Science Reflection

I assessed the students’ intellectual involvement during the Science Tool Learning Center and the Help Harry STEM activity. The assessment included worksheets, designing a perch, and a survey of the students’ teamwork efforts. During the learning center, the students had to complete a worksheet the corresponded with the station they were currently at. For example, at the balance station, the students had to follow the prompts by using the balance and answering the questions on the worksheet. Not only did they have to have their “minds-on” to complete the worksheet, they were also involved in “hands-on” activities by using the science tools. Furthermore, during the Help Harry STEM activity, the students were instructed to design and build a

1. Decide if the mineral is metallic or non-metallic based on its luster and streak.

Throughout the past week, we have been reflecting upon the work that was completed throughout the semester. I found that my writing has improved

science -inquiry concepts. In the video clip from lesson 4,minute Students will work together to form hypothesis, observe ,follow procedure ,collect and analyze data, write a conclusion. This lab has four stations, with each stations student were dealing with situation involving phenomenon that they see outside of the classroom, likely on daily basis. so, with each station the Students can be seen using data and their observations as evidence to explain why they were seeing this real-world phenomenon. then students need to answer the lab analysis questions that also connect them with real world. video 2. Furthermore, to help students construct their explanations, I asked questions that push students to make connections to the real world. For example, in video 2, minute , I ask students why organic compounds dose not conduct electricity ? and how about if we try using water and salt ?

The business letter form that the text says imparts a feeling of directness without a strong personal touch is the ________________ form.

Shirley did very well on both her unit exam about energy and the electromagnetic technology poster project. Her effort in preparing for the exam was much better than for previous exams and the results were much better as well. The poster she made also had excellent information and good visuals. An area Shirley can look to improve on in science is writing lab reports about her experiments. Her lab reports often left out important areas of the evaluation or didn’t include enough detail. Shirley’s positive attitude and creativity were much appreciated this year and I wish her well in 8th grade next year.

In my role as secretary for Science National Honor Society (SciNHS), I was responsible for keeping an accurate record of the attendance and event credits of the members. However, while keeping this record I noticed that many members were struggling to meet their membership requirements. Some lacked the attendance requirements, while others lacked the science event credits. As one of the leaders of SciNHS, I knew it was my responsibility to solve the problems that arose in the club. However, we were all having difficulty finding a solution for how to help out the struggling members without losing integrity or being unfair. Since we did not want our members to struggle to continue in the club, we brainstormed with the leadership team about possible

Feather has had a great term three! She comes to class prepared and ready to learn. She has been completing her work ahead of other classmates and receives free time to read. It has been great to see Feather improve this term. Keep it up!

Naja is slowly improving her grade; however, as I stated in the grade update, I provided students with many opportunities in class to remediate their grade.  I informed them that I was updating grade and that we were closing out our unit so if they needed to complete any missing assignments they should get it done asap.  One problem that I have noticed, is that Naja has not completed her vocabulary assignments which carry some weight.

On Wednesday, I talked to students about their grades, and each one has a copy of the grade descriptors assigned on Google Classroom to help them track their progress and find their grade. Mohinabonu needs to do some corrections on her project marked Not Proficient (NP). Also, she needs to improve on reading and comprehension for the paper 1. This quarter, we will continue to work on these different

Students will participate in an abridged version of The Curiosity Project (See Appendix A for weekly homework assignments). Over the course of five weeks students will be given a weekly homework packet for science. The packet will include two tasks and instructions for both the parents and the student participants.

Upon completing the Summer Research Academy (SRA) I began to look for research opportunities and found a great opportunity to work with a new professor to the school starting a new lab. At first, there was not much to do since no equipment was ordered yet and our lab to be was still occupied with an older research groups material. I took this opportunity to complete some literature reviews and get to know the research we would complete. Soon after I was tasked with ordering new equipment and setting it up for the lab. This was something I was never asked to do so I had no experience, it also did not help that some of the material cost thousands of dollars. Nonetheless, I accepted the challenge. I learned how to set up many new things such as

Today was Halloween, so my teacher had planned some really fun activities for the students to participate in. Before the students arrived, I talked with Mrs. Beach about the lesson that I would be teaching in two weeks. I also helped her set up the science experiment that the students would get to observe while they were working on another activity. When the students arrived, Mrs. Beach explained the science demonstration to the students and asked them to develop a hypothesis of what they thought might happen to the Peep Pumpkins when she put them in hot water, cold water, club soda, vinegar, and oil. She also asked them to predict what would happen when she put candy corn in these types of liquids. Once the students had made their predictions, Mrs. Beach asked for some of them to share their predictions. Three boys proceeded to share their hypotheses with the class. Mrs. Beach wanted some girls to share their hypotheses with the class, so she encouraged them by saying, “Come on girls, the boys are out doing you by sharing their hypotheses. Let’s hear from some of the girls. What do you think will happen?” Even though I probably would not say these exact words, I really like how Mrs. Beach was encouraging the girls to share their thoughts as well. Following this exchange, Mrs. Beach proceeded to place the candy into the cups of liquid, and then she explained the next activity, Halloween Glyphs.

Why do young bright minds of India want to take up science or research as a promising career path in the first place? Doesn’t it feel like a risk? What career opportunities does one have after getting a PhD? These questions are bugging me quite a lot these days. For most of us, born and brought up in middle class urban society are taught right from the start to work hard and be well educated enough to secure a good job. Seemingly it is the gateway to lead a comfortable life. I think in India it is the most important thing in life. Getting a decent job. It’s the only thing that matters. No matter how creative you are and harbor any kind of alternate ambitions otherwise it becomes secondary after a point. So growing up, the thought of pursuing science and research could only be such a far-fetched dream for many of us I guess.

What did I learn in physics this year? Physics reveals how our surroundings operate or don’t operate. I learned how a microwave oven uses rays with a smaller wavelength than a lightbulb. One thing I learned about physics is that it’s all based on math. Having a math disability puts me at a disadvantage against all other students. I understand material better especially if the lesson is taught to me one-on-one and I also don't have a very good memory which doesn't allow me to remember material as fast and easier as others. Let me start off with I know about physics.