Survey 1

I'm looking for your input to:

a. help me understand what works well for student learning

Hands-on-work helps with student learning, especially (for me in particular) when we get to work on things we are passionate about, we strive more for success in our learning and work.

b. help me understand what can be done differently to support student learning

I like to be more involved in what is going on. If I sit down for long periods of time, it would be better if I feel involved in what I am learning instead of being in out of the loop and not understanding what is going on. Maybe occasional questions would help with long lectures.

c. help me understand how your real experience has been so far.

So far I've learned a lot from the class. Granted there have been moments where I have blanked out during lessons, what I retain from the class is fulfilled through my own work. Working particularly on my honors project has helped me to enjoy the class.

Organism Post

(possibly) "Portulaca oleracea"

(possibly) "pigweed" or "little hogweed"

Has a smooth red stem and leaves protruding from the ends of the stem.
Grows with roots clumped in areas. Grows over dirt, stems going horizontally to the ground, connecting and crossing over creating a strong and difficult to break hold on dirt. 

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Unidentified plant roots. Roots are used for taking up water and nutrients for plants to grow and use photosynthesis.

(inevitably me and my partner will have to reshoot the pictures. For now this is what I have edited, and my partner has pictures on his blog that he has edited. Tristan's blog.)

Honors Post 3: Author's Writing Style

Malcolm Gladwell uses a lot of examples in his book. Each chapter with a main example, and it gets more and more detailed as Gladwell goes on with his writing. He brings more examples that are related to the main one and he provides information about how the examples of certain tipping points and people work. He switches from 3^rd person to 1^st person, depending on the kind of example. The style is more fashioned to where Gladwell is talking to the reader through his writing    .