A and P 12, Core Competency Self Assesment!

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Personal Awarness/Responsibility:

The fetal pig dissection was something way outside of my comfort zone but I am extremely glad that I tried it. It was a great learning experience. As someone that’s going into applied sciences, I wasn’t super sure if I was making the right choice but after this dissection, I feel pretty confident in my choice of choosing the physics path. Although I am not going in the biology route for post secondary, as a dieticians’s duaghter I understand the importance of understanding the human body and this course has been super helpful for me in doing so. Moreover, the fetal pig dissection lab added to my understanding of the human body as I got to experience, touch and look at the organs in real life. Around the time of this lab, I also had other tests, and assignments. Since, I am taking physics, biology and chemistry this semester, I had to very carefully organize my time. Ms Chew’s weekly plans have helped me plan for my bio work ahead of time! Overall, this lab has has given me the chance to reflect into my personal choices and take resposibility for all the things I have signed up for!

Creative Thinking:

Every step of this lab required creative thinking. Whether it was knowing how to use the equipment, or where to cut, or looking for the organs or even cleaning up. I am glad I was able to be more confident in myself during this lab, unlike the last one. I tried to use my creative thinking skills when I was confused where to cut, by trying to recoginize if it’s a muscle or a part of some organ or a blood vessle. While trying to look for the organs, me and my partner used all the resources provided to us to label. We compared different diagrams and used our creative thinking skills. For the next time, I would like to improve this by preparing before hand through tutorials on how to use certain equipemnt and how to successfully acheive the desired results!

Explanation : The fetal pig dissection lab!

Lab 19C Reflection

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I had to use the core competency of collaborating while doing this lab. It’s extremely crucial to make sure that you are on the same page as your partner. Everything from measuring the chemicals to recording observations requires both the people to be fully attentive and involved. Heating the hotplate, stirring the solutions in the test tubes, and noting down the temperature also needed group work. Hence, I practiced my communication and collaboration skills during this lab.

Logs Project

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I was surprised to see how close my results were to the Benford’s law.

A lot of digits appeared less frequently than expected according to the law while some appeared more frequently than expected.

The reason for these differences could be because my data ( number of deaths due to Covid) could be an average or a rounded number.

Benford’s Law can be used in:

Fraud detection: Spotting unusual patterns in financial records or tax filings.

Environmental science: Studying natural events, like the size of rivers or earthquakes.

Logarithms help explain why smaller numbers appear more often. The pattern in Benford’s Law follows a formula that involves logarithms, which show how numbers spread out over different sizes. The logarithmic scale helps us understand why smaller leading digits (like 1 or 2) show up more often than larger ones when numbers cover a wide range of values.

Self Reflection Chem Lab

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This was a somewhat challenging lab where we were working with a couple new lab tools for the first time. This lab also required a lot critical thinking and patience for accurate and precise results. We made sure to be to do a few samples and trials, where we used our reflective thinking skills to figure out how to best use each tool for the most accurate results. We also asked for feedback to improve and made a few decisions after analyzing the results from our trials. Overall, I did a pretty good job in terms of the technique and critical thinking. More dedication and focus could help the next time!

I can give, receive and act on feedback to progress in my goals.

Favorite Recipe

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Shakshuka!

Making and sharing reflection

MAKING
Our main equipment in this recipe was the cast iron, while using a cast iron we need to make sure to preheat it before using, and also grease it with some oil after use. We Mise- En Place (pre prepare for easier cooking) our onion, garlic and pepper using our knife skills. We also roast variety of different spices in this recipe such as cumin, paprika, coriander, cayenne etc. All of them have several health benefits and come from different parts of the world such as the Middle East, South America, Mexico, India etc. We also add a bit of vinegar to the sauce so that it balances out the tomato flavor. ​Then we bake our sauce and eggs in the oven!

SHARING
This recipe turned out pretty flavorful and we shared it among our group members. Most people that I have cooked with were able to work effectively as a group and were kind and respectful. Most of them were also self aware and could communicate as required while some were a bit nervous to share their opinions and communicate honestly.

