate any or all of the 4Cs of the LREI education (courage, citizenship, critical thinking, creativity) or connect to the LREI mission statement (LINK)?
| I have always had an appreciation for food but this quarantine period and because stuck on a farm has given me the inspiration to dig into this interest. |
How will you measure your success?
Success should not be measured by product but by process and learning. What outcome from your project will indicate to you that your experience has been a success? What personal goals or achievements will indicate success? If you have a product-based project, what is that product, and how will you measure the success of that product?
| I will measure my success in terms of whether I can successfully provide locally-sourced or foraging based meals for my family. |
Resource List
Consider this the bibliography of Senior Project. What resources have you identified to push your understanding? List publications, institutions, media, books, websites, people with whom you have connected, etc that relate to your project. Include the book you will be reading.
| PictureThis (app that identifies plants from photos), Northeast Foraging by Leda Meredith, the definitive sourcebook to growing, harvesting, preserving, and cooking Vegetables Herbs & Fruit an illustrated encyclopedia. |
Daily Plan & Schedule
Describe, in as much detail as possible, what you will be doing day to day or through the course of a week. This schedule needs to make it clear how you will spend your 30 hours each week. LREI classes, clubs, and ensembles should be noted; cohort groups will likely meet first and second periods on Mondays and Thursdays. (You will also complete a log of hours worked and tasks accomplished for each week of the project).
| Forage, cook and visit local farms (but not come into contact with farmers). |
Documentation Plan
Explain why this is the appropriate documentation for you and your project and how this plan fits your project. Include the platform or medium (blog, journal, Google Doc), intended frequency of updates, general description of the content (reflective writing, photos, essays, etc), the URL for digital documentation or the sharing plan for analog documentation. (Documentation must be updated at least twice per week and be accessible to the committee.)
| The mandatory blog as well as video documentation. |
Material Needs
Note the material needs you are requesting from school (including work space & monetary needs) and the needs you are filling outside of school, including materials you already own.
| I will use a bucket I already own to put my foraged foods in as I walk. I will you the pots, pans, plates, silverwear, and all cooking utencils that my family currently owns. I will use my parents’ car and my parent’s ability to drive in order to travel to the places I need to go to acquire materials. |
Backup Plan
If something goes wrong – an internship falls through, an outside circumstance makes your project no longer feasible, you find that your project is not answering your essential question – what will you do? Ideal backup plans rely on known resources and only a single essential question.
| This plan would fall through if everything shut down and I would no longer be able to access nearby farms. In this case, my family would be reliant on my foraged food as well as the canned goods we already own so I would switch my focus to cooking with those materials. |