Learning the Scientific Method: Self Assessment

This is my egg drop device made of cardboard, straws, tape, and newspaper.

Curricular Response

The golf tower and egg drop challenges helped me understand the scientific method process because I was aware of what part of the process I was doing when I was doing it. When I was doing the worksheets it also helped because I had to know the parts of the scientific method or had to check what they were before I answered so it helped me memorize the steps. Another thing that helped me memorize the scientific method was the Kahoot we did at the end.

Core Competency Self Assessment and Creative Thinking

I am most proud of the golf tower challenge because it was a success and I got a good height for it. I had challenges with the tape sticking and the materials sticking together. To overcome this challenge I used more tape to create thicker and stronger pieces to help everything stick together. I demonstrated that I can create new things when I draw models of what my devices could possibly be. I demonstrated that I can build on the ideas of others when I talk with people on how they could improve their idea or design. When trying new things, I expect setbacks and failure and use them to develop my ideas. An example of this from the Scientific Method labs would be when my tape wasn’t sticking so I made the tape longer and thicker to stick better and when the top newspaper roll wasn’t going on the top without sliding down so to solve that problem I put tape on it and it stayed.