40% Content Literacy:
Students will effectively apply core academic content knowledge and skills (including National and State Content Standards) to real-world situations and problems.
Students will effectively apply core academic content knowledge and skills (including National and State Content Standards) to real-world situations and problems.
Triangles Project Reflection
The project was fine. It got the points it needed across and covered what it had to. The project taught me about triangles, triangle postulates and theorems, and the three basic geometric transformations. Some examples of postulates I learned would be the S(ide)S(ide)S(ide), S(ide)A(ngle)S(ide), and H(ypotenuse)-L(eg), which prove if two triangles that are being compared are congruent. The three geometric transformations I learned about were reflection, translation, and rotation. The reason I believe why this project was fun to do was because I got to see how the triangles, like an obtuse triangle and acute triangle, and transformations were able to design a shoe, door, or carpet just by applying knowledge. Thus, I believe the project should be redone, but with some minor changes regarding the end product or process on making the prototype. The documents and assignments did the job they were given. They assisted in helping me learn about the theorems, postulates, triangles, and transformations. In this project, I attended everyday, finished my work, took leadership, and assisted my group to the best of my ability.
I felt that I grew in content literacy because I didn't understand the concepts until I tried them. Now I'm able to apply what I learned to future problems and projects.
I felt that I grew in content literacy because I didn't understand the concepts until I tried them. Now I'm able to apply what I learned to future problems and projects.
Circles and Arcs Project Reflection
The goal of the project was for our group to come up for a building design for the USA 2012 Pavilion team. The building had to be made of and/or included arcs and circles. During this project, I have learned how to find lengths of arcs, inscribed angles, and outer angles. This project was enjoyable because I got to create a dome-ish building and create some cool designs out of circles and arcs. The math involved required learning about inscribed, central, exterior angles, and the various types of lines that deal with circles. The documents, assignments, and workshops did what they're supposed to do, and I am glad they did that. When it came to work ethic, I was there everyday, finished my work, and helped whenever I could.
During the project, I didn't understand the math fully, and I had to ask some questions, but as the project progressed, I learned and applied it to solve problems regarding our building. Since then, I felt that content literacy was the outcome I most progressed in.
During the project, I didn't understand the math fully, and I had to ask some questions, but as the project progressed, I learned and applied it to solve problems regarding our building. Since then, I felt that content literacy was the outcome I most progressed in.
Visual Aids
For this project in Chemgebra, Mr. Hebert assigned our class to create posters that have to deal with rules of exponents and logarithms. First we had to understand (most of) the rules before actually implementing them inside the posters then include the equation itself, an example, and a simple way of remembering what to do. When it came to the actual posters, we had to make it visually appealing and legible while making sure we get the message across in the way we want it.
During this project, we had to learn the rules first otherwise we wouldn't know what to do when it came to explanations. After that we had to make a rough idea of our posters that showed where the words, explanation, title, and example . Before making the final draft, we had to get a special text so it looks neat and lets you know that it's the equation/example. Next, we prototyped it constantly, seeing what worked and what didn't along with using empathy to make sure the readers/viewers understood our content, using Adobe Illustrator. Finally, we made our last draft and scaled it so it can be made into a large, legible poster.
After this project was finished, I felt I grew in critical thinking and content literacy because it used our understanding of the rules and our ability to implement them into the poster.
During this project, we had to learn the rules first otherwise we wouldn't know what to do when it came to explanations. After that we had to make a rough idea of our posters that showed where the words, explanation, title, and example . Before making the final draft, we had to get a special text so it looks neat and lets you know that it's the equation/example. Next, we prototyped it constantly, seeing what worked and what didn't along with using empathy to make sure the readers/viewers understood our content, using Adobe Illustrator. Finally, we made our last draft and scaled it so it can be made into a large, legible poster.
After this project was finished, I felt I grew in critical thinking and content literacy because it used our understanding of the rules and our ability to implement them into the poster.