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Anatomy & Physiology 12 Core Competency Self Assesment

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I have used the communication core competency a lot in this course during our many labs or working on assignments and work packages with my desk mates. I showed the communication core competency a lot during the sheep hearts lab where my partner and I worked on identifying different chambers and parts of the heart. We first found the blood vessels leading in and out of the heart chambers, my partner and I took each other’s opinions into account of where we believed each vessel was. We obviously communicated very well because we were able to label all the vessels correctly in the first try. In the next section of the lab we labeled parts of the heart, we consulted the heart diagram in the superlab and in the lab handbook, and communicated our findings from those resources. My partner also watched a heart dissection video to prepare for the lab and she shared what she had learned from it with me. My partner and I proved our communication skills greatly in this lab because we were the first pair to complete the labeling. We also communicated our knowledge with Ms Chew by having her check that we had labelled the heart correctly.

The sheep’s heart with the aortic semi-lunar valve labelled. My partner and I weren’t able to label it on the first try but after I consulted a diagram, I communicated my findings with my partner and we correctly located it.

Metal Art and Jewelry 12 Edublog Reflection

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In metal art and jewelry 12 I have started on my first project, making a metal rose. I started out by cutting the three rose parts out of paper and then tracing them out onto a piece of metal. I then cut the pieces out with aviation snips and sanded the edges with sandpaper which was a little tedious. After Mr. Peterson showed us how to use the jewelers torches I used them to add colour to my rose with heat. I had a few struggles with turning the torch off, there was always a small flame even as I had turned off the gas. I learned it could be fixed easily by just tapping the torch tip on the table to expel the extra dirt and material stuck in there which caused the little flame. After that step I punched holes in the center of the three rose parts but I accidentally punched one of the holes in a different sized punch so it is much larger than the other two holes. I asked Mr. Peterson for help to fix this and he showed me a way to make a thicker stem for my rose by twirling thinner metal sticks together with a drill. Now my rose will look cooler than those with a basic stem. I will learn more as I continue to work on my rose project and probably encounter similar issues later in the course where I can use my learning to overcome them.

My Rose Pieces & Stem
The Jewelers Torches

Chemistry 12 Core Competency Self- Assessment

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In Lab 19C “Determining of a Solubility Product Constant” I showed uses of the communication core competency. During the lab I was able to communicate well with my lab partner to complete the lab and to work on the calculations and recording of our data. We both divided up the work equally, with both of us doing tasks in shifts or working on separate tasks so that we could complete the lab efficiently and accurately. Our roles included one person creating the chemical reaction in the beaker, and one person writing down observations which we would alternate doing. We also often had one person cleaning our equipment while the other set up for another trial. We shared our ideas with one another throughout the lab like our observations on the colour and precipitate produced in the test tubes, and on ways to complete the post lab calculations. In the second part of the lab, we had to heat up the beakers seen above to see what temperature the precipitate would dissolve at. We worked together to accurately observe when the precipitate was completely dissolved, often times it was hard so see when this happened so we discussed what we personally saw and if the solution needed to be heated for longer. We had some obstacles in this part with it taking a long time for certain precipitates to dissolve so we split up our roles again with one person observing the reaction and another cleaning and putting away equipment we weren’t using anymore. When the lab was finished we discussed our answers to the post lab questions to see if we had similar results and that we did our calculations correctly. Over all, I believe that me and my partner showed great communication and collaborating skills through assigning roles and responsibilities, sharing ideas and using strategies to navigate project goals.

Core Competency Self-Reflection: Pre Calculus 12

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Option 1 – Collaboration

My group and I worked very well together this semester. We all contributed, even in small ways, to every problem we worked on and weren’t afraid to challenge each others answers or ask questions. We didn’t have definite roles in my work group, but I often took up the “scribe” role and wrote out the questions. Even then, we usually had a system where if the person writing didn’t know how to solve the problem or needed clarification on something, another would take the marker and talk through the answer. Often our whiteboard is filled with all three of ours’s writing. We work very well as a group.

The picture above is from the in class work questions from the polynomial unit for section 3.2, though this unit is more simple than others we had some difficulty with question 1. This was our first time working with a graph like this and we were all confused about what to put where and how to set up the basic shape of it. We combatted this by checking the notes and learned how to find the degrees of the x-intercepts and the graphs end behaviors. We ran into another problem when calculating points to plot, we got very large numbers that seemed unrealistic. With Ms. Eaton’s help we found that the numbers did make sense in the equation after using “Desmos” and seeing what the graph looked like. We solved this problem and many others utilizing all the resources we have been provided with.

I think my group’s problem solving skills could be improved in a couple of ways according to the Core Competency collaboration profiles. First off, I think our work and roles could be divided up a bit more equally according to profile 2. This includes not relying on a certain very much smarter member to do a lot of the work and have everyone try their best to solve the question without fear of getting it wrong. We can work together to get it right. Another way to improve our collaboration would be to talk to a few other groups if we are really stuck, according to prompts 4 and 6. Instead of looking at what the other groups are doing to solve harder problems, we should talk to them and ask them about their solving process. We do this already but I think we could do this even more and talk to even more groups than just a certain few.