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In this project, the idea was to learn more about Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). We would learn more about it's structure, what it's made of, how its made, and most important of all, how it affects or is effected by diseases.
Our main priority was to learn about Parkinson's Disease and how it effected the DNA in cells.
3/25/15 Alondra Santana-Isidro Daniel Tovar Jose Sanchez - Group 4 - Pgs. 91-122
This image was captured during our Presentation on the Omnivore's Dilemma Book that we are currently reading.
Our section was based on the Industrial Meal and Industrial Organic.
Omnivore's Dilemma Presentation PPT (Pgs. 91-122)
Omnivore's Dilemma Guided Notes (Pgs. 91-122)
Omnivore;s Dilemma Exam (Pgs. 91-122]
DEFENSE OF LEARNING (SEMESTER 2)
Omnivore's Dilemma Project
In this project, our mission was to read a section of the book that was assigned to my team and I and henceforth creating 3 different items that would help the rest of the class understand what the section was about. We would first create a Powerpoint Presentation that we would present to the entire class. To go with the presentation, the audience (students) would take notes on a study guide that we ourselves created as well. The powerpoint is considered to be item 1 and the study guide item 2. The third item is a test that would determine what the students learned from my teams presentation. The following links are connections - evidence for all three items stated above: |
Knowledge and thinking
Within the section of the book that was assigned to me, I learned a lot of different things. Before the book, food was just food and was meant to be eaten. As the other groups presented their parts of the book, I realized that combining the knowledge that they had shown me plus what I already knew, food was no longer just food. There is a scientific side to food. From this project, I learned mostly from the science category. We began by learning the principles of how fast-food is produced. From this did not only learn that fast-food is produced using artificial meat products but that it also contains a large amount of chemicals, hormones, steroids, antibiotics, corn and more. These chemicals included anti-foaming agents that prevent our food from rotting or spoiling before a certain period of time. The added hormones and steroids would potentially increase the growth rate of the farm animals that consumed these products. Once the projected ended, I better understood what all of these harmful objects can do to our bodies. One of the most common outcomes from consuming too much of these additives is cancer.
Second Learning Outcome
The Second Learning Outcome that I improved upon is Collaboration. When I first started this project, I would always try to do my work by myself. As I progressed through the project, I did not only realize that it made me do less work, but that my teammates Alondra and Daniel had a lot of great ideas that helped to improve our finished product even more than it already was.
Taking Ownership Of My Learning
In the beginning, I tried to do as much of the powerpoint as I could. In result, it contained many spelling errors, grammar errors, etc. The slides were all out of order, and in some cases, the titles were being mixed up and placed in the wrong slides. It got to a point where I realized I could not do this by myself and needed help. I took time to stay after school to ask questions, attend workshops and work on the powerpoint, study guide and test. Our team finally got together and only together did we manage to get the presentation ready in time for its due date. We also managed to spare some time to split the slides evenly between us and to rehearse. I now know that trying to do just about everything and by yourself is not a very good idea. If you work with your team as a team, you can accomplish so much more.
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