Literal
A ) I, Alejandro Espinoza, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
B ) The sources I used for my independent component are My Mentor Mr. Pittman, he showed me his lesson plan and looked over my notes and Cambell's 5th edition AP Biology Book which is where I got the information to help me make my lesson plan, guided notes and test.
C ) Okay Done.
D ) So for my independent component I decided to dissect section of the book and write out a plan of attack for the unit. I started by first reading the section then reread the section this time writing notes I then did a plan of attack on each of the concepts in the book. After each concept was completed I wrote down what I am going to teach my students each day. I then made guided notes for my students to fill out during my lectures. Finally I repeated the process for the next chapter.
Interpretive
Notebook Pictures - This contains my notes on the section, how i would tackle each concept and what and how would I teach my students each day.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnLGnN9JDs9AOQ1LwyyFMzPBP1EHi9W_URZUg6zyNyI/edit?usp=sharing
Guided Notes Example- This is an example of how I did my guided notes for my unit.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19G3S1EYDNrY_oRpTm_7hqaYjURZUKPNiU9-VhJ3jdPI/edit?usp=sharing
Applied
My component helped my understand the foundation of my topic basically by showing me what teacher have to do when planning a new lesson. I understand that the amount of effort that a teacher put into his work will directly reflect how the students may do on their exam and eventually their final AP Biology Examination. I also learned how pack as much content as you can in a Day so that you could go to the next section more quickly a note to add is that time MUST be put aside for any possible questions or misunderstanding of the concepts.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
How do I study for my Biology test?
Hello readers so sense for my independent component I dissected a section in a book and made a lesson plan and started making a test from scratch. While making my test I wondered how if I was student studying for this test how would I do it so I started think how I personally how I studied for my 10th grade Biology test and how can a teacher do little extra things to help the student. I remember personally that Biology tests required me to constantly read the information repeatedly and go through worksheets and notes I did all throughout the unit. Below are my personally top three study methods.
Guided Notes
Guided Notes are amazing. My Mentor ,Mr. Pittman uses them and I remember using something like them in my 9th and 10th grade Biology experience but also in my 10th and 11th history experience. Why are guided notes so great simple they require the student to listen to key words in a teacher's lecture but also once completed a student can cover up the answers and try to fill in the blanks while studying.
Essay Questions
Another awesome thing I remember what my mentor Mr. Pittman did at the beginning of my mentorship was making his students make rubrics for Essay questions. This is a great way to study a student can ask a teacher for essay questions or simply do a google search for questions. How does a rubric help a student simple it makes the student think okay if I was a teacher grading this question what would I look for. Knowing what a teacher may want can help the student study more on topics that they think they need more help on.
Question Flash cards
This method I got from my sister's Biology teacher and that is making question based flash cards. A student get questions from a book, worksheet etc. and answer them, a note to take into consideration is a student could check answer with either a teacher,a fellow student or even the book. Once the Flash cards are made the student go through each question and answer it. This helps the student become go over questions repeatedly when they make and go through the flash cards again.
I personally used only one of these methods when I was in 10th grade Biology but if i knew about the other two methods i think I could have done way much better my 10th grade Biology tests all throughout the year. This actually will lead me to start getting research for information for my second answer which has something to do with teaching a student good study habits.
Guided Notes
Guided Notes are amazing. My Mentor ,Mr. Pittman uses them and I remember using something like them in my 9th and 10th grade Biology experience but also in my 10th and 11th history experience. Why are guided notes so great simple they require the student to listen to key words in a teacher's lecture but also once completed a student can cover up the answers and try to fill in the blanks while studying.
Essay Questions
Another awesome thing I remember what my mentor Mr. Pittman did at the beginning of my mentorship was making his students make rubrics for Essay questions. This is a great way to study a student can ask a teacher for essay questions or simply do a google search for questions. How does a rubric help a student simple it makes the student think okay if I was a teacher grading this question what would I look for. Knowing what a teacher may want can help the student study more on topics that they think they need more help on.
