Monday, September 26, 2011
Thoughts About Class and Physics
First, I was sad that I missed out on Tuesdays class because I enjoy experiments with motion and using math equations. This reminds me of my physics class I took my senior year at West Mesa High School with Mrs. Marcus because we did a lot of physics experiments and a lot of math. I like how the math looks complicated but once you figure out where to plug in certain numbers it flows and makes sense. When I do math it helps unravel the experiment because I see how numbers change and how they all fit together to make sense of what each term means like final velocity, average velocity, and acceleration. I enjoy this class and I like all the people because everyone is nice. Also I enjoy the group work because we get to talk about whats going on, we learn from each others perspectives, and everyone has something different to say so I feel this helps us think more about the activities. I am also starting to like the blogging because I feel comfortable to say whatever is on my mind. This class is awesome and I am excited to do future experiments, blogging, and learn more material. Lastly, I love how the class is so use to working in groups that each student is able to help a student like myself get caught up. Even though I missed the actual toy cars in motion I still feel like I was there because my group gave me all the information and they told me what they did and how they got their numbers for the data. With all this information I could visualize the activity and I felt like I was their and this helped me understand how everything worked and the math came easy because I knew what everything was. It was a productive day on Thursday and I loved it because we used up all the class time to figure out calculations and make graphs. I always love the groups I'm in because I work with a lot of amazing intelligent people who I hope to see in the future.
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Alix
ReplyDeleteI am glad the group work is going well for you. There is such power in community; we don't utilize it enough especially in education. Sure that frontier, rough-it-out individual is valuable to our society but synergy within a group is the strong path to success. I think part of your success in group work is your strong work ethic and kind demeanor. So, kudos to your for working so hard and just basically being a good person.
Thanks again for the blog - keep up the good work and I hope the class continues to be a positive experience.
Be well
Matt