In and Out of the Field

          This week in my education class (ED271) we had an in class activity that involved M & M's. I was really tempted to open the bag and eat them. We were given a handout of the activity and put into groups. It was a fun activity of counting the M & M's and the different colors then eventually eating them. We had to make a graph of our data using the Excel program and share the document between the three of us (Kristen, Pejo, and I).

          For this week's lab, we had to classify different plants (Archaeplastids) like ferns, monocots, eudicots, mosses, cycads, and a few more. We also had to look and compare a sample of green algae and hydrilla. After that we went outside to the Dean's circle and searched for samples of these different plants and take pictures. Then we went back and made spore prints from the mushrooms we had.
     

 

   

Learning: Fun and Frustration

          This week started out as usual, assignments and quizzes to study for. I learned about shaped poetry in literature class (EN210). I made an imagery based on one of the poems we read in class and an assignment where we make our own poem. I liked how my professor teaches this class. It is more interactive and brain stimulating. I usually have a hard time paying attention in english classes but I am actually having fun in this class.

           Yesterday, I had my weekly lab for my biology class (BI158). It was more frustrating than usual because we had to look for different kinds of protists from different sources of water on island. Tina and Cathy(class aides/instructors) brought different samples of water, freshwater and saltwater, from different water sources (Pago, Agat, Ipan and even the field house). The problem for me was I had no clue what I was supposed to look for. The handout we had did not really have a lot of examples and it was very time consuming. It took a whole three hours to find 5 types of protists, my frustration at this lab work was really high. I wanted to flip the table, I really did want to. Overall, it could have gone better but I was able to learn how to find and identify different protists from different sources.

Welcome!

        Hello!! My name is Joanne Caguin and I am an aspiring education major. My hobbies include reading, playing tennis, and print making. I have two fat cats (Spring, the calico and Sparky), who I adopted

and I recently got a puppy named Obi.

          I love learning about science and I want to someday share that love of science to others. I made this blog to share with you my experiences and thoughts as I walk this path towards my dream. Improving myself so I can fulfill the futures of the younger generation.