1. What were your contributions to the success of your group’s lesson presentation? Be specific. What parts did you research, what parts of the experiment did you have responsibility for, what were your responsibilities for the lesson preparation and presentation? Our group split the project into 3 main parts. The 1st being background information on pulleys, the second being the experiment, and the last being examples of pulleys in real life. Since we wanted to have as much time to write the lab “report” about the experiment, the first thing we did was to design the experiment as a group and perform it. After that, we went to work on our individual parts. My job was to work on the lab report of the experiment and then turn it into slides on the presentation.
2. Describe one part of this project that was a challenge? How did you respond to this challenge? One challenging part about the project is that we weren’t given a lot of time, about a week and a half to finish everything. I had major concerns over whether or not we would finish everything at the beginning. However, I think after organising the project into parts, we had a much clearer idea of what we were doing and what we had to do in order to finish the project.
3. Describe what you most enjoyed about the project? What part are you most proud of–that you say “WE DID GREAT”? I enjoyed the presentation part of the project most, because I’m really proud of how we came together at the end to give our presentations. It’s not easy to be the first ones presenting and I’m really glad our group was able to take the challenge in stride to give a clear presentation.
4. Long after this project has ended, what parts of the experience will you remember? (…“the nightmare is over, I have blocked it completely from my mind!”…hopefully not!). I think I’ll remember that it’s better to prioritize and plan what parts of the experiment to do. It’s very effective to do that because people know what they’re doing and are able to complete their parts efficiently. I think that works really well for people who are struggling to work in groups.
Here is our finished slide presentation: