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Life Sciences 11 Relfection

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Earthworm Disection

Bio 11 has quickly grown to be my favourite class and my passion for my future as well. Throughout this course, I have loved the applications of science to real-world things and items, and how they are presented through this branch of science. I believe that this lab showed the 3 curricular competencies best. (ThinkingCC) Firstly, the process of directing a worm could be quite meticulous and time-consuming if not done efficiently, obviously, through this tedious work, I was able to develop my creative thinking skills by being able to change cuts on a whim depending on if I needed to change the cut line not to hit any of the internal organs. (Personal Social CC)Moreover, my personal goal is to be a radiologist or surgeon, I was able to relate the ideas of dissection and the nervous system to my personal social goals and responsibilities. This was done through constant applications of the course material, and the equally constant relations to my goals. (CommunicationCC) Lastly, I was able to represent my learning and explain how it connected to my experiences. This was shown through the lab write-up that followed the dissection, in this write-up, I was able to not only label and explain each function, I was also able to explain how the earthworm was able to function as a living organism. This obviously proves how I retained the knowledge displayed within this lab.

English Term Assessment

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Artifact: The assignment that I am most proud of and that best relates to a curricular competency would have to be my Oral storytelling assignment. This story revolves around the themes of self-confidence and how you are the only one who can set limits for yourself. I showed this through a character named David who plays the guitar, and how he doubts his capabilities. His doubts are quickly challenged by the introduction of a “magic guitar” and how that would make him play better. After signing with an agency and hitting a block in his abilities, he finds that the guitar was never magical and that he earned his opportunity.

Curricular competency: In this assignment, I learnt that creating a story through the style that the indigenous community does is quite enjoyable compared to making a traditional, linear story. Moreover, I learnt that stories that are composed with these methods lead to a more symbolic connotation which leaves the readers wondering and questioning. Not only does this allow the reader to develop their thoughts and opinions, it also leaves an open ending, allowing people to infer what happens next. I had a recursive, circular story meaning that I had a continuous storyline which kept referencing back to the main idea within the story. Through this, I was able to cement the theme and allow readers to build off of that.

Core Competency: “I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, and I expect setbacks and failure, but use that to develop my ideas”. Since the development of this story, I continued to struggle on what to base it on, taking me a few days to cement the idea. Despite this, I continued to struggle to build upon the idea; liking the fundamental plot but finding it hard to develop the idea into something worthwhile. I continued to ponder on how to take the story when I was around halfway through, Luckily I had made a timetable of how I wanted the story to unfold, and due to this I was able to work backwards allowing me to develop ideas and connect plot point A to plot point B.

Facing a Challenge

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Aaron

When I first encountered this problem, I found it challenging not due to a lack of understanding, but rather the abundance of different techniques and steps that an equation like this requires.

The mistake I continued to make would be forgetting to foil as it was difficult for me to recognize the difference between a monomial and a binomial when radicals were involved. Not only this, but I also struggled with the organization of my equations, which led to me often forgetting crucial components that were necessary to the final answer.

To combat these obstacles, I asked my father to tutor me. My father graduated from Seoul University as a math major. Due to this, he’s a very reliable and sophisticated tutor, as he can set me on the right path better than most other tutors. I also practice quite regularly through either the worksheet or through practice questions given to me by my father. Through this, I can easily gain a foundation that I can build upon.

In order to complete a question like this, an individual must understand the basics of algebra, the basics of understanding radicals, exponent laws, multiplying/dividing/adding/subtracting radicals. “FOIL”-ing, factoring trinomials, simplifying radicals, being able to find restrictions, and checking your final answer

The next time I encounter a difficult problem, I will first try to solve based upon my prior knowledge and foundation, if I’m able to get through it, I would go back and correct any mistakes. If I’m not able to solve it, I would either ask a teacher, parent, or search it up on YouTube. Once I have no questions left and I’m able to solve it with little to no guidance, I would find practice questions and continue to strengthen my methods and technique until I fully understand the concept.

English 10 Reflection

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Something I’m proud of – Bohemian Rhapsody Essay

Personally, I’m most proud of this essay as I made it as sophisticated as I could, while still conveying the artistic choices that were prevalent in this movie. This essay allowed me not only to expand my writing style and word choice but also allowed me to get comfortable with the essay formatting which will allow me in future circumstances. For example, the stylistic word choice is seen in most of the essay, this allowed the reader to understand and connect to the points given.

In this essay, I believe I grew the core competency of creative/reflective thinking, specifically,”I can analyze evidence to make judgements”. The main problem I had during this essay was trying to draw a conclusion and create a concluding sentence and paragraph. I combatted this through advice from my peers, teachers, and families, who ultimately made my essay better. For example, the concluding paragraph was written by me, but edited by my sister who made meaningful remarks and ultimately tied the whole essay together. Ultimately, through the advice and remarks from my peers, I was able to analyze my essay as a whole, along with making judgment calls to change my overall essay for the better.