Quarter Two
In this quarter, my best work is a test regarding Plant Biology and Human Respiratory. Both of them were the main focuses of the quarter, and although it was confusing for me at the beginning, it became easier as time went by because the links between the concepts and theories slowly begun flowing together. The beginning of the quarter was a very confusing mixture of new terms that I didn't understand at all, but I tried very hard to deepen my knowledge on those things on my own, which helped me understood the new things. When it came to respiratory, I was absent due to being sick during the lesson time, so most of the material I had to self-study. This was challenging especially because all the terms were relatively new and I didn't understand how anything related with each other. However, because I self-studied it there were also some things that I managed to learn on my own, which garnered a deeper understanding on the topic for my self. The test becomes my best work because it reflects my hard work in trying to digest, analyze, and understand the different concepts and how they work together as a system. It also shows my knowledge on the said areas, and how much I understand about each. Because my method of remembering things is similar to a narration, it also helped me during the test because I learned to see the memorize the material not as a burden but to see it as an on-going illustration, which I think is what I did well to prepare for this test. Future improvements are to deepen my understanding and being more competent in the study of biology. This means that I should be more diligent in doing my work and listening more in class. Because my attention span isn't very long, this is my challenge; to improve my focus when listening to teachers' explanations so my knowledge on different things will grow more rapidly. In science this quarter, the Global Context that I applied to the lessons is "Orientation in Space and Time" because the knowledge that I learned in class today is a product of extensive history done by many different scientist throughout the course of time. What I know now as common knowledge in a classroom syllabus was once considered a huge breakthrough, and through learning the things that were discovered not only am I enriching my personal knowledge but also honoring the history of those great scientist who dedicated their life for the search of science. Without those people in history, I wouldn't know half the things I learned in science this quarter. Historical discoveries are a huge aspect of the continual construction of scientific knowledge, and the scientific figures of the past are worthy of our awe.