Progress Reflection

     So far in biology eleven, I am proud of the amount of knowledge that I have gained in this course! I've learned a lot about organisms that I had never understood before for example the details of natural selection and how it leads to evolution and what exactly a virus is. NOW I FEEL INFORMED :D this if fabulous. In my opinion, my best work was evident in the tests, the biology home video, and my blog entries. I feel like tests and are the best way for me to give evidence of the knowledge that I have retained in a unit. I generally spent as much time as I could to complete both tests and took pride in the amount of information that I was able to display on the spot. The biology video was one of the best ways for me to show what I had learned. It was definitely my favorite assignment so far as it was very fun to prepare and film. And after watching it, I was surprised that I actually knew so much information. Still working on uploading it onto the interweb though...teehee. In addition to those pieces of work, I feel like the paragraphs that I have written in my blog are some of my best work because in each post, I had learned something new so I tried to elaborate and provide a lot of accurate information to share the new facts that I had learned. In particular, the narwhal post. That one was cool. I like that one.
     My binder is pretty organized.I am able to flip through it and use it as a study tool. Some things are slightly out of order though.After looking through my binder, it is evident that I have completed pretty much all of the question and answer worksheets that were handed out.HOWEVER....this is going to come across as extremely pathetic...but cut-and-paste assignments stress me out. So...ya. The majority of those are incomplete or gone because either some cutout pieces were lost or I just became very confused. And then I rage quit. I have also kept up with most of the work that has been assigned, except for the scientific names of imaginary species and a few blog entries. It is evident that I could try harder to stay on top of everything in order to prove that I am engaged in this class.
      So far, the narwhal blog post means the most to me because the information that I found out was super interesting. Who would have thought that something that looks like a decorative horn is actually a tooth that may work as a hyper sensitive sensory organ. It was surprising to me because everyone knows what a narwhal is but they don't know what the tusk is for. Now I know. I FEEL INFORMED AGAIN.
     To me, engagement in class means listening attentively  to the teacher as she is talking and actually trying to relate to and comprehend what is being said , using time in class to complete assignments, contributing to class discussions, and working together with peers to actually engage in making discoveries in labs. In class, I have learneda lot  of fascinating things from paying attention and actually using my brain while taking notes rather than just blanking out and copying like a robot. In team projects, I like to share ideas and learn from the ideas contributed from others.I totally love labs and try to find interesting results to the best of my ability.
   For the rest of the semester I will make it my goal to be more engaged in class and spend more time on homework. I want my blog to have more posts and just give as much evidence of progress in this class as possible. Because I am definitely learning and am starting to view things differently but I don't think that it is as evident as it should be.