2 goals for the remainder of the year

1) One of my goals for this year is to actually comprehend chemistry and not just do it for the fact of getting it done, but actually have it process through and have it stay with me and remembering everything I learned this year incase I desire a sudden urge of going into forensics or something.
2) Goal number two for the rest of the year is to have most of the periodic table memorized so I do not have to flip back and forth and get down where what kind of metal/ metalloid/ nonmetal/ noble gases etc are located. To memorize these and not have to deeply search for these because I don't remember the symbol for a certain element or have the symbol but do not remember the elements name.

Reflection

1)   This exhibit was a good choice for putting in my reflection because I actually got to learn about an element and what it works well with and what kind of “superhero” I could make out of this element. I got to learn a lot of different facts about mercury. I got to learn a few how to create a superhero with it as well.

2)   I found getting to create your own superhero the best part. It was really nice being able to get crafty and finding facts out about a specific element. I loved getting to show my creative side and putting all my effort into making my thermometer man.

3)   There were a few things that were hard to find out about our elements. It was hard to write our essay in a comic form because I’m actually a terrible fiction writer. It was actually really difficult reaching my goal on getting a good story with all the right facts in it.

4)   If I could make changes to this activity again, I would make sure Thermometer Man wouldn’t fall off this time and I’d definitely try to make this ones essay a billion times better. I was really upset my 3 dimensional Thermometer Man fell off, and that at this point he’s probably not very reparable; and about my essay, I’d try to figure out how to make it more comic book like and not so much factual.

5)   There wasn’t much of an attitude that had to be put into making this a successful project. I love art projects and I was really excited to be able to do something artsy. It seemed like it was something I was good at, and it’s probably the only project I’ll do well in all year, unless the others involve being crafty too.

6)   I would give myself a 3, my answers are somewhat obvious, but they are completely and utterly what I truly believed about this project. My reflection does demonstrate my ability to judge the proficiency of my project. Some of my sentences are slightly general and not super specific, but this has all came from what I thought about this project.

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If I were an element...

If I were an element, I would be a metal.
Generally into very shiny things, pretty hard as in strong willed and hard headed, I'm pretty flexible normally when it comes to working things out around other events. I'm always pretty happy so I'm always reflecting energy off of myself. I fit most of the characteristics of being a metal, and if I really could be any element i'd choose to be one that's a metal.

What am I learning about myself as a student in chemistry?

As a student in chemistry I have learned that I am actually very good at chemistry. I wasn't very good at physics at all. Chemistry makes a lot more sense to me and I feel like it's easier. It's probably only a given amount of time that it gets harder, but I feel like this subject grabs my attention and could keep me engaged at all times.