Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
The thing that I was most proud of in my senior presentation was my activity. I did Jeopardy, and I didn't realize when I was first creating it, how engaged the entire class would be. It felt amazing knowing that everyone was involved and wanted to win. 

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

P 

The reason why I think I deserve this grade is because I felt like I did what was required for this lesson.  

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment.
  P   

The reason why I think I deserve a P is because I just did the what was needed for this project. I didn't do anything extra nor did I slack off on important assignments. 

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

What worked well was the fact that I was able to gain so much knowledge from my mentor about the universe. I don't think I could have done it without him, and I am so very grateful. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?

One thing that I wished I could have done was take an astronomy class at Cal Poly. I would have an easier time finding research on my topic. 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

The senior project helped me realize that I don't want to make astronomy my career choice. Astronomy is very tedious. Usually you work alone in a lab for years just trying to figure out something in space. It can be long and frustrating which is something I definitely don't want to deal with.  

Blog 18: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
How can the study of astronomy help us infer what might happen at the collapse of the universe?
2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
The universe will not collapse but instead continue to expand further for all eternity. 
3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
The gravity in the universe will cause a "big crunch".
4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
You can't really apply my answers to real world applications. This has no affect on us at all for trillions and trillions of years. The technology we build for the reseach that we do affect us, but my actual answers don't. 
5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
21 century astronomy textbook
6.  What other source supports your answer?
Crash course astronomy 
7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
Although this may not apply to us for now, the knowledge we receive from this will benefit us in the future. 

Lesson 2 Reflection

*water reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
What I am the most proud of is my tug - of - war activity because my students got really excited in it.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
      P          

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I think I deserve that grade because I met the standards needed for that grade. I don't really have much to say about that.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
What worked was all the information I had and my activity. 

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I think what I would have done differently is go home and get the name tags I needed for my presentation. People were confused about where they should sit, ad I just so happened to forget the name tags at home.
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
I think my answer two may be about the universe calming down. I'm not so sure yet. 

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?

The thing I am most proud of is the fact that I didn’t under or over time. I was so stress out and scared because of the fact that I might go under time and lose some points after all the hard work I did.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

I think I’ll give myself a P because I did all the basic things required. Also my lesson didn’t have very much props to show to the class.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

I think the thing that I’ll change about my lesson is the wording of it and the pace I was going at. I knew what I needed to talk about for the most basic things in astronomy, but I felt as though the way I described it made it hard for people to understand. This will help me in lesson 2 because I can do somethings to help me teach a bit better, like having a second opinion on my lesson.