Reflection Sheet
1. Justify how this project/lab/activity meets the standard, using evidence from the standard itself.
The standard for this assignment was 3a. This standard means that the student should know that an atom is made up of neutrons & protons combined in the nucleus surrounded by electrons that are many times smaller than the protons & neutrons. The Neutrons have a neutral charge, the protons have a positive charge while the electrons have a negative charge. In this assignment I demonstrated that I met the standard because I created a 3D model of the Element Aluminum with my fellow peer Jose H.
2. Elaborate on at least one skill and/or strength you feel you gained from completing this project.
In this assignment my skill was using a model as well as developing one. Ms. Juarez chose out the element that we were going to carry out and she gave us aluminum. Aluminum is the 13th element due to it having 13 protons in the nucleus. On a little element sheet Ms. Juarez passed out to us it said Al with a little 13 at the top and that was how we obtained our first piece of information. In the making progress we used aluminum, play-doe, cotton balls, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, glue & tape. The pipe cleaners held together the electrons we made. The electrons were small play-doe balls. Smaller than the protons and neutrons. The protons and electrons were cotton balls. Some were colored and some were not. That was to show the difference between the electrons and the neutrons.
3 .Upon reflecting on your work/score, what is ONE area of work you could have done better on? How will improving in this area benefit future work/projects?
One area of work I could have done better was finding better materials to set out a better and more clear version of what an Aluminum atom looks like. I could have also been better with the labels so they would be more precise. I could have also maybe named a few characteristics of Aluminum here and there describing the atom and why it looked like this. The nucleus could have been better done. Instead of using just cotton balls we could have used those party balls that are sparkly and have little spikes. So it could be more appealing for the eyes of a human being.
4. How will you presently apply the content & skills you learned from this assignment in the real world (outside of the classroom, or in other classes)? Make connections between the content of your life (what causes our weather, healing, measuring speed/velocity on a roller coaster etc.)
I can apply these skills later on in life by constructing more models for other situations. Models become very useful for me because they are a visual representation that I can keep in my head engraved when something is too complicated to understand. Know that I have developed this skill and I feel very secure of it, I can use it for my advantage. Also I also can tie this up with astronomy. Stars are made up of different elements and now that I can make an atom of an element, I can make atoms of the elements in a star.
The standard for this assignment was 3a. This standard means that the student should know that an atom is made up of neutrons & protons combined in the nucleus surrounded by electrons that are many times smaller than the protons & neutrons. The Neutrons have a neutral charge, the protons have a positive charge while the electrons have a negative charge. In this assignment I demonstrated that I met the standard because I created a 3D model of the Element Aluminum with my fellow peer Jose H.
2. Elaborate on at least one skill and/or strength you feel you gained from completing this project.
In this assignment my skill was using a model as well as developing one. Ms. Juarez chose out the element that we were going to carry out and she gave us aluminum. Aluminum is the 13th element due to it having 13 protons in the nucleus. On a little element sheet Ms. Juarez passed out to us it said Al with a little 13 at the top and that was how we obtained our first piece of information. In the making progress we used aluminum, play-doe, cotton balls, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, glue & tape. The pipe cleaners held together the electrons we made. The electrons were small play-doe balls. Smaller than the protons and neutrons. The protons and electrons were cotton balls. Some were colored and some were not. That was to show the difference between the electrons and the neutrons.
3 .Upon reflecting on your work/score, what is ONE area of work you could have done better on? How will improving in this area benefit future work/projects?
One area of work I could have done better was finding better materials to set out a better and more clear version of what an Aluminum atom looks like. I could have also been better with the labels so they would be more precise. I could have also maybe named a few characteristics of Aluminum here and there describing the atom and why it looked like this. The nucleus could have been better done. Instead of using just cotton balls we could have used those party balls that are sparkly and have little spikes. So it could be more appealing for the eyes of a human being.
4. How will you presently apply the content & skills you learned from this assignment in the real world (outside of the classroom, or in other classes)? Make connections between the content of your life (what causes our weather, healing, measuring speed/velocity on a roller coaster etc.)
I can apply these skills later on in life by constructing more models for other situations. Models become very useful for me because they are a visual representation that I can keep in my head engraved when something is too complicated to understand. Know that I have developed this skill and I feel very secure of it, I can use it for my advantage. Also I also can tie this up with astronomy. Stars are made up of different elements and now that I can make an atom of an element, I can make atoms of the elements in a star.