Name of Assignment: State Fish Subject: Marine Sciences Facilitator/Teacher: Mr. Adam
Description of Work/Assignment:
Each student were to pick any fish (including rays and sharks) of their choice. We all needed to get to know the fish and argue why it should be the hawaii state fish over all and the current fish. We had to write a research paper on our fish and make a little presentation about it on what learned. Then we needed to write a argumentative paper on why it should be the state fish and all of it's qualities that may make it better. Lastly we needed to make a visual aspect of our fish to present to sixth graders who voted on their favorite fish.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
This assignment addresses the information skill because of the research needed to be done to complete the required topics of the research paper. Also we needed to know about the current state fish and why the reasons why it shouldn't be the state fish.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why?
I am proud of all of the work that I completed on this assignment/big project. Both of my essays were very good and I created a pretty creative visual aspect. I put hard work into it, and it was nice to see it all come together.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment?
I improved on this skill by researching on a specific assignment and learning more by researching. I used two different types of research methods, video and online reading.
What was most difficult about completing this task?
Something that was really hard was keeping up with all the work that was assigned. This project had multiple assignments within it and we essentially had to get all of them completed so we needed to find time to get all of them completed.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do differently?
I could improve on this by maybe drawing a little bit better. I am a really bad artist, but maybe if I used pasteles or a different way to color, it might've looked a little bit better.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past?
This relates to when I had to do multiple creature reports for the same class about different species. I had to do something similar, although obviously it was a different species/fish.
How can you apply this to future learning?
I can apply this to future learning by knowing how to format a research paper. Also now I have a pretty good idea of what a marine science research paper looks like or is formatted for a specific species/fish.