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By helping with group work in the classroom, I make a positive difference to my peers. I do this by helping people answer questions and helping them understand the concepts by teaching them, while they can also help me if I need help.

When I am sad, angry, or frustrated, taking a break to relax and decompress helps me be more productive or calm. Sometimes, I can also take a break by going for a walk to refill my water bottle or go to the bathroom. This gives me time to clear my mind and not have to think about anything so I can approach the problem with a good mindset.

When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I also like to take a break for similar reasons. This helps me come back to the problem with more energy and focus so I can approach the problem accordingly rather than just staying and trying without any energy leading to there being more mistakes.

An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is parabolas and graphing them and solving equations with them. There have been three units on them, as well as having to review them for the math final, which means I am very familiar with them and their uses.

Curricular Response

The building of the golf tower and egg drop lab improved my understanding of the scientific method by solidifying my understanding of the concepts like making a conclusion and creating a hypothesis. Before the 2 labs were done, my understanding of the scientific method was decent, but not great. I struggled with making a conclusion and hypothesis in the golf tower challenge, and it showed in my mark. But for the egg drop challenge, my understanding was really solidified, and my mark improved along with it.

Core Competency Self Assessment and Creative Thinking

I am the most proud of the golf tower challenge because we were able to build a structure that was standing and able to support the golf ball. The main challenge we faced was keeping the structure standing without falling over. We overcame this challenge by adding a cone around the base of the tower that would keep it in place. When I started the golf tower challenge lab, I felt somewhat confident in my ability with the scientific method, but doing the golf tower and egg drop lab really solidified my understanding. I demonstrated my ability to create things and build off of others’ ideas when I was building the golf tower and egg drop as a modified my design from the prototype by replacing straws with paper. When trying new things, I expect setbacks and failures and use the to develop my ideas. An example of this from the scientific method labs would be when the egg drop challenge didn’t survive the fall so in my reflection I thought of new ideas for how to make the dropper survive the fall.

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Math Self Assessment

Learning the Scientific Method: Self Assessment

Curricular Response

Core Competency Self Assessment and Creative Thinking