Week 3 Student Reflections

Each week during the unit, students are required to answer questions in a journal prompt related to their work for the week. The Weekly Reflections are a way for students to activate metacognition--to think about how they think and reflect on the decisions they have made in their research. The prompts are meant to give students ideas on what to reflect and do not necessarily require students answer every question. The Weekly Reflections tend to be more difficult in the beginning of the unit, as students to not have as much upon which to reflect until they get further into their process. 

Week 3 Prompt

Student 1: Making Macaroons

I haven't started on my book but will after completing my podcast review since it did. My goal is to read 4 chapters a day and ill be done with the book at the end of the week when I start. Yes, my book seems to be the perfect book for my project. I already completed my document review and my project proposal. Yes, when I watch my documentary (YouTube videos) there was so much useful information for my project. Yes, for example in my documentary review, I found out I can use sprinkle I honestly thought you couldn't since it could burn it. I feel like this project will help me with understanding de literature since I'm not so good at language arts I still need to comprehend a bit more so I can get to a level where everything that comes at me can be easy to do.

Student 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

(Not yet turned in)

Student 3: The Fermi Paradox

I've finished most of my book already - I've finished book one and two, and I'm almost ifnished with book 3 of the trilogy (I'll be looking into a series). The book definetely is a valuable source that will aid me greatly in one specific portion of my topic. I do hope, however, to find other books that could help me with other parts of my project, though it is currently difficult to find any books really relating to my project. However, I've already finished watching a documentary, and it was full of information that was valuable to me. It was a very helpful source. From it, as well as the book I've picked out, I've found a lot of really interesting information. I'm feeling a lot better about the project now, especially because I've settled on a topic. It's actually pretty fun to find all these sources and look into the information that they give me.