Blog 22: Independent Component 2

This isn't the brains that I have made, it is a real human brain.

(A) I, Perla Navarro, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 36.5 hours of work.

(B) Sources:

http://psychology.about.com/od/educationalpsychology/ss/multiple-intell.htm
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
Lambert, Mark. The Brain and Nervous System Macmillan Education, 1988 

Steve Franklin Watts, The Brain and Nervous System by Parker, 1990 

Encyclopedia Britannica by Britannica, Encyclopedia Inc. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 1986 

The Incredible Machine by National Geographic Society, 1992

(C) Updated Senior Project Hours link: Updated Link

(D) Explain what you completed.

• For my Independent Component 2 I made three models of the human brain in three sections of it's life. I made one more adulthood, adolescence, and childhood. I also wrote an essay on the human brain as well as the learning intelligence that correspond with certain areas of the brain.

Independent Component Paper

This is a really bad picture but this was when I started to make the first brain.

Here is the beginning of carving one of the brains.

(E) Defend your work and explain the components significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.(Evidence)

• This demonstrates 30 hours or work because there was so much effort, revision, and planning that went into the creation of my Independent Component. The brain models were extremely hard to make but they helped me understand the details and the functions of the brain. The brain is so delicate and hard to make, I don't doubt that the actual human brain is any different. The essay that I had written has many details and information about the human brain, it took me hours to write and revise so I hope that it is good enough for what it is.

(F) How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

• The component helped me answer my essential question because it game me more information on my topic and it gave me a larger outlook on what actually happens within the brain. When I was creating the brain I didn't really realize that the model may have been a replica but some peoples brain's are that size and they function.

Blog 17 - Interview 4 Reflection

This is the woman that I interviewed, Ms. Healy.

Interview #4

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?
• When conducting my interview I learned that into every person that I interview will give as much information as I like and that if I really need an answer to my questions then I need to be persistent. Besides that, I learned that the school district is heavily involved in the hiring of new teachers as well as the disciplinary action that takes place against students.
2. How will what I learned affect my final lesson?
• The information that I got from this interview will affect my final lesson because this has given me another answer to my essential question. I know that for out final lesson we are required to present three answers but I am now able to show that I have developed another answer.