critical thinking skills
i showed my critical thinking skills during this project by persevering in figuring out how to knit. i had previously tried to learn how to knit but was unsuccessful in trying to learn. this time i was able to learn how to knit by carefully following tutorials. i am very proud of this because i made the thing and it was fun.
I was most proud of my Lab Safety Poster Assignment this unit because I was able to use my art skills to great effect and communicate really well. I greatly improved in my knowledge of chemical formulas and elements and in communicating in Scientific language. I am able to now not only identify elements and ions but can use the terminology correctly in my discussions and conclusions. The core competency that I demonstrated strength in this unit was communication, specifically, collaboration. My partner and I during this lab were able to successfully both contribute equally because we listened to each other’s ideas and worked together so that there were no misunderstandings. We clearly communicated to one another and listened carefully for this to happen. For next time I could improve by doing this with a different partner.
In this Persuasive Presentation Project I learned to better “select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose, and message.” While I could have done a better job in using credible evidence, I felt that my use of power point with a recorded oral presentation was quite effective for getting my information to my classmates and you, my teacher. My slides have a minimal amount of writing on them so that the focus is on my words with the visuals as a support to my presentation and not being the entire presentation.
As I said in my curricular competency, I feel that I really grew in considering my audience to get my ideas across. Doing an oral presentation with a Slides presentation as a way of making it better as opposed to just reading off of the slides made the presentation so much more effective. I was very good at communicating the ideas that I had but next time I need to more carefully consider having sourced evidence to present so that my argument holds more weight.
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A) how did the use of AI assist you in developing this project
I gave up on the AI in the end
B) how did you ensure that the work you created was still you own, rather then just a product of AI
understand the material and put it into your own words of your understanding.
c) Did you agree with the position you had to argue? Why or why not?
really it depends on the situation but for the most part yes.
My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include: looking up newspaper and magazine articles relevant to the task; looking up studies in journals that are relevant to the task; and looking at sources cited by the materials I already have. For all of these I evaluate the source itself to make sure it is a reliable source on the topic.
I am clear on the difference between simple “group work” and collaboration as evidenced by how my partner and I constructed our project. We worked for several hours, looking up and gathering information together and decided in a way that was fair to both of us who was going to take which part as neither one of us felt strongly either way at the start. We then worked on our own constructing our arguments from the work we had done together. Finally, we came back together to complete our project. At this point we were able to help one another with our arguments and put them together in a way that made sense both from the our own perspectives and as a conversation or disagreement on a topic.
· Explain how you figured out what your Avatar would look like.
There was a description in the book along with mentions of her appearance. For example, we find out that she is twelve years old on page 6.
· How did you choose the plot points?
I chose points that I thought would make it less confusing if you were to sum up the book. I was looking for a story that would make sense to someone who had not read the book.
· Explain how you figured out the setting in your story. What information led you to choose the pictures you picked for your plot points?
in the book it constantly mentions where they are so it was much easier to tell where they are at that point in the story. depending on what they were they were doing I would put a picture that reflected that.
· Explain what the word mood means and how/why you picked the song that you picked?
The word mood means how you feel at that time. I chose the song because you never know what is going to happen next, and there is the suspense of not knowing what will happen next.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I take a break and I make sure to grab a snack and drink some water before I continue so that I make sure that I am fueled up and well hydrated. I will often feel down or low on energy if I am either hungry or thirsty and I will usually be too busy to notice that I am feeling either one.
This is how I select images and words to create impact for different audiences: I chose a combination of pictures from the book and pictures of my own creation to help the narrative along in my presentation. I am most proud of using a sunny-side up egg to show how happy I was about reading this book when we got to the conclusion and the cage I made myself in PowerPoint for the “Captured again” plot point. I created a clear and understandable narrative that I believe is entertaining enough to read and factual enough to complete the assignment and make sure that all of the book’s ideas are displayed.
Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are the ability to not just summarize the main points of a story but to make it all make sense with the other plot points without having to have the reader have to read the book. I was able to answer all the questions and hit all the major plot points and have it make sense.
1. The Frasier river was formed by the snow melting on mountains and flowing down slowly carving out the land. Hope being located by the Frasier river brings both tourists and fish to the city. Tourists come to Hope to see the Frasier canyon. The town of Hope and the camp grounds around it provide a place for new comers to stay.
Forests
large amount of forested areas due to lots of rain and productive soil creates a large logging and forestry industry.
Mining
The mines are another source of income with the valuable minerals that can be mined from the area.The cascade mountains were made by tectonic plates crashing into each other. This process provided a well developed area with lots of minerals and money to be made mining said areas.
Truism
The campground is located near a lake and when people go camping they are going to need supplies, which they can buy from the near by town of Hope.The urban foretasted area of Hope attracts hikers and campers from out of town and out of the country of Canada. Because of this the town of Hope profits off of “Canada merch”
Railway
The railway a key source of the city of Hopes income, transporting passengers too and from the area. But the dominant amount of income being made is the import and expert of raw martials. Such as lumber and raw minerals.
Climate
Heavy orographic rainfall, which is when clouds come in contact with mountains the clouds lose water in order to become less dense. letting the clouds rise over the mountain, this is also called the rain shadow effect. Because of this to this people are going to need umbrellas and rain jackets in order to stay dry. Creating a market for rainy outdoor gear. Warm temperature due to the tropical winds interacting with the artic winds creating the favorable temperature that in turn promotes better tourism and agriculture.
I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way. I understood the information associated with this assignment and I was able to put it into an organized format to present to my teacher.
I can think about what I am going to convey and to whom I will convey it. In organizing and compiling the information needed for this assignment I was thinking about my teacher who is going to be the one who sees it.
I can give, receive and act on feedback to progress in my goals. After having my sibling look at this assignment I made some changes that will help me not only in this assignment but to make my future assignments better.
I can recognize my emotions and use strategies to manage them. I always have to contend with not feeling like I have done a good enough job and my general anxiety over handing in projects. I was able to overcome the anxiety and complete the project. I am working on asking for more help this year and I have probably asked for more help this year than all my other years of school combined. I’m still working on it because I still usually don’t ask even when I need to.