2011-12 semester 1 portfolio

My Summerizing

I have a work sample of my Final Draft of my RAFTS. I have done many things over the first semester and that RAFTS link is one of my main assignments i turned in. I have went on a field trip to Boniville Dam. I learned many things about the use of dams there and how the salmon get through it. Another work sample is my Guiding question response which was one of my major assigninments i had to turn in for the shrub steppe project.

Some things i have learned

I learned a lot of things over the first semester such as history on the boniville dam, and salmon. I learned how salmon have a rough life trying to move through the river, with all the dams in the way and the predators searching for salmon as food. The salmon have to go through the river to the ocean. Once the salmon have lived in the river for a several years they have to make the journey back home through the river to spawn. The salmons mouths shut close so they do not eat on the journey home. The salmon have to pass many predators and humans nets and fishing lines, and they have to pass through the dams, just to get to their spawning grounds where they lay their eggs. passing through the dams is tough for the salmon and can take up to a couple of weeks. sometimes the salmon pass right through and only take a day. That is some of the things i learned during the Salmon vs Dams project.

M Grade Argument

For this semester I belive I have earned a grade C. I think this beacause i got a D on my shrub steppe project but then I got a B on my Salmon vs Dams project. some work samples I have that make me belive I get a C or already shown above.

 

My Reflection

My strengths: My strengths in this semester were my projects. I feel like i did really well on my projects and most of all my second project.

My weaknesess: My weaknesess were not understanding things very well. I think i need to be talked to by a teacher in class straight up to understand things. 

How has my work changed in class over the year so far? Well I it has inproved alot because during the first project, the shrub steppe project, I got a project grade around a D. When the second project was finished, the Salmon vs Dams project, I got a project grade around a B.

How can I apply what i learned to future situations? I can apply what I learned by remembering these things i learned and using them for future jobs, and schools.

If I had to do it over again i would change my work by doing alot more work and be way more specific. I would change that because a lot of my work that has gotten a lot of feedback and most of it was telling me to be more spefic.