Question Flash cards
This method I got from my sister's Biology teacher and that is making question based flash cards. A student get questions from a book, worksheet etc. and answer them, a note to take into consideration is a student could check answer with either a teacher,a fellow student or even the book. Once the Flash cards are made the student go through each question and answer it. This helps the student become go over questions repeatedly when they make and go through the flash cards again.
I personally used only one of these methods when I was in 10th grade Biology but if i knew about the other two methods i think I could have done way much better my 10th grade Biology tests all throughout the year. This actually will lead me to start getting research for information for my second answer which has something to do with teaching a student good study habits.
Blog 13 Lesson 2 Reflection
1. What are you most proud of in your lesson 2 presentation and why?
I am proud of my answer details I personally think I explained why Inquiry learning and how it helps a student prepare for the AP Biology Exam.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation?
AP
2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the lesson 2 component contract?
I personally think that I may had some problems with body language and eye contact during my presentation but other than that i think my volume was good and I actively keep on engaging the audience. My activity personally was decent, I had props such as my research and the learning pyramid and my power point was pretty well designed. I tried to cited all of sources but keep citing mentorship and the AP Biology exam, and forgot to site any other sources. I think my hook activity and EQ answer activity engage the whole audience and help them understand Inquiry alot more.
3. What worked in your Lesson 2?
My hook Activity and my Answer content?
4. If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I would have cited more sources other than mentorship and the AP Biology Exam.
5. What do you think your answer 2 will be?
An AP Biology teacher can best prepare a student for the AP Biology Examination through designing a class that prepares the student to break down questions for what they are asking for.
I am proud of my answer details I personally think I explained why Inquiry learning and how it helps a student prepare for the AP Biology Exam.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation?
AP
2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the lesson 2 component contract?
I personally think that I may had some problems with body language and eye contact during my presentation but other than that i think my volume was good and I actively keep on engaging the audience. My activity personally was decent, I had props such as my research and the learning pyramid and my power point was pretty well designed. I tried to cited all of sources but keep citing mentorship and the AP Biology exam, and forgot to site any other sources. I think my hook activity and EQ answer activity engage the whole audience and help them understand Inquiry alot more.
3. What worked in your Lesson 2?
My hook Activity and my Answer content?
4. If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I would have cited more sources other than mentorship and the AP Biology Exam.
5. What do you think your answer 2 will be?
An AP Biology teacher can best prepare a student for the AP Biology Examination through designing a class that prepares the student to break down questions for what they are asking for.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Blog 12 Third Interview Questions
1. How can an AP Biology teacher best prepare a student for the AP Biology Examination
2 How does Inquiry learning / hands on learning comprehend the knowledge being thought more effectively?
3. Do you personally believe that inquiry learning / hands on learning is a reliable way to teach a lesson if so why?
4. When making a lesson plan what is your ratio of lecture, labs, and Homework/Classwork?
5. How much do you focus on the AP Biology book to help teach your students the content they need to know?
6. When making a year long lesson plan what is most important in your opinion to put in.?
7. When an AP biology changes and you have to make a lesson plan how would you tackle the topic.
8. Do you believe that testing a students knowledge through hands on exams, practicals are more effective then written test if so why, if not why not ?
9. Test are important to see how much knowledge the student has gained and comprehended how do you structure your test, do you include essays, multiple choice questions fill in the blanks.
10. Science is know as a social experience how much do you interact with other teachers to help get ideas for lessons and labs?
2 How does Inquiry learning / hands on learning comprehend the knowledge being thought more effectively?
3. Do you personally believe that inquiry learning / hands on learning is a reliable way to teach a lesson if so why?
4. When making a lesson plan what is your ratio of lecture, labs, and Homework/Classwork?
5. How much do you focus on the AP Biology book to help teach your students the content they need to know?
6. When making a year long lesson plan what is most important in your opinion to put in.?
7. When an AP biology changes and you have to make a lesson plan how would you tackle the topic.
8. Do you believe that testing a students knowledge through hands on exams, practicals are more effective then written test if so why, if not why not ?
