Blog 18 Third answer

EQ

How can an AP Biology teacher best prepare a student for the AP Biology Examination?

Answer 3

Give frequent mock test to decrease test anxiety.

Details

My mentor Mr. Pittman gives test that consists of actual test questions from the AP Biology exam. His test are harder than the actual test so that when the students take the actual exam they are fully prepare for the Exam.

My Fourth Interviewee talked about how she makes test that consist of all parts of  the AP biology  exam. She gives the students a lot of questions that can't be answered with the time allotted this helps the student prepare for time management when taking the AP Biology Examination

Research Sources

Mentor Mr. Pittman
Fourth Interview Mrs Ramirez AP Biology at Pomona Catholic High School. 

Concluding Statement 

Mocking the Ap Biology exam help the student reduce their testing anxiety which on the day of will help them score a 4 or 5 on the Exam.

The Blind Boat Maker - A Story About Failure.

Hello readers so today at mentorship my mentor, Mr. Pittman and I were talking about different topics related to what he is teaching in his class at the moment. We eventually got into a talk about genes and Mr. Pittman talked to me about a book called the "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins the book goes into depth on what evolution is. The story that Mr. Pittman brought up was the Blind Watchmaker but instead of going in depth on the story he said that he didn't like the way the story describes evolution. So he decided to change it to The Blind Boat Maker. The story basically goes like this. There was once a Blind man on an island who had the ability to build boats. He grabs random parts and constructs a boat. After the boat was finished he pushed the boat out to the ocean. If the boat was a success it floated on the sea but if it was a failure it skunked to the bottom of the sea.  One day a boat visited the island and seen all the wonderful boats floating on the sea but didn't see the failures that sunk to the bottom of the sea while because they are failures. They aren't meant to be seen is the point. So the connection to Evolution is that nature creates Biodiversity by giving a different genetic code to every single organism through many different processes. The cool thing I thought about this story is that it can teach everyone a story about life and continuing on with your life after failure. So my readers remember that your  failures will always sinks but your successes will always float on my friends.

Blog 15 Independent Component 2 Approval

1. Describe in  detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to do again another lesson plan like I did foe my independent component 1. The difference between this second lesson plan and the first is that I plan to tackle more than just one concept in the book and attack the concepts more in depth. I will also be making additional worksheets, guided notes, Inquiry based problems and test to this Independent component with having in my answers to my EQ in mind.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will have my notebook from my last independent component in which I will write notes in the section. Writing notes for a section for me personally can take anywhere from 2 to 3 hours if I am not familiar with the concept. I will be writing multiple pages of notes for multiple section so that will take about a good 1/3 of the 30 hours. I am also making the lesson plan itself which explains my plan of attack and what my students will be doing each day this takes my about a good 2 hours of work. I will also be making worksheets, guided notes,labs and test in which I will put a link in the my blog. This worksheets can take any where from an 1 hour to 5 hours to complete. This part will probably take up most of my time.

3. And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic more in depth.

I am basically putting myself in the shoes of an AP Biology teacher. I faced with the question of how can I best teach this concept so that my student will be ready for it when they encounter it in the AP Biology Examination. This will make me think of my first answer but get me thinking of a second and possible third answer.

4. Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it Independent Component 2.

Done.

Blog 14 Independent Component 1

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.

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.

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.

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?