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AP Biology

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Critical Thinking

AP Biology Inquiry Project

For our final project in AP Biology, we had to design our own lab. My partner and I did our experiment on the rate of CO2 production by yeast. We had to use critical thinking when developing our procedure, materials list, and data tables. We also had to research about yeast and different types of flour for our hypothesis and conclusion. When researching, we were able to identify important information that was helpful compared to information that served no purpose in our experiment. The picture above demonstarted the method that we used to measure the volume of CO2 produced which also showed my improvement in crticial thinking because we had to brainstorm and decide on the most effecient and accurate way of measuring the CO2. If I had not used my thinking skills this lab design project would not have been as succesful as it was. Overall, I am very proud of this project and I believe it shows my critical thinking skills very well.

Core Competency Chemistry 12

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Collaboration

Completed titration with oxalic acid and sodium hydroxide

During our Chemistry 12 titration experiment, I can confidently say that I worked effectively with my partner to achieve our goal of determining the concentration of NaOH. We had to titrate a primary standard 0.050M oxalic acid solution with a unknown concentration of NaOH. I was able to take on specific roles and responsibilities like preparing the 0.050M oxalic acid solution, managing the burette, monitoring the Erlenmeyer flask, and recording data to ensure precision and accuracy. It is difficult to do titrations because the volume of NaOH we add must be perfect or else we’ve over shot it and the solution will be “over-titrated”. But because of our collaborative efforts it highlighted our ability to communicate clearly and support each other, leading to successful and reliable results after 4 trials of titrations. This lab improved my ability to work in a team and take on responsibilities within a partnership to achieve a common objective.

Creative Writing 10

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My Writing

This is a free verse poem I wrote using metaphors about my grandma.

Core Competency Reflection

This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: I think using the metaphor of a lion to describe my grandma really helps everyone understand what impact I wanted to create. Most people of different backgrounds have some knowledge about lions so it was easy for me to communicate my feelings. I seek, develop and weigh options as demonstrated by… Since this was a free verse poem I had to try many different options of how I wanted my poem to look. I used critical thinking to decide what way the line breaks worked the best. When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I …. to help calm myself or create space in my mind to… I was stuck quite a bit on what metaphor to use for my grandma and I was a little stressed since I had no ideas. But I actually called my grandma just to talk to her and really notice what type of vibe she has. I also talked to my cousin and we came up with the idea of a lion, so talking to my family really helped me come up with creative ideas.

One goal that I’m working on is boosting my mood or re-focusing. A lot of the times I get frustrated when working because my ideas just aren’t working and I notice the quality of my work also decreases. So I’ve been working on it by taking breaks when I feel stuck and coming back with a fresh mind. I hope by the end of the school year I have gotten into a habit of letting myself take breaks when necessary.

Capitol Mutation Collaborative Project

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My Project

Public Speaking

I have learned a lot about public speaking this semester. Being a good speaker means having lots of eye contact with the audience, speaking loud and confidently, having a nice pace when speaking, and having the speech memorized or prepared. From what I have learned a good speech has a thoughtful hook at the beginning that keeps the audience interested, all the information is in an order that makes sense, and the topic is something the audience can relate to or be interested in. A good audience member listens actively to the speaker by making eye contact and facing them. They also don’t go on their phones or get distracted by other things. They clap at the end of the speech if appropriate and don’t talk during it.

Collaborating Core Competency Reflection

Some things I think about before dividing tasks among group members include noticing who has strengths in what areas. When we were splitting up the work I knew Nikta has better drawing skills than me so she drew the Skeleon but I coloured it and we divided everything else up by who had more strengths in that area.. I show that I value feedback from others in my group by asking them to read what I wrote and change anything that they think would sound better. I know the group is working well together when I hear/ see us working quickly and our group members talking about how proud they are of all the work being done. When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I get to know them better and ask them what part of the project they would want to work on. One goal I have for myself is working on being a better public speaker. I noticed I need to work more on eye contact and slowing down when speaking. I will achieve my goal by getting over my nerves of speaking publicly which would help me focus more on eye contact and pacing.