Environmental science
Going to junior year I expected every class to give us a heavier workload than the past year. Biology has always been one of the school subjects that interests me the most. In past science classes I had the regular teaching method where we were given about 5 handouts each class, there were no time for experiments or whole class discussions. No sharing our wonderings or topics that we would like to pursue or continue working on outside of class. I expected experiments and dissecting animals, but what I never expected was being able to learn about biology through art. Since the beginning of the semester Ms. Nuvia taught us the benefits of visual note taking, and I think that creating illustrations to have a deeper understanding of biology helped me memorize everything easier.
What does it mean to be a scientist?
A scientist is a person engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts the natural world according to wikipedia.
My perspective on what it means to be a scientist changed when we did the mind map by exhibiting our knowledge on our biological root. For the given task we had to do personal research and annotations in order to acquire a deeper understanding of how our biological root works and how it connects on our story. I remember once my physics teacher told me that science is in everything that surrounds us, in every new discovery or everything that mankind has created, I never saw how science was connected to everything until now. This semester changed my perspective on science as a whole.
A scientist is a person engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts the natural world according to wikipedia.
My perspective on what it means to be a scientist changed when we did the mind map by exhibiting our knowledge on our biological root. For the given task we had to do personal research and annotations in order to acquire a deeper understanding of how our biological root works and how it connects on our story. I remember once my physics teacher told me that science is in everything that surrounds us, in every new discovery or everything that mankind has created, I never saw how science was connected to everything until now. This semester changed my perspective on science as a whole.
I have evolved as scientist as I have learned to be more observative throughout this semester. As it is important to look at the bigger picture, often times we tend to miss the smaller details. The one thing that helped me practice this skill the most was the alstroemerias (peruvian lily) observation. We were put into groups of 4, we observed the inner structure of the leaves and petals and the overall structure of the flower and what the purpose of everything is.
The link below is the link the link to the alstroemerias reflection.
docs.google.com/a/hightechhigh.org/document/d/1J_5o4oh4BoS2wi-r0LVFyLtAeik1-3FIby7stSatUB8/edit?usp=sharing
The link below is the link the link to the alstroemerias reflection.
docs.google.com/a/hightechhigh.org/document/d/1J_5o4oh4BoS2wi-r0LVFyLtAeik1-3FIby7stSatUB8/edit?usp=sharing