Some of the topics that confused me including the Bacteria/Viruses and Fungi chapters. I really can't remember all the parts and structures of a bacteria and a virus. Viruses are more complex in structure and function compare to a bacteria, and this is why viruses are even harder to remember. It is really confusing since there are many kinds of bacteria and viruses in this world.
What topics do you feel very clear on?
I feel very clear on the cells and plants chapters. This is because I've learned the basics of the cell back in freshman year when I was taking Biology. Therefore, with that knowledge added to what I'm learning in Biology AP makes it so much easier and more understandable for me. On top of that, I have an interest in plants and how plants works so this is why I feel comfortable and understands a lot when it comes to the plants chapter.
What lab/ activity was your favorite? Why?
My favorite lab/activities in the class was lit. circle, the review game that we played with foods as reward, and the plants collection where we have to go outside and take pictures of 10 plants and 10 insects. Lit. circle allow me to discuss important and interesting topics with my group and sometimes with Ms. Malonek where I learned even more "interesting" things. I like how our discussions went really off topic sometimes but we still learn. I love doing the plants collection activity because it allows us to go explore around campus and find interesting insects and plants that I don't even know it exits in our campus.
What lab/activity was your least favorite? Why?
The lab/activity that was my least favorite is the staining dyes lab and labs where we have to use the microscpes. I don't like it when i accidentally spill the dye on my hands that won't come off until a few days later or when it gets messy in the class. Also when doing microscope labs, we always run out of time to look at our pants/species under the microscope so this gets confusing because we don't have the results.
If you could change something about the class to make it better, for instance the type of homework (not the amount) what would it be and why?
Sometimes it gets really confusing about what assignments we are suppose to do and what we are suppose to have in our notebook and lab notebook. It will clear things up a lot if there is a list of what needs to be in our notebook on your blog maybe a few days before notebooks are due. And also I think simulations are taking a lot of time to complete because sometimes it gets hard and we don't know what to do. Also it will be helpful if you can tell us what chapters we need to complete instead of saying like "cell chapters" because i don't know how many cell chapters are there. I would also want more class lectures with the powerpoint because I learn more when you teach like that and have less labs so more time for us to read the chapters and review your class powerpoint lectures.
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