REFLECTION 2
This reflection was assigned a month after school began, so we had a bit more to write about regarding our thoughts on the class and our learning. For this reflection, we used our readings to make connections between Biology and Humanities r our team project. Along with that, we had to additionally think about what wondering we had that could possible lead o a research project later on in the year. We also had to develop two questions about brain or mental health hay may be connected to gun violence. Below is my reflection.
Monica Morales
September 29, 2013
11th Grade Biology
Reflection of Learning #2
Since the last reflection, we have been learning a lot about the anatomy of the human body and its systems. I believe that this is a very important part of our project because if we are able to have a deeper knowledge of the basic anatomy of the nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems, we can have a better understanding of how it all connects or keeps the body healthy, which leads to keeping the brain healthy and vise- verse. We have seen multiple examples of the brain and mental health disabilities that can affect the way a person acts. In some cases, it can even make a person more aggressive or want to harm people. In the book “Columbine”, we saw how some scientist believe that Eric Harris was a sociopath and that that was the reason why he did what he did. If you combine that with the fact that he was on depression medications, you can see the margin for wanting to cause harm. They also said that there was a high possibility of Dylan being depressed, and definitely suicidal. What I am interested in learning is what parts of the brain are responsible for causing these disabilities. We already had the opportunity to explore the different parts of the brain in our dissection lab, where we examined the structures of a fetal pig and compared it to that of a human. Through completing this experiment, I was able to get a closer look at all of the different brain lobes and identify them. Now having had seen that, I think that I will be able to understand how they work together to produce the necessary signals needed to function and to produce other thoughts. On a different note, I really learned a lot about myself and my own interest through this experiment. I went into the dissection thinking that since I could barely stand the sight of my own blood, I would not be able to get through the operation. However, by the end of the experiment, I ended up being really interested and fascinated with the whole thing. I hope to experience similar revelations in the many small projects to come.
September 29, 2013
11th Grade Biology
Reflection of Learning #2
Since the last reflection, we have been learning a lot about the anatomy of the human body and its systems. I believe that this is a very important part of our project because if we are able to have a deeper knowledge of the basic anatomy of the nervous, respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems, we can have a better understanding of how it all connects or keeps the body healthy, which leads to keeping the brain healthy and vise- verse. We have seen multiple examples of the brain and mental health disabilities that can affect the way a person acts. In some cases, it can even make a person more aggressive or want to harm people. In the book “Columbine”, we saw how some scientist believe that Eric Harris was a sociopath and that that was the reason why he did what he did. If you combine that with the fact that he was on depression medications, you can see the margin for wanting to cause harm. They also said that there was a high possibility of Dylan being depressed, and definitely suicidal. What I am interested in learning is what parts of the brain are responsible for causing these disabilities. We already had the opportunity to explore the different parts of the brain in our dissection lab, where we examined the structures of a fetal pig and compared it to that of a human. Through completing this experiment, I was able to get a closer look at all of the different brain lobes and identify them. Now having had seen that, I think that I will be able to understand how they work together to produce the necessary signals needed to function and to produce other thoughts. On a different note, I really learned a lot about myself and my own interest through this experiment. I went into the dissection thinking that since I could barely stand the sight of my own blood, I would not be able to get through the operation. However, by the end of the experiment, I ended up being really interested and fascinated with the whole thing. I hope to experience similar revelations in the many small projects to come.