Core Competency Reflection

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include listening to Ms Bolli while she demos, interacting with my peers and using internet.

One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to have a short conversation before starting any lab.

GOAL
I show that I value feedback from others in my group by asking for feedback from all my group members

My Parabola

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The a value which is the coefficient in our formula, in this case (1/2) determines the width of the parabola. The smaller the a value, the wider the parabola, the larger the a value the more compressed the parabola. The a value in our parent equation is 1 which makes the blue parabola more compressed compared to the red one.

The h value determines if our parabola is shifted horizontally or not. In this case the -6 makes our parabola shift horizontally to the right. The blue parabola has 0 as the axis of symmetry and isn’t shifted horizontally as it has no h value.

The k value determines if our parabola is shifted vertically or not. In this case the -7 makes our parabola shift down vertically. The blue parabola has the minimum point at 0 as it has no k value.

How did you represent the same mathematical idea in multiple ways in this assignment?

At first, we showed our equation using mathematical symbols and then we represented them using graphs. Then we even expressed it using words in our paragraph.

State the relevant mathematical vocabulary words you used to demonstrate your understanding?

I used words like the width of the parabola, compressed, shift horizontally, vertically etc.

How did you use formatting to share this information in a clear and organized way?

I made sure to take a good clear screenshot and edit it so that only the necessary stuff is visible, I also made sure to organize my information.

Facing a Challenge!

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· The first time I tried this problem I found it challenging because it had multiple radical operations such as simplifying and multiplying.

· Describe the mistake/problem that happened the first time you tried it. I didn’t realize that we had to simplify it first and also got confused with add/subtract signs.

· Tell me what strategies you used to figure it out. Did you consult your notes, ask a teacher/friend/tutor? Watch a video? Use an internet search or app? Look at the answer key and work backwards? I re read my notes from that day and tried to complete the problem step by step following the notes.

· Tell me which concepts and/or skills you needed to remember to be able to solve this problem. We need to remember that while multiplying radical expressions together we need to make sure that we have the same values inside all the radicands and all the terms have the same index. We might have to simplify a term first in order to get the same value inside the radicand.

· Next time I encounter a difficult problem, I might try referring to my notes again as most of the times the steps in the notes help you identify your errors, if the notes aren’t as helpful then I might also ask my teacher about the problem, and lastly I might also use the videos and online resources to brush up my skills.

Favourite Recipe

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Montreal Bagels

Making and Sharing Reflection

Making

At first we need to realize that this recipe includes bread making, which means we need to work with yeast and handle it with enough care so that it stays active. Here are a couple tools, technologies and processes that we used to produce these fresh Bagels!

Measuring ingredients accurately: In this recipe we are measuring warm water for the yeast, yeast requires fairly warm water to stay alive and so we put the sensitive part of our wrist and start filling in the water when we think it has reached a suitable temperature, we also make sure that our liquid measure is on a flat surface and that we are keeping eye level it. We also fluff the flour with a knife for accurate measurement

Equipment: Stand mixer bowl is a helpful technology in this recipe and makes our work way easier. It helps us to combine the dry and wet ingredients together. Wooden spoon is also a helpful equipment in this recipe!

Sharing

About sharing the prepared food, I have heard many foods and ex food students say that they waste the prepared food sometimes which is pretty sad. In my opinion, you should eat the food that you cooked here, so that you know what went right or wrong, and what changes to make, you should take some for your family or friends so that they can extend your learning by giving you their opinion!

Core Competency Reflection

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include listening to the teacher while she is demoing, look for information in the past relevant recipes, use internet and other food blogs for inspiration.

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in my food blogs and my recipe duo tang, as I use extremely specific and straightforward language while writing about the food or recipes

I show that I value feedback from others in my group by asking them questions while coking, asking for their opinions on how the food looks/tastes

One goal: I show others that I truly value their contributions by using good/ kind words to express gratitude towards them