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A & P 12 Core Competency

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Critical thinking

During the fetal pig dissection lab I was able to use my critical thinking skills to analyze the different organs of the fetal pig. By comparing the pigs structure to the diagrams provided and label the parts properly from prior knowledge of my notes. From listening to Ms. Chew’s demonstration I took some strategies she shared to use on my own, for example where to initiate a cut and where to end it. By figuring how much pressure to apply as well helped me improve when I made my next incision for making the cut deep enough. The ability to investigate the pigs organs made me connect our notes to the autonomy of the pig of how it all gets connected from the visual reference and physical touch.

Communication

In this lab the procedure was preformed by myself and my classmates Anita and Kate. Since this lab consisted of lab partners, communication was a major fact of how our dissection would turn out. In this sense we used each others knowledge for labeling the necessary parts of the fetal pig, while we had to communicate where the location of the organs would have to be due to the surrounding environment. We also collaborated when it came to making an incision along a certain area, we discussed how far and deep to cut by helping one another from holding the pig in place while someone cut and some else guided them.

Graphing a parabola

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The variable A affects if the parabola is upward or downward, if the number is positive or negative. In this case A is positive so it is upward and is a fraction which causes the parabola to be wider. K value is equal to Y for the vertex, with X being H value but the opposite sign. Since H is +1, X is -1 in the vertex. The vertex coordinates are (-1, -4). The original equation y=x^2 is compared next to the given vertex form parabola in the graph below. The difference is very noticeable with the picture and one of the biggest differences is the line of symmetry which in the form y=x^2 is X=0 and the minimum value is 0. In my given form y=1/2 (x+1)^2-4 the line of symmetry is -1 and the minimum value is -4. Though there are some similarities as they are all real numbers and in both equations A is positive.

I represented the same mathematical idea in a graph, equation and words.

To demonstrate my understanding of chapter 3 on graphing parabolas I used the vocabulary: vertex, parabola, minimum value, all real numbers, graph, coordinate, equation and line of symmetry.

I used demos graphing calculator for my formatting to show information of my individual equation and a comparison between both.