Blog 22 Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive StatementWhat are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why? 
I am proud of the awesome lesson plans I created for both of my Independent components and the how well my activity flowed with my Block Presentation
(2) Questions to Consider
A. What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?
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B. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
My Mentorship with Mr. Pittman was amazing he helped me come with all my answers not by telling me what he thinks about my EQ but instead showed me by just teaching his class like any good AP Biology teacher would. He was an amazing AP Biology teacher just by the test score distributions that he did with a mock test in his class showing that none of his students scored a 1 and only 3 out of  60 students scored a high 2 that could easily get boosted up to a 2 and get a passing grade.


(4) (What didn't work) 
If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I would have chosen this amazing topic in the first place so that I would have a lot more foundation research. I would also wanted to focus on reading a variety of sources not only from journals and book this could have help me have better research to present in my final presentation. Last a main problem with me is that I have my presentation practiced but I get really nervous and forgot to state as many sources as I wanted to so that all my answers made sense and why I logically choose  them

(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
I have gained a love for science freshman year but felt like I was in a sense to stupid to go into a career in that field but thanks to my senior project I had to read and comprehend complicated concepts of AP Biology and destroyed that idea giving me the confidence to pursue a future career in Science maybe as a Bio engineer or Microbiologist. My senior Project also help me think about how amazing my science teachers at iPoly have been and made me think about going into a teaching career so I could pass on my love for Biology onto the new generation of great scientists 

Blog 21 Mentorship

Literal 

Contact Name and mentorship place

Anthony  Pittman. AP Biology /Physiology teacher at Ayala High School in Chino Hills.

Interpretive

What is the most important thing your gained from this experience? Why?

I have gained the ability to keep in constant contact with people. At the beginning of mentorship I never updated my mentor and just came whenever. Near the middle around January he recommended that I send him weekly updates on my senior project.

Applied 

How has what you done help to answer your EQ? Explain?

My mentorship gave me the opportunity to follow around a teacher an observe how he prepares his students for the AP Biology exam. Mr. Pittman helped me think of most of my answer through the things that he did in his classroom or the resources he gave to me. Each answer lead back to a way that he prepared his students for the AP Biology exam.