During the course of my chemistry unit, I have learned many useful skills that I can use in the future. During this unit, I have used Critical Thinking as a skill to help me throughout my learning. Here is my self-assessment.
I can use my observations, experience, and imagination to draw conclusions and make judgements. An example of this would be during the experiments we conducted in class. There were many aspects of the experiments that I had to use this skill, such as writing the qualitative and quantitative properties, practicing safety, and using my imagination to guess what would happen before the experiment.
I am flexible and open-minded; I can explain more than one perspective and consider implications. I demonstrate this by asking questions and advocating for myself and others. If someone needs help, something I can do is to explain it in different ways so the person understands better because I understand there are several types of learners, and not everyone is the same, so they might need more information. I am also able to use different strategies and ideas that my peers have suggested to benefit the assignment.
I can explore with a purpose in mind and use what I learn. I can do this by exploring other ways to do things while having a purpose of why I’m doing it in a different (and safe) way. I can use what I learn from this unit in my future, it can contribute to many aspects of my life as well as help me step out of my comfort zone to try and learn new skills or ways of thinking. I am very proud that I have been able to understand this unit of science and help others with the information I learn with this.
What have you accomplished so far in Science 9?
I have accomplished a lot in science 9 during this short period of time. I have learned how to ask good questions to have better and more reliable sources when researching for assignments. I have also accomplished many projects that I am very proud about and I have gained better social skills by being able to talk with my classmates if I have questions that are simple enough that I don’t need the teacher to answer them.
How have you developed?
I have developed during this year by learning how to be more responsible during labs and also being able to have a consistent homework plan and making time to also study for any upcoming tests without overworking myself. I also developed more knowledge with concepts in our chemistry unit and making myself more comfortable with the idea of experiments and learning things that I didn’t know before since I tend to not go out of my comfort zone a lot, so I have developed a lot of skills that are outside of that.
What are your goals for the rest of Semester 1 and your next Science course? Be specific.
My goals for the rest of the first semester are to just basically try my best in all the subjects I have and to be a better student in general, but if I were to specifically made a goal for science, I think it would be to ask for more help from the teacher when I need it, because I’m sure the units will get more difficult and I’ll have a few challenges with some units along the way, so I think the best goal to set is to try and ask for more help when I need it and not stay quiet because I’m too scared to ask.