Week 5 Student Reflections

Week 5 Reflection Prompt

In at least 150 words to receive full credit, consider the following questions to create a reflection for Week 5 of the Quarter 3 project. 

• How are you feeling about the project this week?
• Have you finished your Documentary Review, Project Proposal and Podcast Review?
• What are some of the challenges you've faced this week?
• What are some highlights of your research so far? 
• Are you looking forward to your final presentation? Why or why not?
• Is there anything you would like Ms. Leffers to know about class work time or your personal progress?

Student 1: Making Macaroons

I feel really good about my project and where I'm at right now. Yes, I finished all of them but I'm going to wait to finish the final project because that's the only thing I have left which lifts a weight off my shoulders, and now I can just relax. Some challenge I faced this week was getting the interview done which I did. The interview would be one of my highlights because I now have information from an experienced person that knows how to make macaroons. I'm in between because I get nervous when I present in front of people, but I do look forward to presenting my project It is all in order because e making macaroons is a step-by-step process, and showing that to the class will make more sense to them. I have a question for the next quarter are we doing a long project or what are we going to do next? I like how we get to work on our own on an easy task that is well explained to us.

Student 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

I am feeling pretty good about the project so far. I have completed my documentary reveiw and my project proposal. I have not yet found a podcast but I plan on finding one later today or tomorrow. A challenge I faced this week was trying to find a quality video to watch about adverse childhood experiences. One of the highlights about my research so far is learning about all of the ways adverse childhood experiences can impact your health later in life. I am looking forward to sharing all the things I have learned with other people. I think there are so many people that know childhood trauma is a thing but dont actually know how detrimental it is on how the child will develop and function later in their life.

Student 3: The Fermi Paradox

I am feeling great about what I have done with my project this week. I'm finding a lot of information and brainstorming a lot of ideas of how I'm going to present the information in the final project. I've already finished my Documentary Review, Podcast Review, as well as my Project Proposal, so I'm in a good spot right now for assignments as well. I think the largest challenge I'm facing this week is to plan out what my interview questions are. I'm trying to figure out a balance between questions that you need some understanding of the topic to answer, while also keeping them simple enough to actually answer without knowing a whole lot about the topic. I've planned out the specific parts of the topic I want to dive in and explain, and started writing information and planning them out in a Word Document. The people I've shown this do have all expressed interest in the topic, so I'm quite looking forward to my final presentation, but I'm also a little nervous to be presenting in front of a lot of people. The unstructured work time is working out really well for me. I'm really enjoying the project and the progress I'm making so far!