9. Test are important to see how much knowledge the student has gained and comprehended how do you structure your test, do you include essays, multiple choice questions fill in the blanks.
10. Science is know as a social experience how much do you interact with other teachers to help get ideas for lessons and labs?
Friday, January 10, 2014
Blog 11 Mentorship 10 hours
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship at Ayala High School in Chino Hills
2.Who is your contact?
Mr. Pittman, AP Biology teacher
3 How many total hours have you done?
15 1/2 hours.
4. Summarize the ten hours of service you did.
I go every Monday Wednesday and Friday when I can to Ayala High School. I stay for roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes during the first 55 minutes I am in Mr. Pittman's class either watching him lecture the class or walking around with him while he help his students on work or labs questions. After that I usually talk to Mr. Pittman giving him an update on my senior project, talk about different topics related to my Senior project, and help him set up his class for the next day.
I am doing my mentorship at Ayala High School in Chino Hills
2.Who is your contact?
Mr. Pittman, AP Biology teacher
3 How many total hours have you done?
15 1/2 hours.
4. Summarize the ten hours of service you did.
I go every Monday Wednesday and Friday when I can to Ayala High School. I stay for roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes during the first 55 minutes I am in Mr. Pittman's class either watching him lecture the class or walking around with him while he help his students on work or labs questions. After that I usually talk to Mr. Pittman giving him an update on my senior project, talk about different topics related to my Senior project, and help him set up his class for the next day.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Blog 10 Senior Project, The Hoilday
1 What did you do over the break with your senior project.
Over the break my mentor recommended that I work on my independent component. I read my AP Biology taking notes and then stated breaking down the sections into a lesson plan that I can use. I then decided to do some additional research notes to put in my notebook both sources focused on Inquiry learning.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
I learned more info on Inquiry labs which will soon become a common core standard. I also could say I learned how to plan a lesson based on the information that I, the teacher will be testing my students on. The source I learned Inquiry learning from was the California Journal of Science Education and a little bit of " Teaching Inquiry Science" by Anton E. Lawson.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would like to Interview Mrs. Dee Ann Matthews, she was a Biology teacher for good amount of time. Even through she did not teach AP Biology the teaching methods she used to teach her class could easily help support one or more of my answers.
Over the break my mentor recommended that I work on my independent component. I read my AP Biology taking notes and then stated breaking down the sections into a lesson plan that I can use. I then decided to do some additional research notes to put in my notebook both sources focused on Inquiry learning.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
I learned more info on Inquiry labs which will soon become a common core standard. I also could say I learned how to plan a lesson based on the information that I, the teacher will be testing my students on. The source I learned Inquiry learning from was the California Journal of Science Education and a little bit of " Teaching Inquiry Science" by Anton E. Lawson.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would like to Interview Mrs. Dee Ann Matthews, she was a Biology teacher for good amount of time. Even through she did not teach AP Biology the teaching methods she used to teach her class could easily help support one or more of my answers.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Awesome Research Sources From My Mentor
Hello Readers so today at mentorship I got a couple of awesome Sources to add to my Research Notebook and some just to look at and have a basic knowledge of what an AP Biology Teacher must teach there students.
I Got Three paper resources today. (From Left to Right) An AP Biology Equation and Formula chart, the AP Biology Big Ideas, and last Mr. Pittman's AP Biology Audit.
A book about the life of Karl Popper a great man who approach science and life the same way. The book talks about Karl's views of science in general, Philosophy, and Life
A Journal from the California Science Teachers Association. This Books deals with how a teach should approach inquiry labs.
This Book talks about how a teacher should manage their class and talk about different ways of teaching.
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