Article #2 Enviorment

summary

This article is called "First-Ever Census of Marine Life" by B.B. what it talks about is that this year in 2010, a company of ichthyologists funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation discover 1,400 species of marine life but now, they will try to count all marine life and also try to estimate how many of each species exist with the help of 2,000 scientists from more than 80 nations that investigates marine inhabitants.

we should care about this article because the results of this research will determine about how many undiscovered species are at the ocean, how many species are endangered and/or being over fished. The results will be presented at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.

Article #1 (MATH)

This article is about the research category of medicine. It basically talks about how prices on prescription medicine will fall but It will cost people that work in the medicine industry their jobs.

This article/topic doesn't talk about a discovery, it talks about how cutting medicine costs will cause people in the medicine industry to loose their jobs for example in the article, Corey Binns the author of the article writes that the drugmaker Eli Lilly aims to reduce costs by $1 billion but in order to meet that demand, the company must cut 5,500 jobs so this action is a good thing but at the same time, this will affect the 5,500 people that will loose their jobs.

I'm not sure what's going to happen to the ACTUAL article. Maybe what says in the article will become effective.

There is nothing standing in the way of this topic's success.

Civilization Art Pillar Reflection (HUMANITIES)

Description

For the civilization art pillar, we had to draw an image that would represent the section of the civilization you were researching and learning about. I was learning about Aztec Government and the final image i made is above.

Process

First before i could even get painting, i had to do a rough sketch of the image i was going to paint and get it approved. once my sketch was finished and approved my my humanities teacher MRS. Charlotte, i carefully painted my pillar and finished.

Reflection

I learned that Aztecs used their military to represent the strength of their empire and since the government controls their military i thought that i could draw some sort of military symbol to represent the Aztec government so what i made was sort of like an European symbol of two swords crossed on a shield so then i took the main weapon of the Aztec infantry which is an obsidian weapon called the "Macuahuitl" and crossed them together.

A challenge i encountered was putting the image in the actual pillar because we were given a very limited space and my image was quite big so i had to reduce the image a lot. Also, there was a very low supply of black paint and i wanted to make the background black so i had to find a good color that would go with the image i was drawing.

Something i would do the same is draw the same image if i was ever asked because i really like the image i made. Its not original, but i think its pretty cool. I dont think i would do anything differently.

This will help me later if i need to paint. Every time i pain i get a little bit better so i'm pretty sure if i'm ever to pain again, i will paint better.

Semester Academic Goals (HUMANITIES)

1st goal:

I want to use the habit Of Mind OWNERSHIP "is this my best work?" because i know i can do better in all my work so therefore every time I'm doing any type of work, (homework, projects etc.) i will keep in mind before i turn it in to check my work and see if it meets my expectations or if it does not.

2nd goal:

I want to come to office hours when i don't understand something related to my humanities work. I need to make an effort to come because part of why i did bad at this class is that i don't ask for help as much and i just leave the problem for the last minute until it's too late so whenever i need help i'm going to come to office hours

3rd goal:

My final goal for this semester is to use the habit of mind MINDFULNESS. I will remember it especially when I'm doing group work so i will finish my work and i wont end up affecting my group members.

Semester Academic Goals (MATH)

Goal: I want to go to office hours when i don't understand a math concept

step #1: not understanding a math concept
step #2: after school going to Mele during her office hours and ask her for help.

Goal: I want to take neat notes on my brain book so when i need to review the material, i wont have a hard time reading my own handwriting

Step #1: when writing notes on brain book, write slower so my notes wont be messy.

Goal: I want to have an organized binder so when looking for my work, i wont go crazy looking for it.

Step #1 put all papers in the section of the bender that they are supposed to go, not on the side pockets where everything falls off.

Time Traveler's Reflection (HUMANITIES)

Project description

The time traveler's project was project where we had to make an object that would benefit a civilization that we were assigned to. The objects that were available to build and send were: Trebuchet, Sailboat & Irrigation System.

Process

For my research paper, first i had to study my civilization and the specific pillar i was studying about it which in my case was government. then i had to gather all my information and put them in 7 paragraphs which were: introduction, general overview, strengths, weaknesses, comparing civilizations, success or failure & conclusion. finally i had to make sure my paragraphs were following T.E.A. transition rules which means that the first part of the paragraph was a Topic, the second part was an analysis, and the final part of the paragraph was a conclusion.

Reflection

I learned how to use T.E.A. transition rules and how to make a strong introduction paragraph using subordinatiors

I had challenges finding information on the Aztec government outside Wikipedia and i didn't' want to get all my information from one resource. I also had challenges using T.E.A. transitions because sometimes i couldn't fit an analysis at the end of my paragraphs.

Something i would do differently for this project is to get help when I need help because i know that if i would have asked for help for the research paper, i could have gotten a better grade in it. Something I would do the same is to write a strong introductory paragraph.

This assignment/project will help me later so when I have to write another research paper, I will have enough experience to make a good and better paper.